Note 102 — XIV SECOND VISIT TO ROME
W. G. (William George) Waters translation
This is the spring of Bulicame to which Dante alludes,
Inferno
, xiv.:—
“Quale del Bulicame esce il ruscello, Che parton poi tra lor le peccatrici, Tal per l’arena giù sen giva quello.”
Pits for the steeping of hemp and flax still exist. A document has been found in the communal archives which shows that, as late as 1469, a portion of the spring went to the Bagni delle Meretrici.