"Lettor, tu vedi ben com' io innalzo La mia materia, e però con più arte Non ti maravigliar s' io la rincalzo." PURGATORIO, ix. 70-72. FRINTED BY J. E. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE, E.C. TO GARIBALDI AND THE PEOPLE OF ITALY, THE FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN OF DANTE; AS AN EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY AND REGRET FOR THEIR FORMER SUFFERINGS; OF ADMIRATION AND JOY FOR THEIR LATE CONDUCT AND PRESENT POSITION; AND OF HOPE FOR THEIR FUTURE UNION AND PROSPERITY; THIS VERSION OF THE PURGATORIO IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR. |