v. 21. That great worm.] So in Canto XXXIV Lucifer is called Th’ abhorred worm, that boreth through the world. Ariosto has imitated Dante: Ch’ al gran verme infernal mette la briglia, E che di lui come a lei par dispone. Orl. Fur. c. xlvi. st. 76. v. 52. Ciacco.] So called from his inordinate appetite: Ciacco, in Italian, signifying a pig. The real name of this glutton has not been transmitted to us. He is introduced in Boccaccio’s Decameron, Giorn. ix. Nov. 8. v. 61. The divided city.] The city of Florence, divided into the Bianchi and Neri factions. v. 65. The wild party from the woods.] So called, because it was headed by Veri de’ Cerchi, whose family had lately come into the city from Acone, and the woody country of the Val di Nievole. v. 66. The other.] The opposite parts of the Neri, at the head of which was Corso Donati. v. 67. This must fall.] The Bianchi. v. 69. Of one, who under shore Now rests.] Charles of Valois, by whose means the Neri were replaced. v. 73. The just are two in number.] Who these two were, the commentators are not agreed. v. 79. Of Farinata and Tegghiaio.] See Canto X. and Notes, and Canto XVI, and Notes. v. 80. Giacopo.] Giacopo Rusticucci. See Canto XVI, and Notes. v. 81. Arrigo, Mosca.] Of Arrigo, who is said by the commentators to have been of the noble family of the Fifanti, no mention afterwards occurs. Mosca degli Uberti is introduced in Canto XXVIII. v. 108. Consult thy knowledge.] We are referred to the following passage in St. Augustin:—“Cum fiet resurrectio carnis, et bonorum gaudia et malorum tormenta majora erunt. “—At the resurrection of the flesh, both the happiness of the good and the torments of the wicked will be increased.” CANTO VII v. 1. Ah me! O Satan! Satan!] Pape Satan, Pape Satan, aleppe. Pape is said by the commentators to be the same as the Latin word papae! “strange!” Of aleppe they do not give a more satisfactory account. See the Life of Benvenuto Cellini, translated by Dr. Nugent, v. ii. b. iii c. vii. p 113, where he mentions “having heard the words Paix, paix, Satan! allez, paix! in the court of justice at Paris. I recollected what Dante said, when he with his master Virgil entered the gates of hell: for Dante, and Giotto the painter, were together in France, and visited Paris with particular attention, where the court of justice may be considered as hell. Hence it is that Dante, who was likewise perfect master of the French, made use of that expression, and I have often been surprised that it was never understood in that sense.” v. 12. The first adulterer proud.] Satan. v. 22. E’en as a billow.] As when two billows in the Irish sowndes Forcibly driven with contrarie tides Do meet together, each aback rebounds With roaring rage, and dashing on all sides, That filleth all the sea with foam, divides The doubtful current into divers waves. Spenser, F.Q. b. iv. c. 1. st. 42.