[Footnote 47: Petrarch wrote a stiff and pedantic letter of
consolation, (Fam. l. vii. epist. 13, p. 682, 683.) The
friend was lost in the patriot. Nulla toto orbe principum
familia carior; carior tamen respublica, carior Roma, carior
Italia.
Je rends graces aux Dieux de n'etre pas Romain.]