Note 434 — III The Sixteenth Century [1502-80] (continued 2)
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Between Corte Real’s cruel molesto duro mortal frio and Dante’s eterna maladetta fredda e greve (Inf. vi) is all the difference between a heap of loose stones and a shrine. The conception of the Auto, especially the third novissimo, que he o Inferno, was no doubt derived from Dante.