... , for thy mercy worthy, for love of maid and mother thy kindness. Amen."" This is a clear reference to Dante, as he also calls upon the Holy Trinity in Canto 14 of the book of Paradise: "The One and Two and Three that there is King, And lives for ever Three and Two and One, By naught contained, containing everything- (28-30). This ... . The outer rings contain the souls of people who committed lesser sins, and the inner rings contain the souls of the great sinners. The sins progress in severity to the very core of the earth, Satan's home of Inner Hell. According to Dante, the order of sin...

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