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Chapter CLXXXVI: Section LXXX: Seventh side. Injustice. An armed figure holding a

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halbert; so also in the copy. The figure used by Giotto with the particular intention of representing unjust government, is represented at the gate of an embattled castle in a forest, between rocks, while various deeds of violence are committed at his feet. Spenser's "Adicia" is a furious hag, at last transformed into a tiger.

_Eighth side_. A man with a dagger looking sorrowfully at a child, who turns its back to him. I cannot understand this figure. It is inscribed in the copy, "ASTINECIA (Abstinentia?) OPITIMA?"

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Stones of Venice [introductions]Chapter CLXXXVI: Section LXXX: Seventh side. Injustice. An armed figure holding a

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