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To my honoured 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 THE PARADISO,

WHICH OWE MUCH TO HIS UNWEARIED ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE,

I. PROCEMIUM TO THE PARADISO-DANTE'S ENTRANCE

AND INVOCATION-ASCENT INTO THE SPHERE OF

FIRE-BEATRICE EXPLAINS THE MODE OF THEIR

TRANSIT-The Order oF THE UNIVERSE

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THE MOON

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II. THE FIRST HEAVEN SPHERE OF

SPIRITS WHO HAD FAILED IN THEIR VOWS OF

CHASTITY-INTRODUCTION-ARRIVAL IN THE HEA-

VEN OF THE MOON-THE SPOTS UPON THE FACE

OF THE MOON-INFLUENCES OF THE HEAVENS

III. SPHERE OF the Moon (continued)-Souls of Those

WHO HAVE FAILED to Keep HOLY VOWS-PICCARDA

DE' DONATI-All the BLESSED CONTENTED WITH

THEIR PLACES IN HEAVEN-THE EMPRESS CON-

STANCE

IV. SPHERE OF THE MOON (continued)-DANTE's Further

DOUBTS UPON Two POINTS SOLVED: (a) How CAN

MERIT BE DIMINISHED BY ACTS DONE UNDER COM-

PULSION? (b) Do SOULS AFTEr Death RetuRN TO

THE STARS FROM WHICH, ACCORDING TO PLATO,

THEY WENT FORTH INTO The World?

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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

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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

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

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