...rank. Of Richard Washington, see the note In Salmasii Hundredam. TODD. FROM DANTE". Ah Constantino, of how much ill was cause, Not thy conversion, but those rich domains That the first wealthy pope receiv'd of thee c . FROM DANTE". Founded in chaste and humble poverty, 'Gainst them that rais'd thee...

...kings be born of thee, whose dreadful might Shall awe the world, and conquer nations bold. L DANTE. AH Constantine, of how much ill was cause, Not thy...but those rich domains That the first wealthy pope receiv'd of thee. DANTE. FOUNDED in chaste and humble poverty, 'Gainst them that rais'd thee dost thou...

...and of gold. 115. Ah Constantino! what evils caused to flow. This passage was translated by Milton: " Ah, Constantine, of how much ill was cause Not thy...domains That the first wealthy pope received of thee." A similar passage in the Orlando Fnrioso (xxxiv) was also translated by him: " Then passed he to a...

...Constantino with having marred every thing in the church: — "Ah! Constantine, of how much ill the c.aiisc, Not thy conversion, but those rich domains. That the first wealthy Pope secured of thee." — p. 27. He published another work in this year, entitled " Reason of Church Government...

...kings be born of thee, whose dreadful might Shall awe the world , and 6onquer nations bold. FROM DANTE. AH Constantine , of how much ill was cause, Not thy conversion, but those rich domams That the first wealthy pope receiv'd of thee. FROM DANTE. FOUNDED in chaste and humble poverty,...

...point. The lines translated by Milton from the Inferno must be familiar to our readers : — ' Oh, Constantine ! of how much ill was cause, Not thy conversion,...domains That the first wealthy pope received of thee!' ' church'; while its pastors, ' burning in contentions one towards ' another, and increasing in hatred...

...church. Dante, in his 19th Canto of Inferno, hath thus, as I will render it you in English blank verse : Ah Constantine ! of how much ill was cause Not thy...but those rich domains That the first wealthy pope rcceiv'd of tliee ! So, in his 20th Canto of Paradise, he makes the like complaint, and Petrarch seconds...

...of thee, whose dreadful might Shall awe the world, and conquer nations bold. DANTE. AH Constantino, of how much ill was cause, Not thy conversion, but those rich domains That the first wealthy pope receiv'd of thee. DANTE. FOUNDED in chaste and humble poverty, 'Gainst them that rais'd thee dost thou...

...of thee, whose dreadful might Shall awe the world, and conquer nations bold. DANTE. AH Constantino, of how much ill was cause, Not thy conversion, but those rich domains That the first wealthy pope receiv'd of thee. DANTE. FOUNDED in chaste and humble poverty, 'Gainst them that rais'd thee dost thou...

...this foul sin, saving the 1 Dante, as translated by Milton, had said long before : " O Constantino, of how much ill was cause — Not thy conversion — but those rich domains Which the first wealthy pope received of thee !" It was believed in the middle ages that the Emperor...