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Canto V. Ascent to the Second Sphere

Canto VI. The Second Sphere: Mercury / The Seekers of Honor; Justinian

Book XXVII.37. Prodigy: At Capua a wolf entered the gate and tore the centinel {Tertiae Decadis Liber Septimus p. CLV}

Book XXIII.33. An alliance is formed between Philip, King of Macedonia, and Hannibal {Tertiae Decadis Liber Tertius p. CXVIII verso}

Book XXVII.19. Scipio gives Numidian boy a horse and escorts to return to Masinissa {Tertiae Decadis Liber Septimus p. CLII verso}

Book XXIV.4. Hieronymus, King of Syracuse, put to death by his subjects {Tertiae Decadis Liber Quartus p. CXXV}

Book XXXV.45-50. Antiochus addresses the multitudes {Quarte Decadis Liber Sextus p. CCXVII}

View of the City of Florence

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