mes illusions ne furent pas longues. […] Dans cette extrémité, je n’invoquai ni Apollon et ses flèches au long vol, ni Minerve et sa lance qui tranche les jarrets des guerriers. […] Et pourquoi cette race indomptable, après un si long exil, ne s’est-elle pas confondue avec la race conquérante ? […] On peut dire que les siècles malheureux de la décadence de Rome ne furent qu’un long sacrifice à cette idole. […] Un long usage l’a popularisée.

At what age were they consecrated to Vesta, and how long did their time of service last? […] She was represented in a long black veil spangled with stars, traversing the expanse of the firmament in a chariot of ebony. […] The largest of them is 143 feet long, and 1000 high. […] This edifice was, long afterwards, destroyed by order of the Emperor Theodosius. […] She was attended by Fulla, her handmaid, with long flowing hair, and a bandeau of gold.