How they have passed away, and how are passing Chiusi and Sinigaglia after them, 1628 To hear how races waste themselves away, 1629 Will seem to thee no novel thing nor hard, Seeing that even cities have an end. 1630 All things of yours have their mortality, 1631 Even as yourselves; but it is hidden in some That a long while endure, and lives are short; 1632 And as the turning of the lunar heaven Covers and bares the shores without a pause, In the like manner fortune does with Florence. Therefore should not appear a marvellous thing What I shall say of the great Florentines 1633 Of whom the fame is hidden in the Past. I saw the Ughi, saw the Catellini, Filippi, Greci, Ormanni, and Alberichi, Even in their fall illustrious citizens; And saw, as mighty as they ancient were,