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INF C19 28-45 / DANTE<br />
As the flame of burning oily liquids moves only on the surface, so it was in their case, from the heels to the legs. I<br />
said: ‘Master, who is that, who twists himself about, writhing more than all his companions, and licked by redder<br />
flames?’ And he to me: ‘If you will let me carry you down there by the lower bank, you will learn from him about<br />
his sins and himself.’ And I: ‘Whatever pleases you is good for me: you are my lord, and know that I do not deviate<br />
from your will, also you know what is not spoken.’ Then we came onto the fourth buttress: we turned and<br />
descended, on the left, down into the narrow and perforated depths. The kind master did not let me leave his side<br />
until he took me to the hole occupied by the one who so agonised with his feet.<br />
DANTE ADDRESSES A BARELY-VISIBLE UPSIDE-DOWN SPIRIT, POPE NICHOLAS III, IMPERSONATED BY<br />
CLIO.<br />
POPE NICHOLAS III *---- ? - 1280<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
ROME.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
MUSE CLIO.<br />
NICHOLAS III, GIOVANNI GUATANI ORSINI: POPE FROM 1277 TO 1280. THE ORSINI FAMILY EMBLEM WAS A SHE-BEAR. HE<br />
HAD TO WAIT 23 YEARS IN HELL UNTIL THE DEATH OF BONIFACE HIS SUCCESSOR IN 1303, WHO WOULD IN TURN WAIT ONLY<br />
ELEVEN YEARS FOR THE DEATH OF CLEMENT V. (BENEDICT XI, IN BETWEEN THEM, POPE FROM 1303-1304, WAS NOT GIVEN<br />
TO SIMONY.)<br />
142<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C19 46-48 / DANTE INF C19 46-48 / KLINE<br />
«O qual che se' che 'l di sù tien di sotto, I began to speak: anima trista…O, unhappy spirit,<br />
anima trista come pal commessa», whoever you are, who have with your upper parts<br />
comincia' io a dir, «se puoi, fa motto». below, planted like a stake, form words if you can.<br />
INF C19 49-51 / KLINE<br />
I stood like the friar who gives confession to a treacherous assassin, who, after being fixed in the ground, calls the<br />
confessor back, and so delays his burial.<br />
POPE NICHOLAS III / CLIO:<br />
INF C19 52-54 / DANTE INF C19 52-54 / KLINE<br />
Ed el gridò: Se' tu già costì ritto?, And he cried: Are you standing there already,<br />
se' tu già costì ritto, Bonifazio? Boniface? The book of the future<br />
Di parecchi anni mi mentì lo scritto. has deceived me by several years.<br />
INF C19 55-57 / DANTE<br />
Se' tu sì tosto di quell' aver sazio Are you sated, so swiftly, with that wealth, for<br />
per lo qual non temesti tòrre a 'nganno which you did not hesitate to seize the Church,<br />
la bella donna, e poi di farne strazio?». our lovely lady, and then destroy her?<br />
INF C19 58-60 / KLINE<br />
I became like those who stand, not knowing what has been said to them, and unable to reply, exposed to scorn.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C19 61-63 / DANTE INF C19 61-63 / KLINE<br />
Allor Virgilio disse: «Dilli tosto: Then Virgil said: Quickly, say to him,<br />
"Non son colui, non son colui che credi"»; “I am not him, I am not whom you think.”<br />
e io rispuosi come a me fu imposto. And I replied as I was instructed.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C19 62 / DANTE INF C19 62 / KLINE<br />
Non son colui, non son colui che credi I am not him, I am not whom you think.<br />
POPE NICHOLAS III / CLIO: & POPE NICHOLAS III / CLIO:<br />
INF C19 64-66 / DANTE INF C19 64-66 / KLINE<br />
Per che lo spirto tutti storse i piedi; At which the spirit’s legs writhed fiercely:<br />
poi, sospirando e con voce di pianto, then, sighing, in a tearful voice, he said to me:<br />
mi disse: «Dunque che a me richiedi? Then what do you want of me?