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 APPENDIX II.

PARADISE—CANTO XI.

LINES 28-123

Dean Plumptre's Translation

It is probable that Dante knew the "Sacrum Commercium"; it is certain that he knew the Prayer to obtain Poverty. Therefore it may be convenient to give in extenso that part of the Divine Canto which sings of the Mystic loves of Francis and the Lady Poverty.