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So we passed onward o'er the filthy mixture
  Of shadows and of rain with footsteps slow;
  Touching a little on the future life。

Wherefore I said: 〃Master; these torments here;
  Will they increase after the mighty sentence;
  Or lesser be; or will they be as burning?〃

And he to me: 〃Return unto thy science;
  Which wills; that as the thing more perfect is;
  The more it feels of pleasure and of pain。

Albeit that this people maledict
  To true perfection never can attain;
  Hereafter more than now they look to be。〃

Round in a circle by that road we went;
  Speaking much more; which I do not repeat;
  We came unto the point where the descent is;

There we found Plutus the great enemy。



Inferno: Canto VII


〃Pape Satan; Pape Satan; Aleppe!〃
  Thus Plutus with his clucking voice began;
  And that benignant Sage; who all things knew;

Said; to encourage me: 〃Let not thy fear
  Harm thee; for any power that he may have
  Shall not prevent thy going down this crag。〃

Then he turned round unto that bloated lip;
  And said: 〃Be silent; thou accursed wolf;
  Consume within thyself with thine own rage。

Not causeless is this journey to the abyss;
  Thus is it willed on high; where Michael wrought
  Vengeance upon the proud adultery。〃

Even as the sails inflated by the wind
  Involved together fall when snaps the mast;
  So fell the cruel monster to the earth。

Thus we descended into the fourth chasm;
  Gaining still farther on the dolesome shore
  Which all the woe of the universe insacks。

Justice of God; ah! who heaps up so many
  New toils and sufferings as I beheld?
  And why doth our transgression waste us so?

As doth the billow there upon Charybdis;
  That breaks itself on that which it encounters;
  So here the folk must dance their roundelay。

Here saw I people; more than elsewhere; many;
  On one side and the other; with great howls;
  Rolling weights forward by main force of chest。

They clashed together; and then at that point
  Each one turned backward; rolling retrograde;
  Crying; 〃Why keepest?〃 and; 〃Why squanderest thou?〃

Thus they returned along the lurid circle
  On either hand unto the opposite point;
  Shouting their shameful metre evermore。

Then each; when he arrived there; wheeled about
  Through his half…circle to another joust;
  And I; who had my heart pierced as it were;

Exclaimed: 〃My Master; now declare to me
  What people these are; and if all were clerks;
  These shaven crowns upon the left of us。〃

And he to me: 〃All of them were asquint
  In intellect in the first life; so much
  That there with measure they no spending made。

Clearly enough their voices bark it forth;
  Whene'er they reach the two points of the circle;
  Where sunders them the opposite defect。

Clerks those were who no hairy covering
  Have on the head; and Popes and Cardinals;
  In whom doth Avarice practise its excess。〃

And I: 〃My Master; among such as these
  I ought forsooth to recognise some few;
  Who were infected with these maladies。〃

And he to me: 〃Vain thought thou entertainest;
  The undiscerning life which made them sordid
  Now makes them unto all discernment dim。

Forever shall they come to these two buttings;
  These from the sepulchre shall rise again
  With the fist closed; and these with tresses shorn。

Ill giving and ill keeping the fair world
  Have ta'en from them; and placed them in this scuffle;
  Whate'er it be; no words adorn I for it。

Now canst thou; Son; behold the transient farce
  Of goods that are committed unto Fortune;
  For which the human race each other buffet;

For all the gold that is beneath the moon;
  Or ever has been; of these weary souls
  Could never make a single one repose。〃

〃Master;〃 I said to him; 〃now tell me also
  What is this Fortune which thou speakest of;
  That has the world's goods so within its clutches?〃

And he to me: 〃O creatures imbecile;
  What ignorance is this which doth beset you?
  Now will I have thee learn my judgment of her。

He whose omniscience everything transcends
  The heavens created; and gave who should guide them;
  That every part to every part may shine;

Distributing the light in equal measure;
  He in like manner to the mundane splendours
  Ordained a general ministress and guide;

That she might change at times the empty treasures
  From race to race; from one blood to another;
  Beyond resistance of all human wisdom。

Therefore one people triumphs; and another
  Languishes; in pursuance of her judgment;
  Which hidden is; as in the grass a serpent。

Your knowledge has no counterstand against her;
  She makes provision; judges; and pursues
  Her governance; as theirs the other gods。

Her permutations have not any truce;
  Necessity makes her precipitate;
  So often cometh who his turn obtains。

And this is she who is so crucified
  Even by those who ought to give her praise;
  Giving her blame amiss; and bad repute。

But she is blissful; and she hears it not;
  Among the other primal creatures gladsome
  She turns her sphere; and blissful she rejoices。

Let us descend now unto greater woe;
  Already sinks each star that was ascending
  When I set out; and loitering is forbidden。〃

We crossed the circle to the other bank;
  Near to a fount that boils; and pours itself
  Along a gully that runs out of it。

The water was more sombre far than perse;
  And we; in company with the dusky waves;
  Made entrance downward by a path uncouth。

A marsh it makes; which has the name of Styx;
  This tristful brooklet; when it has descended
  Down to the foot of the malign gray shores。

And I; who stood intent upon beholding;
  Saw people mud…besprent in that lagoon;
  All of them naked and with angry look。

They smote each other not alone with hands;
  But with the head and with the breast and feet;
  Tearing each other piecemeal with their teeth。

Said the good Master: 〃Son; thou now beholdest
  The souls of those whom anger overcame;
  And likewise I would have thee know for certain

Beneath the water people are who sigh
  And make this water bubble at the surface;
  As the eye tells thee wheresoe'er it turns。

Fixed in the mire they say; 'We sullen were
  In the sweet air; which by the sun is gladdened;
  Bearing within ourselves the sluggish reek;

Now we are sullen in this sable mire。'
  This hymn do they keep gurgling in their throats;
  For with unbroken words they cannot say it。〃

Thus we went circling round the filthy fen
  A great arc 'twixt the dry bank and the swamp;
  With eyes turned unto those who gorge the mire;

Unto the foot of a tower we came at last。



Inferno: Canto VIII


I say; continuing; that long before
  We to the foot of that high tower had come;
  Our eyes went upward to the summit of it;

By reason of two flamelets we saw placed there;
  And from afar another answer them;
  So far; that hardly could the eye attain it。

And; to the sea of all discernment turned;
  I said: 〃What sayeth this; and what respondeth
  That other fire? and who are they that made it?〃

And he to me: 〃Across the turbid waves
  What is expected thou canst now discern;
  If reek of the morass conceal it not。〃

Cord never shot an arrow from itself
  That sped away athwart the air so swift;
  As I beheld a very little boat

Come o'er the water tow'rds us at that moment;
  Under the guidance of a single pilot;
  Who shouted; 〃Now art thou arrived; fell soul?〃

〃Phlegyas; Phlegyas; thou criest out in vain
  For this once;〃 said my Lord; 〃thou shalt not have us
  Longer than in the passing of the slough。〃

As he who listens to some great deceit
  That has been done to him; and then resents it;
  Such became Phlegyas; in his gathered wrath。

My Guide descended down into the boat;
  And then he made me enter after him;
  And only when I entered seemed it laden。

Soon as the Guide and I were in the boat;
  The antique prow goes on its way; dividing
  More of the water than 'tis wont with others。

While we were running through the dead canal;
  Uprose in front of me one full of mire;
  And said; 〃Who 'rt thou that comest ere the hour?〃

And I to him: 〃Although I come; I stay not;
  But who art thou that hast become so squalid?〃
  〃Thou seest that I am one who weeps;〃 he answered。

And I to him: 〃With weeping and with wailing;
  Thou spirit maledict; do thou remain;
  For thee I know; though thou art all defiled。〃

Then stretched he both his hands unto the boat;
  Whereat my wary Master thrust him back;
  Saying; 〃Away there with the other dogs!〃

Thereafter with his arms he clasped my neck;
  He kissed my face; and said: 〃Disdainful soul;
  Blessed be she who bore thee in her bosom。

That was an arrogant person in the world;
  Goodness is none; that decks his memory;
  So likewise here his shade is furious。

How many are esteemed great kings up there;
  Who here shall be like unto swine in mire;
  Leaving behind them horrible dispraises!〃

And I: 〃My Master; much should I be pleased;
  If I could see him soused into this broth;
  Before we issue forth out of the lake。〃

And he to me: 〃Ere unto thee the 

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