Dante, Purgatorio
Peter de la Brosse among the Petitioners
Dante describes a soul whose death, according to that soul's own account, came through spite and envy rather than a crime. He names Peter de la Brosse among the petitioners. The narrator then warns the Lady of Brabant, still alive in the passage, concerning the deed associated with that account. The surrounding company asks for others' prayers to hasten its condition.
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The encounter
LiteraryDante describes a soul whose death, according to that soul's own account, came through spite and envy rather than a crime. He names Peter de la Brosse among the petitioners.
Further detail
LiteraryThe narrator then warns the Lady of Brabant, still alive in the passage, concerning the deed associated with that account. The surrounding company asks for others' prayers to hasten its condition.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows the supplied Thompson & Thomas edition of H. F. Cary’s translation. It describes Dante’s literary vision, distinguishing its assignments and reported claims from historical biography, other classical traditions and independently established accounts of an afterlife.
Original passages
Source 1
Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
a soul dismiss'd for spite And envy, as it said, but for no crime; I speak of Peter de la Brosse : and here, While sheOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Purgatory and Paradise, Cary translation; active reader leaf 38
Passage read in the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace-normalised anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Associated plates separately inspected.
- Edition
- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0038
- Original scan leaf
- 39
- Recorded leaf number
- 39
- Current Reader position
- 35
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Source 2
Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
Peter de la Brosse : and here, While she yet lives, that Lady of Brabant, Let her beware; lest for so false a deedOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Purgatory and Paradise, Cary translation; active reader leaf 38
Passage read in the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace-normalised anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Associated plates separately inspected.
- Edition
- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0038
- Original scan leaf
- 39
- Recorded leaf number
- 39
- Current Reader position
- 35
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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