The Divine Comedy — Dante Alighieri
p. 324Canto XVI. Already rose, but from a race so low That Ubertin Donato felt a smart Any connection with their blood to know. ^^^ Already Caponsacco in the mart Had come from Fiesole, and Guida too, And Infangato filled a worthy part. I'll tell a thing incredible and true : In our small bounds one entered by a gate, ^^ The which its name from those of Pera drew.
Each one who borrowed the heraldic state Of the great baron, whose high worth and name The Feast of Thomas aye doth celebrate, From him did privilege and knighthood claim, ^^ Albeit one has joined the people's den Who binds that quartering in a golden frame.
The Gualterotti and Importini then Were living, and their Borg would quiet be Had no new strangers entered on its ken. ^ The house from which was bom your misery, And which has slain ye by its just disdain, And put an end to all your life of glee, Was honoured, it, and aU its numerous train. O Buondelmonte, to what ill ye fled ^*^ That plighted wedding, on another fain ! Many would now be joyous, who are sad.
If God thy form in Ema*s stream had thrown The first time to the city thou wast led. But well 'twas fitting to that maimed stone ^** Which guards the bridge, that Florence thee should make A victim to the last peace she has known. Line 124. The incredibility is varionsly explained to consist either in the smallness of the boundaries of the city at tluit time or in Uie simplicity of the people who called one of their gates after a private family.
Line 128. The Marchese Ugo, Baron cf the Emperor Otho III., who gave leave to several Florentine families to bear his arms. In an abbey in Florence founded by bis mother, and dowered by himself, the Feast of St. Thomas was always celebrated in his memory, being the day on which he died. Line 131. Giano della Bella, who still bore the Baron's arms, but had renounced the nobility and become one of the people. A democrat of the Middle Ages.
Line 136. The family of the Amidei, who slew Buondelmonte for withdrawing from a marriage arranged with a maiden of their house through bis passion for one of the Donati, from whence arose the factions of the Bianchi and Neri in Florence. See *' Hell," Canto XXVIII. Line 143. A stream between Moutebuona, where the family of Buondelmonte resided originally, and Florence. Line 145.
The bridge where the maimed statue of Mars was still standing when Buondelmonte was slain, a fit victim to that god. See "Hell, Canto XIII.
Oahto XVII. PARADISE. 326 With others, and with those of whom I speak, Florence 1 saw in such a perfect rest, No reason had she then laments to seek. i*<* I saw her with those people, glorious, blest, And aye so just, that to the lance's head Her lilies never were reversely drest. Nor yet by civil strife were changed to red. Line 153.
The lilies, the arms of Florenoe, had never hong reversed on the spears of her enemies in token of her defeat, nor was their colour yet changed from white to red^ as they were by the Guelphs, who altered the city arms from argent lilies m a field gales to lilies gales in a field argent.
CANTO xvn. Encoorai^ed by Beatrice, Dante questions the n>irit of his ancestors conoermng the future of his own hfe on earth. Uacoiaguida foretells to him his approaching exile from Florence, and exhorts him to write all that he has seen in Hel], Purgatory, and Heaven. Like him who came to Olimene to learn The truth of what against his birth was given. He who to sons still makes all fathers stern, Such was I then, and such was I perceiven Of Beatrice, and that holy lamp * Who erst for me had changed its place in Heaven. On which my lady : " Let the flame forth ramp Of thy desire," she told me, " let it pass Distinctly sealed with its internal stamp : Not by thy speech our knowledge to increase. But that to own thy thirsting thou mayst use, That men may mingle drink to give thee peace." ** O my dear plant ! that dost so soaring muse. That as our minds behold there cannot be In one triangle angles twain obtuse, So dost thou see the far contingency Ere in itself existent, on that point Gazing where all times present thou dost see ; Line 1. Phaeton, ths son of Glimene, who inquired of her whether he was really the son of Apollo, Ovid, Metam., lib. i., whose fate in his attempt to drive the horses of the sun makes fathers sterner to a son's requests. Line 11. That thou mayst practise a frank declaration of thy difficulties, 80 that men may offer thee their solution.
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324 PARADISE. Canto XVI. Already rose, but from a race so low That Ubertin Donato felt a smart Any connection with their blood to know. ^^^ Already Caponsacco in the mart Had come from Fiesole, and Guida too, And Infangato filled a worthy part. I'll tell a thing incredible and true : In our small bounds one entered by a gate, ^^ The which its name from those of Pera drew. Each one who borrowed the heraldic state Of the great baron, whose high worth and name The Feast of Thomas aye does celebrate, From him did privilege and knighthood claim, ^^ Albeit one has joined the people's den Who binds that quartering in a golden frame. The Gualterotti and Importini then Were living, and their Borg would quiet be Had no new strangers entered on its ken. ^ The house from which was bom your misery, And which has slain you by its just disdain, And put an end to all your life of glee, Was honoured, it, and aU its numerous train. O Buondelmonte, to what ill you fled ^*^ That plighted wedding, on another fain ! Many would now be joyous, who are sad. If God your form in Ema*s stream had thrown The first time to the city you were led. But well 'twas fitting to that maimed stone ^** Which guards the bridge, that Florence you should make A victim to the last peace she has known. Line 124. The incredibility is varionsly explained to consist either in the smallness of the boundaries of the city at tluit time or in Uie simplicity of the people who called one of their gates after a private family. Line 128. The Marchese Ugo, Baron cf the Emperor Otho III., who gave leave to several Florentine families to bear his arms. In an abbey in Florence founded by bis mother, and dowered by himself, the Feast of St. Thomas was always celebrated in his memory, being the day on which he died. Line 131. Giano della Bella, who still bore the Baron's arms, but had renounced the nobility and become one of the people. A democrat of the Middle Ages. Line 136. The family of the Amidei, who slew Buondelmonte for withdrawing from a marriage arranged with a maiden of their house through bis passion for one of the Donati, from whence arose the factions of the Bianchi and Neri in Florence. See *' Hell," Canto XXVIII. Line 143. A stream between Moutebuona, where the family of Buondelmonte resided originally, and Florence. Line 145. The bridge where the maimed statue of Mars was still standing when Buondelmonte was slain, a fit victim to that god. See "Hell, Canto XIII.
Oahto XVII. PARADISE. 326 With others, and with those of whom I speak, Florence 1 saw in such a perfect rest, No reason had she then laments to seek. i*<* I saw her with those people, glorious, blest, And aye so just, that to the lance's head Her lilies never were reversely drest. Nor yet by civil strife were changed to red. Line 153.
The lilies, the arms of Florenoe, had never hong reversed on the spears of her enemies in token of her defeat, nor was their colour yet changed from white to red^ as they were by the Guelphs, who altered the city arms from argent lilies m a field gales to lilies gales in a field argent.
CANTO xvn. Encoorai^ed by Beatrice, Dante questions the n>irit of his ancestors conoermng the future of his own hfe on earth. Uacoiaguida foretells to him his approaching exile from Florence, and exhorts him to write all that he has seen in Hel], Purgatory, and Heaven. Like him who came to Olimene to learn The truth of what against his birth was given. He who to sons still makes all fathers stern, Such was I then, and such was I perceiven Of Beatrice, and that holy lamp * Who erst for me had changed its place in Heaven. On which my lady : " Let the flame forth ramp Of your desire," she told me, " let it pass Distinctly sealed with its internal stamp : Not by your speech our knowledge to increase. But that to own your thirsting you mayst use, That men may mingle drink to give you peace." ** O my dear plant ! that do so soaring muse. That as our minds behold there cannot be In one triangle angles twain obtuse, So do you see the far contingency Ere in itself existent, on that point Gazing where all times present you do see ; Line 1. Phaeton, ths son of Glimene, who inquired of her whether he was really the son of Apollo, Ovid, Metam., lib. i., whose fate in his attempt to drive the horses of the sun makes fathers sterner to a son's requests. Line 11. That you mayst practise a frank declaration of your difficulties, 80 that men may offer you their solution.
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