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    vede qual loco d'inferno è da essa; 10 decides what place in Hell is fit for it,
 
cignesi con la coda tante volte 11 then coils his tail around himself to count
 
quantunque gradi vuol che giù sia messa. 12 how many circles down the soul must go.
 
    Sempre dinanzi a lui ne stanno molte: 13 Always before him stands a crowd of them,
 
vanno a vicenda ciascuna al giudizio, 14 going to judgment each in turn.
 
dicono e odono e poi son giù volte. 15 They tell, they hear, and then are hurled down.
 
    "O tu che vieni al doloroso ospizio," 16 'O you who come to this abode of pain,'
 
disse Minòs a me quando mi vide, 17 said Minos when he saw me, pausing
 
lasciando l'atto di cotanto offizio, 18 in the exercise of his high office,

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