Commentary Par XIX 115-117

  Lì, here and in the next two tercets, means 'in that volume,' that is, in the 'Book of the Dead.'  Albert (emperor from 1298-1308, i.e., in precedence of Henry VII), was previously denounced by Dante for his neglect of Italy ([Purg VI 97-126]).  In 1304 he invaded and devastated Bohemia.  In the assemblage of fifteen crowned heads appearing here, Albert is the only one to be named, thus giving us a sense of how much knowledge of 'current events' Dante believed he could count on in his readers.