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Sunrise. The Poets on the shore. Coming of a

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boat, guided by an angel, bearing souls to Purga-

tory. - Their landing. Casella and his song.

Cato hurries the souls to the mountain

CANTO III

Ante-Purgatory. Souls of those who have died in con-

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tumacy of the Church.

Ante-Purgatory.

CANTO IV

Ascent to a shelf of the mountain.

The negligent, who postponed repentance to the

last hour. Belacqua .

CANTO V

Ante-Purgatory. - Spirits who had delayed repentance,

and met with death by violence, but died repentant.

- Jacopo del Cassero.

Pia de' Tolomei .

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Ante-Purgatory.

CANTO VI

More spirits who had deferred re-

pentance till they were overtaken by a violent death.

Efficacy of prayer. Sordello. Apostrophe to

Virgil makes himself known to Sordello. Sordello

leads the Poets to the Valley of the Princes who

had been negligent of salvation.

out by name

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He points them

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CANTO VIII

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Valley of the Princes. -Two Guardian Angels. Nino

- The Serpent. - Corrado Malaspina

Visconti.

CANTO IX

Slumber and Dream of Dante.

The Eagle.

Lucia.

-The Gate of Purgatory. -The Angelic Gate-

keeper. - Seven P's inscribed on Dante's Forehead.

Entrance to the First Ledge

Purgatory proper.

ples of Humility sculptured on the rock

First Ledge the Proud. Exam-

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ment of Pride graven on the pavement.

Meeting

with an Angel who removes one of the P's. As-

cent to the Second Ledge .

CANTO XIII

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Second Ledge the Envious. Examples of Love.

The Shades in haircloth, and with sealed eyes.

Sapia of Siena

CANTO XIV

Guido del Duca.

Second Ledge: the Envious.

Rinieri de' Calboli. Instances of the punishment

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of Envy.

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Second Ledge: the Envious.

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- An Angel removes the

second P from Dante's forehead. Discourse con-

cerning the Sharing of Good. Ascent to the Third

Ledge: the Wrathful. — Vision of Examples of For-

His discourse on Free Will, and the corruption of

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the Wrathful. - Issue from the Smoke.

-Vision of Instances of the punishment of Anger.

- Ascent to the Fourth Ledge, where Sloth is

purged. Second Nightfall in Purgatory. — Virgil

explains how Love is the root alike of Virtue and of

Sin.

CANTO XVIII

Discourse of Virgil on

Throng of Spirits running in

Fourth Ledge: the Slothful.

Love and Free Will.

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haste to redeem their Sin. - Examples of Zeal.

The Abbot of San Zeno. Instances of the punish-

ment of Sloth. Dante falls asleep

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CANTO XIX

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Fifth Ledge the Avaricious. The Spirits celebrate

examples of Poverty and Bounty. - Hugh Capet.-

His discourse on his descendants. Instances of the

punishment of Avarice. -Trembling of the Moun-

tain

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CANTO XXI

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Fifth Ledge. -The shade of Statius. Cause of the

trembling of the Mountain. Statius does honor to

Virgil

Ascent to the Sixth Ledge. Discourse of Statius and

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Virgil. Entrance to the Ledge: the Gluttonous.

The Mystic Tree. - Examples of Temperance.

CANTO XXIII

Sixth Ledge the Gluttonous. Forese Donati.

Nella.

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- Rebuke of the women of Florence.