The Inferno [English [Middle English] translation]

Into this bottom

of the doleful conch

Doth any e'er descend

from the first grade

Which for its pain

has only hope cut off?

...Observe the doctrine

that conceals itself

Beneath the veil of

the mysterious verses

Into this bottom

of the doleful conch

Doth any e'er descend

from the first grade

Which for its pain

has only hope cut off?

...Observe the doctrine

that conceals itself

Beneath the veil of

the mysterious verses

Into this bottom

of the doleful conch

Doth any e'er descend

from the first grade

Which for its pain

has only hope cut off?

That is the lowest

region and the darkest,

And farthest from the heaven

which circles all.

Well know I the way;

therefore be reassured.

...Observe the doctrine

that conceals itself

Beneath the veil of

the mysterious verses

...Observe the doctrine

that conceals itself

Beneath the veil of

the mysterious verses