A of John waite

To my bonoured friend
The Rev. EDWARD MOORE, D.D., Hon. D.Litt. Dubl.

PRINCIPAL OF ST. EDMUND HALL, OXFORD,

CANON OF CANTERBURY,

AND ACCADEMICO CORRISPONDENTE DELLA CRUSCA IN ITALY,

WHOSE ORIGINAL RESEARCHES IN THE

TEXT AND LITERATURE OF DANTE

HAVE CAUSED HIM TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS

THE LEADING AUTHORITY IN ENGLAND,

THESE READINGS ON THB PARADISO,

WHICH OWE MUCH TO HIS UNWEARIED ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE,

ARE DEDICATED

AS A SMALL TOKEN OF

GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE RECOGNITION

BY

WILLIAM WARREN VERNON

October, 1908

CANTO

V. SPHERE OF THE MOON (concluded)- THE BINDING

FORCE OF VOWS DISCUSSED-THEIR PERMUTATION

ADMISSIBLE, BUT THEIR BREACH UNCONDONABLE-

ASCENT TO THE SECOND HEAVEN-SPHERE OF

MERCURY-JUSTINIAN

VI. SPHERE OF MERCURY (continued) - THE EMPEROR

JUSTINIAN HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EAGLE AND

EMPIRE GUELPHS AND Ghibellines OTHER

SPIRITS IN THE SPHERE OF MERCURY-ROMEO DI

VILLANOVA

VII. SPHERE OF MERCURY (concluded)--EXPLANATION OF

BEATRICE RESPECTING THE JUSTICE OF GOD-THE

REDEMPTION OF MANKIND THE DISSOLUTION OF

THE ELEMENTS AND HUMAN IMMORTALITY

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VIII. ASCENT TO THE THIRD HEAVEN-SPHERE OF VENUS

-THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNDER

THE INFLUENCE OF VENUS ON EARTH-CHARLES

MARTEL, THE TITULAR KING OF HUNGARY-ROBERT,

KING OF NAPLES-THE REASON OF THE CONSTANT

DISSIMILARITY OF SONS FROM THEIR FATHERS

IX. SPHERE OF VENUS (concluded)-CUNIZZA DA ROMANO

-FOLCO OF MARSEILLES-RAHAB-DENUNCIATION

OF PAPAL COURT FOR NEGLECT OF THE HOLY

LAND

X. ASCENT TO THE FOURTH HEAVEN-SPHERE OF THE

SUN, OR SPHERE OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE-

THE FIRST GARLAND OF GLORIFIED SOULS-THE

THEOLOGIANS AND Fathers of tHE CHURCH-ST.

THOMAS AQUINAS-BOËTHIUS-THE SCHOOLMEN

XI. SPHERE OF THE SUN (continued)-THE VANITY OF

WORLDLY CARES-ST. THOMAS AQuinas, a Domi-

NICAN, RELATES THE LIFE OF ST. FRANCIS OF

ASSISI-DEGENERACY OF THE Monastic OrderS