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FILIPPO ARGENTI *---- ? - *---- ? AGE : *-- ?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
FLORENCE.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
PATRICIAN.<br />
FILIPPO ARGENTI: A FLORENTINE NOBLE, NOTORIOUS FOR HIS FIERCE TEMPER & OVERBEARING CONDUCT. HE & THE<br />
ADIMARI FAMILY MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN HOSTILE TO DANTE.<br />
IN BOCACCIO’S COMMENTO ARGENTI HAD HIS HORSE SHOD WITH SILVER & FROM THIS HE HAD HIS SURNAME (LONGFELLOW).<br />
FILIPPO ARGENTI:<br />
INF C8 31-33 / DANTE INF C8 31-33 / KLINE<br />
Mentre noi corravam la morta gora, While we were running through the dead channel,<br />
dinanzi mi si fece un pien di fango, one rose up, one rose up in front of me, covered<br />
with<br />
e disse: «Chi se' tu che vieni anzi ora?». mud and said: Who are you, that come before your<br />
time?<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C8 34-35 / DANTE INF C8 34-35 / KLINE<br />
E io a lui: «S'i' vegno, non rimango; And I to him: If I come, I do not stay here:<br />
ma tu chi se', che sì se' fatto brutto?». but who are you, who are so mired?<br />
FILIPPO APPEALS TO VIRGIL AND DANTE IN TURN.<br />
FILIPPO ARGENTI: & FILIPPO ARGENTI:<br />
INF C8 36 / DANTE INF C8 36 / KLINE<br />
Vedi che son un che piango He answered: You see that I am one who weeps.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C8 37-39 / DANTE INF C8 37-39 / KLINE<br />
E io a lui: «Con piangere e con lutto, And I to him: Cursed spirit,<br />
spirito maladetto, ti rimani; remain weeping and in sorrow!<br />
ch'i' ti conosco, ancor sie lordo tutto». For I know you, muddy as you are.<br />
ARGENTI ATTEMPTS TO GET ONTO THE BOAT AND VIRGIL PUSHES HIM OFF.<br />
ARGENTI DISAPPEARS BACKSTAGE.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C8 40-42 / DANTE INF C8 40-42 / KLINE<br />
Allor distese al legno ambo le mani; Then he stretched both hands out to the boat,<br />
per che 'l maestro accorto lo sospinse, at which the cautious Master pushed him off,<br />
saying:<br />
dicendo: «Via costà con li altri cani!». Away, there, with the other dogs!<br />
VIRGIL PUTS HIS ARM ROUND DANTE’S NECK AND KISSES HIS FACE [INF C8 43].<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C8 43-45 / DANTE INF C8 43-45 / KLINE<br />
Lo collo poi con le braccia mi cinse; Then he put his arms around my neck,<br />
basciommi 'l volto e disse: «Alma sdegnosa, kissed my face, and said: Blessed be she who<br />
benedetta colei che 'n te s'incinse! bore you, soul, who are rightly indignant.<br />
DANTE notes:<br />
INF C8 44-45 / DANTE INF C8 44-45 / KLINE<br />
basciommi 'l volto e disse: Alma sdegnosa, kissed my face, and said: Blessed be she<br />
benedetta colei che 'n te s'incinse! who bore you, soul, who are rightly indignant.<br />
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