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BEFORE VIRGIL HAS FINISHED SPEAKING, DANTE LOOKS BEHIND. IN FRIGHT, HE SEIZES VIRGIL BY THE<br />
HAND AND THEY RUN DOWN THE → R → . THEY QUICKLY APPEAR ON THE → L → AND START ACROSS<br />
THE STAGE.<br />
HYPOCRITES: LODERINGO, CATALANO<br />
INF C23 58-75 / KLINE<br />
Down below we found a metal-coated tribe, weeping, circling with very slow steps, and weary and defeated in their<br />
aspect. They had cloaks, with deep hoods over the eyes, in the shape they make for the monks of Cologne. On the<br />
outside they are gilded so it dazzles, but inside all leaden, and so heavy, that compared to them Frederick’s were<br />
made of straw. O weary mantle for eternity! We turned to the left again, beside them, who were intent on their sad<br />
weeping, but those people, tired by their burden, came on so slowly that our companions were new at every step. At<br />
which, I said to my guide: Make a search for someone known to us, by name or action, and gaze around as we move<br />
by.<br />
FRIAR LODERINGO / THALIA (VOICE):<br />
INF C23 76-78 / DANTE INF C23 76-78 / KLINE<br />
E un che 'ntese la parola tosca, And one of them, who understood the Tuscan<br />
di retro a noi gridò: Tenete i piedi, language, called after us: Rest your feet,<br />
voi che correte sì per l'aura fosca! you who speed so fast through the dark air,<br />
INF C23 79 / DANTE<br />
Forse ch'avrai da me quel che tu chiedi. maybe you will get from me what you request.<br />
LODERINGO./.THALIA APPEARS. HE./.SHE, AND CATALANO./.TERPSICHORE WHO FOLLOWS SHORTLY, ARE<br />
UNADORNED MUSES, I.E. WITHOUT HEAVY, ORANGE-GOLD CLOAKS. THEY ‘CIRCLE WITH VERY SLOW<br />
STEPS’, ‘WEARY AND DEFEATED IN THEIR ASPECT’.<br />
VIRGIL SPEAKS SOFTLY TO DANTE.<br />
LODERINGO DEGLI ANDALÒ DATES SIMILAR TO CATALANO<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
BOLOGNA. IN 1233 HE FOUNDED THE ORDER OF THE GLORIOUS SAINT MARY: THE FIRST RELIGIOUS ORDER OF<br />
KNIGHTHOOD TO GRANT THE RANK OF MILITISSA TO WOMEN. IT WAS APPROVED BY POPE ALEXANDER IV (?) IN<br />
1261 AND SUPPRESSED BY SIXTUS V IN 1558.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
MUSE THALIA.<br />
CATALANO DE’ CATALINI c 1210-1285?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
BOLOGNA.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
MUSE TERPSICHORE<br />
FRATI GAUDENTI, OR JOVIAL FRIARS: A DERISIVE NAME FOR THE CAVALIERI DI S. MARIA (ORDO MILITAE BEATAE MARIAE)<br />
FOUNDED AT BOLOGNA IN 1261, WITH THE APPROVAL OF URBAN IV, TO ACT AS MEDIATORS & PROTECT THE WEAK. IT WAS<br />
DISBANDED DUE TO ITS LAXITY. CATALANO DE’ CATALINI (OR DE’ MALAVOLTI) & LODERINGO DEGLI ANDALÒ, A<br />
GHIBELLINE, WERE CALLED TO FLORENCE, FROM BOLOGNA, IN 1266 TO ACT TOGETHER AS PODESTÀ & REFORM THE<br />
GOVERNMENT. THEY WERE ACCUSED OF HYPOCRISY & CORRUPTION & EXPELLED. THE GARDINGO DISTRICT (PIAZZA DI<br />
FIRENZE) THE SITE OF THE UBERTI PALACE, WAS DESTROYED IN A RISING AGAINST THE GHIBELLINES.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C23 80-81 / DANTE INF C23 80-81 / KLINE<br />
Onde 'l duca si volse e disse: Aspetta, At which my guide turned round and said:<br />
e poi secondo il suo passo procedi. Wait, and then go on, at his their pace.<br />
DANTE STANDS STILL. TWO HOODED FIGURES APPROACH HIM SLOWLY, THEN LOOK AT HIM FOR A LONG<br />
TIME.<br />
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