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2 7 0 I n t e r p r e t a t i o n Volume 41 / Issue 310 In that light so bright and quick,as it happens in seeing something new,more than two thousand beasts raised their heads.“Now look well, if seeing pleases you,”said the lady, “at the copious troop15 that comes together again in this place.It should not seem tiresome to see this,because they are not all terrestrial animals;indeed there are among so many beasts some birds.”I raised my eyes, and I saw so many and such20 brute animals, that I do not believeI could ever tell how many there were and which kinds;and because to say it I would be tedious,I will narrate some of them, whose presencegave more wonder to my eyes.25 I saw a cat for too much patiencelose its prey, and remain humiliated over it,although prudent and of good breed.Then I saw a dragon all troubledturn around, without ever having any rest,30 now on the right now on the other side.I saw a fox, malicious and importunate,that still cannot find a net that can catch it;and a Corsican dog barking at the moon.I saw a lion that by itself had pulled35 out its own claws and its teeth too through itsown not good and not sagacious counsels.Just beyond there, certain animals defeated,some not having tails, some without ears,I saw standing quietly sniffing the air.40 I perused them and knew quite a few;and, if I remember correctly, for the most partit was a mix of rabbits and goats.Nearby these, although a bit apart,I saw another animal, not like those,45 but by Nature made with more art.He had rare and delicate fleece;he seemed superb in aspect and courageous,such that I wanted to please him.