XL. De poenis purgatoriis scurrilitatis.
XL. De poenis purgatoriis scurrilitatis.
And I saw a flame of fire, in which marvelous forms of worms were scurrying about. In that place, the souls of those who loved scurrility were tormented, and those who had spared no one among men in such a vice. They burned in this flame because of their intense desire for scurrility, which had harmed many; and because of the ignorance through which they had delivered God to the same vice of oblivion, they were tormented by the aforementioned worms.
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Et vidi flammam ignis, in qua mirabilis formae vermes discurrcbant.
In ista animae illorum cruciabantur, qui scurrilitatem amaverant, et qui nuUi hominum in hujusmodi vitio pepercerant.
Nara propter ardens studium scurrUitatis, quo muUos laeserant, in flamma ista ardebant; et propter ignorantia qua Deum per idem vitium obUvionis tradiderant, per praefatos vermes torquebantur.
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