" (Convito, Tr. IV. c.
5.)
[175] _Beatrice, loda di Dio vera_, Inferno, II. 103. "Surely vain
are all men by nature who are ignorant of God, and could not out of
the good things that are seen know him that is, neither by
considering the works did they acknowledge the work-master.... For,
being conversant in his works, they search diligently and believe
their sight, because the things are beautiful that are seen. Howbeit,
neither are they to be pardoned." (Wisdom of Solomon, XIII. 1, 7, 8.)
_Non adorar debitamente, Dio_. "For the invisible things of him from
the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even his eternal power and godhead; so that
they are without excuse." It was these "invisible things" whereof
Dante was beginning to get a glimpse.
[176] Convito, Tr. I. c. 7.
[177] "And here we would have forgiven Mr. Captain if he had not
betrayed him (_traido, traduttore traditore_) to Spain and made him a
Castilian, for he took away much of his native worth, and so will all
those do who shall undertake to turn a poem into another tongue; for
with all the care they take and ability they show, they will never
reach the height of its original conception," says the Curate,
speaking of a translation of Ariosto.
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