THE STATUE OF PASQUINO,
a mutilated torso found here in the sixteenth century. It took its name from Pasquino, a tailor, who lived opposite, and whose shop was the rendezvous of the wits of the city, who wrote their jokes and stuck them on the statue: these were replied to by the statue of Marforio, now in the Capitol Museum.
Some of Pasquino's sayings were very witty, and have been published. Now, under a free government, he seldom speaks.
| PASQUINO'S REPLIES | IN REFERENCE TO THE |
| What the barbarians didnot, the Barberini have done. | Barberini family havingdestroyed the antiquities. |
| Public, thou liest; theywere not public vows, butwere vows of thy vaindespotism. | Inscription put up overthe door of the Sacristyof S. Peter's. |
| Canova has this time madea mistake: he has clothedItaly, and she is stripped. | Statue of Italy by Canovaexhibited during the Frenchinvasion. |
| The Most High above sendsus the tempest; the mosthigh below takes from usthat which remains; andbetween the two most highswe are very badly off. | Some decrees of Napoleon's,and a severe storm whichvisited the city. |
| The French are all rogues;not all—but a good part ofthem (Buona parte). | French occupation of Rome. |
| Pasquino. Beware, Cæsar,lest thy Rome become arepublic. | |
| Cæsar. Cæsar governs. | |
| Pasquino. Therefore hewill be crowned. | Marriage of a man namedCæsar to a girl named Roma. |
| A heretic had thepreference; after him, aschismatic; but now thereis a Turk. Good-bye, Peter'sLibrary! | Appointment of thelibrarians of the Vatican. |
The Via del Governo Vecchio leads to the