Note 110 — Chapter II
Reading edition
The Amorosa Visione ends with these words, Sir di tutta pace; their meaning is explained in previous passages of the same poem. At the end of cap. xlvi. the lady says:
Io volli ora al presente far quieto Il tuo disio con amorosa pace, Dandoti l'arra che finirà il fleto.
Again in cap. l. we read:
E quel disio che or più ti tormenta Porrò in pace, con quella bellezza Che l'alma al cor tuttora ti presenta.
The context reveals the nature of the peace to be attained. It is the satisfaction of an orgasm. We may compare the invocation to Venus and her promise at the end of the Caccia di Diana, canto xvii. (Op. Volg. xiv.). The time-honored language about "expelling all base thoughts" is here combined with the anticipation of sensual possession.