"The other nations of Europe were yet immersed in barbarism, when Italy, where the light of civilization had never been wholly eclipsed, began to emerge from the darkness of the ruin of the Western Empire, and to catch from the East the returning rays of literature and science."@en
"EN VIVO VIVAMQUE FAMA RERUM GESTARUM ITALICAE MILITIAE SPLENDOR; LUCENSIUM DECUS ETRURIAE ORNAMENTUM CASTRUCCIUS GERII ANTELMINELLORUM STIRPE VIXI PECCAVI DOLUI CESSI NATURAE INDIGENTI ANIMAE PIAE BENEVOLI SUCCURRITE BREVI MEMORES VOS MORITUROS."@la
