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    Quivi pregava con le mani sporte 16 There Federico Novello was beseeching
 
Federigo Novello, e quel da Pisa 17 with outstretched hands, and he of Pisa
 
che fé parer lo buon Marzucco forte. 18 who made the good Marzucco show his strength.
 
    Vidi conte Orso e l'anima divisa 19 I saw Count Orso, and that soul severed
 
dal corpo suo per astio e per inveggia, 20 from its body both by spite and envy,
 
com' e' dicea, non per colpa commisa; 21 or so he said, and not for any crime--
 
    Pier da la Broccia dico; e qui proveggia, 22 Pierre de la Brosse. And let the Lady
 
mentr' è di qua, la donna di Brabante, 23 of Brabant be mindful, while she remains on earth,
 
sì che però non sia di peggior greggia. 24 lest she be made to join a flock far worse.
 
    Come libero fui da tutte quante 25 As soon as I was free of all those shades,
 
quell' ombre che pregar pur ch'altri prieghi, 26 whose only prayer it was that others pray
 
sì che s'avacci lor divenir sante, 27 and speed them on to blessedness,
 
    io cominciai: "El par che tu mi nieghi, 28 I began: 'O my light, it seems to me
 
o luce mia, espresso in alcun testo 29 that in one passage you explicitly deny
 
che decreto del cielo orazion pieghi; 30 that prayer can bend decrees of Heaven,

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