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If the ancient Italians had their Divines, writing of the Number and Nature of their Gods, to wit, Varro and Tully; the Modern Italians have their Divines too, their inimitable S. Thomas of Aquin, and his learned second Cardinal Cajetan.

If the ancient Italians had their Philosophers, their Pliny, their Cato, their Seneca, &c. the Modern Italians have their Ficinus, their Cardan, and their Picus Mirandula.

If the ancient Italians had their rare Architects, Statuaries, Painters; the Modern Italians have their Brunelleschi, Palladio, Fontana, and Cronaco, in Architecture; their Bandinelli, Donatello, Oliverio, and Bernini in Sculpture; their Raphael, Michel Angelo, Titian and Sarto, in Painting.

If in fine, the ancient Italians had their brave Captains, their Scipio, Duilius, Marius, and Cæsar, the Modern Italians have their Scipio too, to wit, their Alexander Farnese, whose true actions make