Note 534 — Chapter IX · PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN CULTURE (C) PYTHAGORAS, MOHAMMED, CROMWELL (continued 2)

Whereas “virtù” in Dante always carries a connotation of vital force, as also does the older English use of the word; e.g., in Chaucer’s “of which vertue engendred is the flour,” (Canterbury Tales, Prol. 4) and in the Bible (Mark v, 30). In Mediæval Latin “virtutes” is used for miracles.—Tr.