“A seder ci ponemmo ivi ambodui
Vôlti a Levante, ond’eravam saliti;
Chè suole a riguardar giovare altrui.”
Dante, Purgatory, IV.
Messer Marco Polo, with Messer Nicolo and Messer Maffeo, returned from xxvi years’ sojourn in the Orient, is denied entrance to the Ca’ Polo. (See Int. [p. 4])