ces enfants de PÉcritnre : see Daniel iii

Page 31. —1. 6. Laure : Laure de Noves, called la Belle Laure, a beautiful woman of Provence whom Petrarch has immortalized. (1308-

1. 6. Beatrix : a Florentine girl of the great family of Portinari, for whom Dante conceived a Platonic affection. He makes her his guide through Paradise in the Divina Commedia, (1266- 1290.)