Page 65—Purg. vü. 127, note-For “ the former," read “ the latter ;” and Page 55—Par. vi. 136, noteFor" p. 112,” read “ p. 212." In the Index-For“ Beatrice, wife of Louis IX. of France," read “ Bea- trice, wife of Charles I. king of Naples." THE LIFE OF DANTE. Dante*, a name abbreviated, as was the custom in those days, from Durante or Durando, was of a very ancient Florentine family. The first of his ancestorst, concerning whom any thing certain is known, was Cacciaguida I, a Florentine knight, who died fighting in the holy war, under the Emperor Conrad III. Cacciaguida had two brothers, Moronto and Eliseo, the former of whom is not recorded to have left any posterity; the latter is the head of the family of the Elisei, or perhaps (for it is doubtful which is the case) only transmitted to his descendants a name which he had himself inherited. * A note by Salvini, on Muratori della Perf. Poes. Ital. lib. iii. cap. 8. + Leonardo Aretino, Vita di Dante. | Par. xv. He was born, as most have supposed, in 1106, and died about 1147. But Lombardi computes his birth to have happened about 1090. See note to Par. xvi. 31. For what is known of his descendants till the birth of Dante, see note to Par. xv. 86. VOL. I. b |