marmora tabenti respergine tincta lavate, o proceres: liceat statuas consistere puras, artificum magnorum opera: haec pulcherrimanostrae ornamenta fuant patriae, nec decolor usus in vitium versae monumenta coinquinet artis.
Wash ye the marbles that are bespattered and stained with putrid blood, ye nobles. Let your statues, the works of great artists, be allowed to rest clean; be these our countrys fairest ornaments, and let no debased usage pollute the monuments of art and turn it into sin.
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