LXIII.
“Viscontis’ serpents will be held in dread[11],
“And Moro and Sforza, while this dame shall be,
“From Hyperborean snows to billows red;
“From Ind to hills, which to a double sea
“Afford a passage[12]; and, the lady dead,
“To the sore mischief of all Italy,
“Will with the Insubri into slavery fall;
“And men shall sovereign wisdom fortune call.
LXIV.
“Others the same illustrious name will bear[13],
“And who will nourish many years before.
“Pannonia’s garland one of these shall wear.
“Another matron on the Ausonian shore,
“When she shall be released from earthly care,
“Men will among the blessed saints adore;
“With incense will approach the dame divine,
“And hang with votive images her shrine.
LXV.
“The others I shall pass in silence by,
“For ’twere too much (as said before) to sound
“Their fame; though each might well deserve, that high
“Heroic trump should in her praise be wound.
“Hence the Biancas and Lucretias I
“And Constances and more reserve; who found,
“Or else repair, upon Italian land,
“Illustrious houses with supporting hand.
