v. 39. In happiest constellation.] Aries. Some understand the planetVenus by the “miglior stella “
v. 44. To the left.] Being in the opposite hemisphere to ours, Beatrice that she may behold the rising sun, turns herself to the left.
v. 47. As from the first a second beam.] “Like a reflected sunbeam,” which he compares to a pilgrim hastening homewards.
Ne simil tanto mal raggio secondo
Dal primo usci.
Filicaja, canz. 15. st. 4.
v. 58. As iron that comes boiling from the fire.] So Milton, P. L. b. iii. 594. —As glowing iron with fire.
v. 69. Upon the day appear’d.
—If the heaven had ywonne,
All new of God another sunne.
Chaucer, First Booke of Fame
E par ch’ agginuga un altro sole al cielo.
Ariosto, O F. c. x. st. 109.
Ed ecco un lustro lampeggiar d’ intorno
Che sole a sole aggiunse e giorno a giorno.
Manno, Adone. c. xi. st. 27.
Quando a paro col sol ma piu lucente
L’angelo gli appari sull; oriente
Tasso, G. L. c. i.