[249] Purg. ix. 4; Purg. viii. 89; Purg. i. 25; Par. xxiii. 26.

[250] Par. ii. 130, 142-144.

[251] Par. x. 76.

[252] Par. xxi. 28-33.

[253] Inf. ii. 55.

[254] Par. xxv. 70. See also Conv. II. xvi. 4-12, where the writings of Boëthius and Cicero, and all instructive books, are called stars full of light.

[255] Par. xxiv. 147.

[256]

“Even as remaineth splendid and serene The hemisphere of air, when Boreas Is blowing from that cheek where he is mildest, Because is purified and resolved the wrack That erst disturbed it, till the welkin laughs With all the beauties of its pageantry: Thus did I likewise, after that my Lady Had me provided with her clear response, And like a star in heaven the truth was seen.” Par. xxviii. 79-87. (Longfellow).

[257] “The shining star.” Par. xxiii. 92.