(Che) non torri superbi e forti mura,
Non larghe fosse, non fiumi vicini
Fan da’ nimici una città sicura,
Ma la fede e il Valore
valor de’ cittadini.

Translation: Not frowning battlement nor lofty tower, Not trenches wide nor river running by- Shall save a city from her foeman’s power, But her sons’ valour and fidelity. | Translation reported in Harbottle’s Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 380.