D' abbigliarti a foggia inglese,
Oggidi, possente Dea,
Parla ognun di quel paese.
Quindi in bella emulazione
Quai Mylord vestir noi vedi,
E l'italiche matrone
Come l'angliche Myledi.
Not because she is free and industrious, great in peace and great in war, is triple England now so dear and so illustrious among us; not because that land proudly rejoices in her Newton, and in that great one by whom Othello and Hamlet are become immortal names. But because it has pleased thee, O powerful goddess, to attire thyself after the English mode,—every one speaks of that country. Hence it is that in fine emulation we are seen to dress like My-lord, and Italian matrons like the English My-lady.—Tr.