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The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory [Purgatorio]
by Dante Aligheri
Translated by Charles Eliot Norton
PURGATORY
CONTENTS
CANTO I. Invocation to the Muses.--Dawn of Easter on the shore of
Purgatory.--The Four Stars.--Cato.--The cleansing of Dante from the
stains of Hell.
CANTO II. Sunrise.--The Poets on the shore.--Coming of a boat,
guided by an angel, bearing souls to Purgatory.--Their

landing.--Casella and his song.--Cato hurries the souls to the mountain.
CANTO III. Ante-Purgatory.--Souls of those who have died in
contumacy of the Church.--Manfred.
CANTO IV. Ante-Purgatory.--Ascent to a shelf of the

mountain.--The negligent, who postponed repentance to the last
hour--Belacqua.
CANTO V. Ante-Purgatory.--Spirits who had delayed repentance, and
met with death by violence, but died repentant.--Jacopo del
Cassero.--Buonconte da Montefeltro.--Via de' Tolomei.
CANTO VI. Ante-Purgatory.--More spirits who had deferred

repentance till they were overtaken by a violent death.--Efficacy of
prayer.--Sordello.--Apostrophe to Italy.
CANTO VII. Virgil makes himself known to Sordello.--Sordello leads
the Poets to the Valley of the Princes who have been
negligent of
salvation.--He points them out by name.

CANTO VIII. Valley of the Princes.--Two Guardian Angels.--Nino
Visconti.--The Serpent.--Corrado Malaspina.
CANTO IX. Slumber and Dream of Dante.--The Eagle.--Lucia.--The
Gate of Purgatory.--The Angelic Gatekeeper.--Seven P's inscribed on
Dante's Forehead.--Entrance to the First Ledge.
CANTO X. First Ledge the Proud.--Examples of humility sculptured
on the Rock.
CANTO XI. First Ledge: the Proud.--Prayer.--Omberto

Aldobrandeschi.--Oderisi d' Agubbio.--Provinzan Salvani.
CANTO XII. First Ledge: the Proud.--Examples of the punishment of
Pride graven on the pavement.--Meeting with an Angel who removes
one of the P's.--Ascent to the Second Ledge.
CANTO XIII. Second Ledge: the Envious.--Examples of Love.--The
Shades in haircloth, and with sealed eyes.--Sapla of Siena.
CANTO XIV. Second Ledge: the Envious.--Guido del Duca.--Rinieri
de' Calboli.--Examples of the punishment of Envy.
CANTO XV. Second Ledge: the Envious.--An Angel removes the
second P from Dante's forehead.--Discourse concerning the Sharing of
Good.--Ascent to the Third Ledge: the Wrathful.--Examples of
Forbearance seen in Vision.
CANTO XVI. Third Ledge: the Wrathful.--Marco Lombardo.--His
discourse on Free Will, and the Corruption of the World.
CANTO XVII. Third Ledge: the Wrathful.--Issue from the

Smoke.--Vision of examples of Anger--Ascent to the Fourth Ledge,
where Sloth is purged--Second Nightfall--Virgil explains how Love is
the root of Virtue and of Sin.
CANTO XVIII. Fourth Ledge: the Slothful.--Discourse of Virgil on
Love and Free Will.---Throng of Spirits running in haste to redeem

their Sin.--The Abbot of San Zeno.--Dante falls asleep.
CANTO XIX. Fourth Ledge: the Slothful.--Dante dreams of the
Siren--The Angel of the Pass.--Ascent to the Fifth Ledge.--Pope Adrian
V.
CANTO XX. Fifth Ledge: the Avaricious.--The Spirits celebrate
examples of Poverty and Bounty.--Hugh Capet.--His discourse on his
descendants.--Trembling of the Mountain.
CANTO XXI. Fifth Ledge: the Avaricious.--Statius.--Cause of the
trembling of the Mountain.--Statius does honor to Virgil.
CANTO XXII. Ascent to the Sixth Ledge--Discourse of Statius and
Virgil.--Entrance to the Ledge: the Gluttonous.--The Mystic
Tree.--Examples of Temperance.
CANTO XXIII. Sixth Ledge the Gluttonous.--Forese

Donati.--Nella.--Rebuke of the women of Florence.
CANTO XXIV. Sixth Ledge: the Gluttonous.--Forese

Donati.--Bonagiunta of Lucca.--Pope Martin IV.--Ubaldin dalla
Pila.--Bonifazio.--Messer Marchese.--Prophecy of Bonagiunta
concerning Gentucca, and of Forese concerning Corso de'

Donati.--Second Mystic Tree.--The Angel of the Pass.
CANTO XXV. Ascent to the Seventh Ledge.--Discourse of Statius on
generation, the infusion of the Soul into the body, and the corporeal
semblance of Souls after death.--The