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left, he speaks of the elegant memorial of Pope Ur- 

 ban in the Augustine church at Rome. 



Urbano VII. Pont. Max. 



brevis imperii principi, 



sed memoriae diuturnae. 



Illud Fortunse fuerit ; 



hoc erit Virtutis. 



Which he has thus rendered, observing, " It is not 



easy to retain its conciseness in a translation :" 



To Pope Urban VII. 



a prince whose reign was short, 



but whose memory will be lasting. 



The former Fortune might controul ; 



but the latter his Virtues will command. 



"The intelligent friend*," he continues, "who first 

 pointed out to me this inscription, is himself the 

 author of one not inferior to it in simplicity. 



Humanitati Sacrum. 



Cineribus Henrici Fielding, Angli, 



quae heic absque honore jacebant, 



Johannes de Braganza 



monumentum hoc ponendi curavit, 



ne Musis inhospita 



haec tellus videretur. 



Sacred to Humanity. 



The ashes of Henry Fielding, an Englishman, 



having been here for some time buried in obscurity, 



John de Braganza erected this monument, 



that the land might not seem altogether 



inhospitable to the Muses. 



This intended tribute to our admirable historian of 

 human nature proved abortive. The virtues, the 



* The Abbe Correa. 



