就用I trionfi(the Triumps)的第三节选段结尾吧, 'First, Love triumphs; then Love is overcome by Chastity, Chastity by Death, Death byFame, Fame by Time and Time by Eternity. '
最初, 爱胜出了, 而后为忠贞折服, 忠贞让步于亖亡, 亖亡又屈从于名望, 名望被时间埋葬, 最后时间亦败于永恒.
(附图是一五二〇年左右的弗兰德挂毯[Flemish tapestry], 'The Triumph of Death', 又名《命运三女神》, 藏于伦敦的Victoria and Albert Museum)
