109. Compare Dante, Inf. i. 83; which Gary translates--

'May it avail me, that I long with zeal

Have sought thy volume, and with love immense

Have conn'd it o'er. My master thou, and guide!'

111. 'Of which Macrobius recked (thought) not a little.' In fact, Macrobius

concludes his commentary with the words--'Vere igitur pronunciandum est

nihil hoc opere perfectius, quo universa philosophiæ continetur

integritas.'

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