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CIACCO:
INF C6 64-66 / DANTE INF C6 64-66 / KLINE
E quelli a me: «Dopo lunga tencione And he to me: After long struggle, they will come
verranno al sangue, e la parte selvaggia to blood, and, the Whites, the party of the woods,
caccerà l'altra con molta offensione. will throw out the Blacks, with great injury.
DANTE notes:
INF C6 65 / DANTE INF C6 65 / KLINE
verranno al sangue, e la parte selvaggia to blood, and, the Whites, the party of the woods,
CIACCO:
INF C6 67-69 / DANTE INF C6 67-69 / KLINE
Poi appresso convien che questa caggia Within three years, then, it must happen,
infra tre soli, e che l'altra sormonti that the Blacks will conquer,
con la forza di tal che testé piaggia. with the help of him, who now veers about.
INF C6 70-72 / DANTE
Alte terrà lungo tempo le fronti, That party will hold its head high for a long time,
tenendo l'altra sotto gravi pesi, weighing the Whites down, under heavy
oppression,
come che di ciò pianga o che n'aonti. however they weep and however ashamed they are.
INF C6 73-75 / DANTE
Giusti son due, e non vi sono intesi; Two men are just, but are not listened to.
superbia, invidia e avarizia sono Pride, Envy and Avarice are the three
le tre faville c'hanno i cuori accesi. burning coals that have set all hearts on fire.
INF C6 76-78 / KLINE
Here he ended the mournful prophecy, and I said to him: I want you to instruct me still, and grant me a little more
speech.
DANTE:
INF C6 79-81 / DANTE INF C6 79-81 / KLINE
Farinata e 'l Tegghiaio, che fuor sì degni, Tell me where Farinata and Tegghiaio are, who
Iacopo Rusticucci, Arrigo e 'l Mosca were worthy enough, and Jacopo Rusticucci,
e li altri ch'a ben far puoser li 'ngegni, Arrigo, Mosca, and the rest who set their minds
to doing good:
FARINATA: SEE INF C10 22
RUSTICUCCI, TEGGHAIO: SEE INF C16 7-9.
ARRIGO, DE’ FIFANTI(?): HIS FAMILY IS UNCERTAIN. HE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF MOSCA DE’ LAMBERTI’S
ACCOMPLICES IN THE MURDER OF BUONDELMONTE DE’ BUONDELMONTI, THAT INITIATED THE GUELPH & GHIBELLINE
FACTIONAL ALIGNMENTS IN FLORENCE.
MOSCA DE’ LAMBERTI: ONE OF THE INITIATORS OF THE MURDER OF BUONDELMONTE DE’ BUONDELMONTI, WHO WAS
BETROTHED TO A DAUGHTER OF THE AMIDEI, BUT BROKE FAITH AT THE INSTIGATION OF GUALDRADA DONATI. IN THE
DEBATE AS TO WHETHER HE SHOULD BE KILLED MOSCA SAID THE EVIL WORD, ‘A THING DONE HAS AN END.’ BUONDELMONTE
WAS MURDERED, AT THE FOOT OF THE STATUE OF MARS, ON THE PONTE VECCHIO, IN 1215. THE FAMILY DIVISIONS CREATED
THE GUELPH & GHIBELLINE FACTIONAL CONFLICTS.
INF C6 82-84 / DANTE
dimmi ove sono e fa ch'io li conosca; let me know of them, for a great longing
ché gran disio mi stringe di savere urges me to discover whether Heaven
se 'l ciel li addolcia o lo 'nferno li attosca». soothes them, or Hell poisons them.
CIACCO:
INF C6 85-87 / DANTE INF C6 85-87 / KLINE
E quelli: Ei son tra l'anime più nere; And he to me: They are among the blackest
diverse colpe giù li grava al fondo: spirits, another crime weighs them to the bottom:
se tanto scendi, là i potrai vedere. if you descend so deep, you may see them.
INF C6 88-89 / DANTE
Ma quando tu sarai nel dolce mondo, But when you are, again, in the sweet world,
priegoti ch'a la mente altrui mi rechi: I beg you to recall me to other minds:
più non ti dico e più non ti rispondo. I tell you no more, and more I will not answer.
INF C6 91-93 / KLINE
At that he turned his fixed gaze askance, and looked at me a while: then, bent his head, and lowered himself, and it,
among his blind companions.
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