XLVI. De 8uperb(yi*um poenis purgatoriis.
XLVI. De 8uperb(yi*um poenis purgatoriis.
And I saw a great fire, which was burning with the strongest heat, and in which there was a multitude of great and terrible worms. In this fire, the souls of those were punished who had exalted pride in their actions and words while they lived in the world. Because of their pride in this fire, and because of their boasting from the worms that were in it, they were tormented.
Read the original Latin
Et vidi maximum ignem, qui totus fortissimo ardore ardebat, et in quo magnorum et horribilium vermium multitudo erat.
In igne autem isto animae illorum puniebantur, qui exaltationem superbiae factis et dictis in se habuerant, dum in saeculo fuissent.
Propter superbiam quippe in igne isto, et propter jactantiam a vermibus qui in eo erant, affligebantur.
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