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that is, to the middle of the earth. I am not saying that
hell is not elsewhere, wherever that might be. For after
death the deserving man has pain and sorrow, so that even if he should be
put above in heaven, he will suffer all the more, just like a
man who has an illness so that he is like to die, if one
puts him in a beautiful and pleasant place to have joy
and solace, he will be even more sad and will suffer all the more when
he sees that this cannot help him find any respite.
It will be the same for those evil people who by their
bad actions are condemned to hell. I wanted to explain
this in detail here, to make my book better (see note).
Now please listen and I will explain how hell is
located in the middle of the earth, what its nature
is, and the innumerable torments suffered by
those who are condemned to be put there. You have understood
well how the four elements are placed
in relation to each other, so that the earth is
in the middle and is located in the middle of
the firmament. There is, however, a place within the earth
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