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THE SOWERS OF DISCORD<br />
DANTE AND VIRGIL CLOSES CANTO 27 AND RELATES WHAT HE SAW. VIRGIL INTERPRETS A VERSE OR 2<br />
BEHIND.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C27 133-135 / DANTE INF C27 133-135 / KLINE<br />
Noi passamm' oltre, e io e 'l duca mio, We passed on, my guide and I, along the cliff,<br />
su per lo scoglio infino in su l'altr' arco up to the other arch, that covers the next ditch,<br />
che cuopre 'l fosso in che si paga il fio in which the reward is paid<br />
INF C27 136-138 / DANTE<br />
a quei che scommettendo acquistan carco. to those who collect guilt by sowing discord.<br />
INF C28 1-6 / KLINE<br />
Who could ever fully tell, even with repeated unimprisoned words, the blood and wounds I saw now? Every tongue<br />
would certainly fail, since our speech and memory have too small a capacity to comprehend so much.<br />
DANTE: & VIRGIL:<br />
INF C28 7-9 / DANTE INF C28 7-9 / KLINE<br />
S'el s'aunasse ancor tutta la gente If all the people, too, were gathered, who once<br />
che già, in su la fortunata terra grieved for their blood, in the fateful land of<br />
Apulia,<br />
di Puglia, fu del suo sangue dolente by reason of the Samnite War of the Romans,<br />
INF C28 10-12 / DANTE<br />
per li Troiani e per la lunga guerra of Trojan seed; and those, from that long Punic<br />
War,<br />
che de l'anella fé sì alte spoglie, that, as Livy writes, who does not err, yielded<br />
come Livïo scrive, che non erra, so great a wealth of rings, from Cannae’s<br />
battlefield;<br />
LIVY: TITUS LIVIUS, THE ROMAN HISTORIAN. HE RECORDS (23 11, 12) THAT AT THE BATTLE OF CANNAE IN 216 BC IN THE<br />
SECOND PUNIC WAR, WHERE HANNIBAL DEFEATED THE ROMANS, HE SHOWED THE SENATE AT CARTHAGE 3 BUSHELS OF<br />
GOLD RINGS TAKEN FROM THE CORPSES.<br />
INF C28 13-15 / DANTE<br />
con quella che sentio di colpi doglie and those who felt the pain of blows<br />
per contastare a Ruberto Guiscardo; by withstanding Robert Guiscard; and the rest,<br />
e l'altra il cui ossame ancor s'accoglie whose bones are still heaped<br />
ROBERT GUISCARD:(D. 1085): FOUNDER OF THE NORMAN DYNASTY IN SOUTHERN ITALY & SICILY. HE WAGED WAR IN<br />
SICILY & S.ITALY (1059 TO 1080), AGAINST THE GREEKS & SARACENS. HE RESCUED GREGORY VII & SACKED ROME IN<br />
1084.<br />
188<br />
INF C28 16-18 / DANTE<br />
a Ceperan, là dove fu bugiardo at Ceperano, where all the Apulians turned traitor,<br />
ciascun Pugliese, e là da Tagliacozzo, for Charles of Anjou; and there,<br />
dove sanz' arme vinse il vecchio Alardo; at Tagliacozzo where old Alardo’s<br />
ALARDO: ERARD DE VALÉRY; IN 1268, AT TAGLIACOZZO, CHARLES OF ANJOU DEFEATED CONRADIN, MANFRED’S NEPHEW,<br />
USING RESERVE TROOPS, ON THE ADVICE OF ERARD.<br />
INF C28 19-21 / DANTE<br />
e qual forato suo membro e qual mozzo advice to Charles conquered without weapons:<br />
mostrasse, d'aequar sarebbe nulla and some were to show pierced limbs, and others<br />
il modo de la nona bolgia sozzo. severed stumps; it would be nothing to equal the<br />
hideous state of the ninth chasm.<br />
DANTE STANDS SILENT FOR A WHILE, OPENS HIS MOUTH TO SPEAK, SHAKES HIS HEAD AND<br />
CLOSES HIS MOUTH.