Long Life, Short Art

original: "decora,"...it is not possible for me to refrain from reopening the wound common to both peoples. But nevertheless, since these nuptials were joined under good omens, with what magnificence, with what preparations did you make the joy of your Duke and of the people manifest in such a great celebration? What was allowed to be desired that pertained to inciting Vienna and all of Austria into a communion of joy? We saw the Swarzenburg garden shining with nocturnal fires, structures raised with magnificent workmanship, and finally, no art or expense was spared, so that you made it doubtful whether the work was to be admired more for its elegance or for its cost. But why do I linger on recounting these things, as if your own spirit did not possess—