Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.
The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti
Fear reveals baseborn souls!
If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.
Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces