L ' I N F E R N O

DANTE:
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Ciò che narrate di mio corso scrivo, What you tell me of my fate, I write,
e serbolo a chiosar con altro testo and retain it with a former text, for a lady, who
a donna che saprà, s'a lei arrivo. will know how to comment on it, if I reach her.
DANTE:
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ch'a la Fortuna, come vuol, son presto. I am ready for whatever Fortune wills,
DANTE:
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Tanto vogl' io che vi sia manifesto, I would make this much known to you:
pur che mia coscïenza non mi garra, I am ready for whatever Fortune wills.,
ch'a la Fortuna, come vuol, son presto. as long as conscience does not hurt me.
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Non è nuova a li orecchi miei tal arra: Such prophecies are not new to my ears:
però giri Fortuna la sua rota so let Fortune turn her wheel as she pleases,
come le piace, e 'l villan la sua marra». and the peasant wield his mattock.
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At that, my Master, looked back, on his right, and gazed at me, then said: ‘He listens closely, who notes it.’ I carry
on speaking, no less, with Ser Brunetto, and ask who are the most famous and noblest of his companions. And he to
me: ‘It is good to know of some: of the rest it would be praiseworthy to keep silent, as the time would be too little
for such a speech. In short, know that all were clerks, and great scholars, and very famous, tainted with the same sin
on earth. Priscian goes with that miserable crowd, and Francesco d’Accorso: and if you had any desire for such
scum, you might have seen Andrea di Mozzi there, who by Boniface, the Pope, servus servorum Dei, servant of
servants, was translated from the Arno to Vicenza’s Bacchiglione, where he departed from his ill-strained body. I
would say more, but my speech and my departure must not linger, since there I see new smoke, rising from the great
sand.
♫BE-A-TRI-CE MOTIF * * * * * * * * * *
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BEATRICE MANIFESTS HERSELF IN HER HEAVENLY SPOTLIGHT..◙..NEXT TO DANTE AND SMILES. DANTE
STARTS AND TREMBLES. BRUNETTO CANNOT SEE HER.
THE CONTINUING SMILE COMPELS DANTE TO HAND OVER HIS BOOK AND HOLD BEATRICE’S BIBLE WHILE
SHE LOOKS AT HIS WRITING.
BRUNETTO LOOKS PAST DANTE AT TWO SPIRITS APPROACHING. HE PROFFERS DANTE HIS OWN BOOK,
THE TESORO (TRESORO).
BRUNETTO LATINI:
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Gente vien con la quale esser non deggio. People come that I cannot be with:
Sieti raccomandato il mio Tesoro, let my Tresoro be commended to you,
nel qual io vivo ancora, e più non cheggio. in which I still live: more I ask not.
DANTE TAKES IT IN A DAZE AND HANDS BRUNETTO THE BIBLE. BRUNETTO GENTLY TAKES HIS BOOK
FROM DANTE’S HAND AND PUTS THE BIBLE BACK THERE. BRUNETTO LOOKS TO THE AUDIENCE AND
HOLDS OUT HIS BOOK.
BRUNETTO LATINI:
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Sieti raccomandato il mio Tesoro, let my Tresoro be commended to you,
nel qual io vivo ancora, e più non cheggio. in which I still live: more I ask not.
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