Note 109
The abbe de Sade (tom. i. Notes, p. 61 - 66)
has applied the vith Canzone of Petrarch, Spirto Gentil,
&c., to Stephen Colonna the younger:
Orsi, lupi, leoni,aquile e serpi
Al una gran marmorea colonna
Fanno noja sovente e a se danno
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 69