This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...and distraction: or from the Ital. Sogno diverso, a frightful, hideous dreame. Cerbero fiera crudele e diversa. Dante, Infern. C. vi. l. IS. (Vol. ii. p. 351.) He pluckt a bough; out of whose rifte there came Small drops of gory bloud, that trickled down the same. (Bk. i. Cant. ii. St. 30.) I believe that the reader need not be put in mind, that this wonderful tale (so well adapted to the genius of romance) is taken from Virgil.... Compare Dante Inferno, Canto xiii. 11. 28 ff.. (Vol. ii. p. 359.) Her neather partes, mishapen, monstruous, Were hidd in water, that I could not see. (Bk. i. Cant. ii. St. 41.) So Fraud, of which Duessa is a type, is imaged by Dante swimming in the river Styx, and concealing her mishapen, monstrous, neather parts. Inferno C. xvii. 19 ff. (Vol. ii. p. 360.) His bleeding hart is in the venger's hand. (Bk. i. Cant. iii. St. 20.) i.e. His bleeding heart is in the paws of the lion, which revenged her cause.... I might mention... Dante, Inferno C. vi. 1. 17 in his description of Cerberus, E '1 ventre largo, e unghiate le mani. (Vol. ii. p. 364.) There never creature past That backe retourned without heavenly grace. (Bk. i. Cant. v. St. 31.) The Sibyl informs Aeneas that the descent into hell was easy, but to reascend was the difficulty: twas true however that a few had this privilege, a few of heavenly grace... We must not lose sight of the scripture throughout this whole first book: for our knight is the Christian hero, and Una Christian truth: if the poet mixes any heathen mythology, 'tis no more than what other poets have likewise done, who have professedly written on christian subjects, such as Dante among the Italians, and our divine epic poet Milton. (Vol. ii. 380.) 'The House of endlesse Paine--(Bk. i. Cant....