[869] See especially cc. xxxix-xli; cf. also c. v. § 3, c. xi. § 2, c. xx. ad init.; cf. above, p. 159.
[870] Paradise Lost, ii. 557 ff.
[871] c. xxxix. § 8 (p. 131).
[872] Cf. Dante, Purg. xvi. 70-2.
[873] c. xli. § 2 (p. 142).
[874] ibid.
[875] ibid. § 3 (p. 143).
[876] ibid. (p. 144). Dante has a still more subtle comparison—
‘La contingenza …
Tutta è dipinta nel cospetto eterno.