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370 "thou sawest thy child and trembledst. Thou didst kiss him, and yet revealed not thyself to me! What hast thou done? Oh Guido! Guido! never shall I see thee more!" She sumptuously interred his body; and bewailed his decease for many days. (101)

My beloved, the knight represents Christ, the wife is the soul, and Tyrius is man in general. The weasel typifies John and the other prophets, who predicted the coming of Christ. The mountain is the world. The dead dragon is the old law, and the treasure within it, is the ten commandments. The sword is authority; the king's daughter, the Virgin Mary. The seven sons of Plebeus, are seven mortal sins; the fisherman is the Holy Ghost.