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clesiastical state ; Malatesta, Polenta, della Valle, 

 Cafarello, Savelli, Capoccio, Conti, Annabaldi, Al- 

 tieri, Corsi. The colours were adapted to their taste 

 and situation ; the devices are expressive of hope OP 

 despair, and breathe the spirit of gallantry and arms. 

 " I am alone like the youngest of the Horatii," the 

 confidence of an intrepid stranger. " I live discon- 

 solate," a weeping widower. " I burn under the 

 ashes," a discreet lover. " I adore Lavinia or Lu 

 cretia," the ambiguous declaration of a modern pas- 

 sion. " My faith is as pure," the motto of a white 

 livery. " Who is stronger than myself?" of a lion's 

 hide. " If I am drowned in blood, what a pleasant 

 death," the wish of ferocious courage. The pride or 

 prudence of the Ursini restrained them from the 

 field, which was occupied by three of their here- 

 ditary rivals, whose inscriptions denoted the lofty 

 greatness of the Colonna name : " Though sad, I 

 am strong :" " Strong as I am great :" " If I 

 fall," addressing himself to the spectators, " you fall 

 with me ;" intimating (says the contemporary writer) 

 that while the other families were the subjects of 

 the Vatican, they alone were the supporters of the 

 rapitol. The combats of the amphitheatre were 

 dangerous and bloody. Every champion successively 

 encountered a wild bull ; and the victory may be as- 

 cribed to the quadrupeds, since no more than eleven 

 were left on the field, with the loss of nine wounded, 

 and eighteen killed, on the side of their adversaries. 

 Some of the noblest families might mourn, but the 



