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Rh And that thou put me not to further speech,

Know that I Camicion de' Pazzi was,

And wait Carlino to exonerate me."

Then I beheld a thousand faces, made

Purple with cold; whence o'er me comes a shudder,

And evermore will come, at frozen ponds.

And while we were advancing tow'rds the middle,

Where everything of weight unites together,

And I was shivering in the eternal shade,

Whether 't were will, or destiny, or chance,

I know not; but in walking 'mong the heads

I struck my foot hard in the face of one.

Weeping he growled: "Why dost thou trample me?

Unless thou comest to increase the vengeance

Of Montaperti, why dost thou molest me?"

And I: "My Master, now wait here for me,

That I through him may issue from a doubt;

Then thou mayst hurry me, as thou shalt wish."

The Leader stopped; and to that one I said

Who was blaspheming vehemently still:

"Who art thou, that thus reprehendest others?"

"Now who art thou, that goest through Antenora

Smiting," replied he, "other people's cheeks,

So that, if thou wert living, 't were too much?"