[171] Inf. xv. 18, 19; Purg. xviii. 76-81; Purg. x. 14, 15, Cf. ix. 44.

[172] Purg. xxix. 53, 54.

[173] Qu. xx. 61-63.

[174] “Now she shines on one side, and now on the other, according to the way the sun looks upon her.” Conv. II. xiv. 77-79.

[175]

“At what times both the children of Latona, Surmounted by the Ram and by the Scales, Together make a zone of the horizon, As long as from the time the zenith holds them In equipoise, till from that girdle both Changing their hemisphere disturb the balance, So long, her face depicted with a smile, Did Beatrice keep silence.” Par. xxix. 1-8.

[176] “Many moons.” Canz. xx. 89.

[177] “And the first heaven is not grudging to her.”—Sonetto xxviii.

[178] Purg. xix. 1, 2.

[179] Inf. xx. 127-129.