t empire of heaven.
Motionless Himself yet the source of all motion
He made everything good and pure.
Raise the eyes of your mind,
Reflect upon the ordering
Of the entire globe and reverently
Praise Him who has created so well.
Think that you also may taste the delight
Of living among the angels, where all are blessed.
In this scene also we see the glory of the world,
The base, the mean, and the lofty.

188. ii. "arts of Florence." The arts or guilds of Florence
formed the basis of the government of the city. They
were of two orders, the greater and the lesser. The
seven greater arts were: Lawyers (St Luke), the
Calimara or dealers in foreign cloth (St John
Baptist), money-changers (St Matthew), woollen
manufacturers (St Thomas), physicians (Virgin Mary),
silk manufacturers (St John the Divine), and the
furriers (St James). The lesser arts were fourteen
in number, including armourers (St George),
locksmiths (St Mark), farriers (St Eloi), drapers
(St Stephen), shoemakers (St Philip), butchers
(St Peter). They were admitted to the full
citizenship in 1378.

199. 21. "Da che prosperitade," etc.
"Since every happiness has abandoned us,
Come death, the cure of every grief,
Come and give us our last meal."

200. 3. "Ischermo di saveri," etc.
"Knowledge and wealth,
Birth and valour, all
Are alike powerless against his strokes."

212. 10. "the Duke of Athens." Walter de Brienne, a
Frenchman, elected captain and protector of
Florence in June 1342;. he endeavoured to become
master of the city, but was expelled in the popular
rising referred to.

239. 31. "the Bavarian." Louis of Bavaria, the emperor who
died in 1347.

241. 3 "_a secco_." Fresco painting in secco is that kind
which absorbs the colours into the plaster and
gives them a dry sunken appearance.--_Fairholt_.

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