Diatribe de Prodigiosis Crucibus

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Destined to conquer the world more easily than to be conquered by the world, if united: where it had not one Troy, but as many Hectors as there were leaders of war, and these had You as their own Hector. Where, more robust than Hercules, You rendered false the common adage, for LEOPOLD alone, triumphing over not merely one enemy, deserved to be called Pello-duos [I drive away two]. Where, as many times as You yourself fought, so many victories did You count as battles. And nevertheless, amidst the slaughter of men and the destruction of cities, You lived in the camp in such a way that You seemed to have lived within the enclosures of sacred altars in a cloister; so tenacious of the innocence of manners that—which is a prodigy in a Prince—You performed only those things, not which could be done, but which were becoming. You imposed a certain necessity of probity upon Your household, having no one among them as a friend who was an enemy to GOD, and among Your subjects, You fostered no one who was not either the best, or