Bestcmmiavanot  Iddio  c  lor  parenti,

L'  umana  specie,  il  luogo,  il  tempo  e  il  seme

Di  lor  semenza  e  di  lor  naacimenti.  105


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I      (11. 84


*lasst  t  nude:  Fraticelli  observes  that  these  shades  are
manifested  to  Dante  with  all  the  attributes  belonging  to
humanity;  and  therefore  they  change  colour,  gnash  their
teeth,  suffer  hunger,  pain  in  their  limbs,  etc.,  although  in
other  passages  Ihcy  arc  reprtsented  as  being  incorporeal  and
impalpable  beings.  How  these  various  material  passions
befall  them,  will  be  related  to  Danle  by  Staliusin  Purg.  xxv,  79
et  acq.,  and  especially  to  be  noted  in  that  passage  are  11.  106-
108,  when  Dante  had  asked  Statius  how  shades  could  become
HO  emaciated:—

" '  Secondo  che  ci  affiggono  i  disiri

E  gli  allri  affetti,  1'  ombra  si  fi^ura ;

E  queala  e  la  cagion  di  che  lu  ammiri.'"
^  BtiUmmiavanv  el  seq. :  Compare  Joh  iii,  2,  3:  "And  Job
Spake,  and  said.  Let  the  day  perish  wherein  1  was  born,  and
the  nitjht  in  which  it  was  said,  There  is  a  man  child  con-
ceived," And  ]rr.  xx,  14,  15;  "Cursed  be  the  day  wherein  I
was  born:  let  nol  the  day  wherein  my  mother  bare  me  be
blessed.  Cursed  be  the  man  who  brought  tidings  to  my  father,
saying,  A  man  child  is  born  unto  thee."     Compare  also  Summ.
io8  Readings  on  the  Inferno.         Canto  iii.
Poi  si  ritrasser  tutte  quante  insieme,
Porte  piangendo,  alia  riva  malvagia
Che  altcnde  eiascun  uom  chf?  Din  non  leme.
