True Way the way of God.
holy hour dawn.
sweet season of commemoration Easter.
shade the word Dante uses for spirits in Hell.
Lombard a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
Mantuan from Mantua.
sub Julio during the reign of Julius Caesar.
Augustus (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) 63 b.c.–14 a.d.; first Roman emperor (27 b.c.–14 a.d.); grandnephew of Julius Caesar.
Troy ancient Phrygian city in Troas, NW Asia Minor; scene of the Trojan War.
the second death a soul’s damnation.
King of Time Christ.
Peter’s Gate here, the gate to Purgatory.
