3269. From there they then spoke, first about the spirits of the planet Mercury, who were present at a distance toward the right, about, as it appeared to me, near the border of this solar system. About them, newcomer spirits in their assembly spoke, saying that they were good for nothing, feeling at once that their nature did not harmonize with their own.
3269. (They then spoke thence, at first concerning the spirits of the planet Mercury, who were present at a distance towards the right, about, as it appeared to me, near the end of this universe: concerning whom the spirits, new-comers in their company, spoke, saying that they are of no account; they at once perceived [sentiebant] their nature, that it did not accord with theirs.
3269. Inde tunc loquuti, primum de spiritibus telluris Mercurii, qui aderant ad distantiam versus dextrum circiter ut mihi apparuit circa finem hujus universi, de quibus loquuti novi advenae spiritus in suo coetu, dicentes quod nihil valeant, sentiebant illico eorum naturam, quod non cum eorum concordaret.