. The story of Verona . une, with figures in different attitudes to expressthe moods of the changeable goddess. On the outercircle is engraved in leonine lines:— En ego Fortuna moderor mortalibus una,Elevo, depono, bona cunctis vel mala done. which may be loosely rendered— Behold, I, Fortune, I alone bestow on mortals,I raise, depose; to all I give or good or evil gifts. On the inner circle is written:— Induo nudatos, denudo veste paratos,In me confiditsl quis, derisus abibit. ♦ I clothe the naked, despoil from those in garments clad,If anyone in me confides, derided will he go from hence. The
. The story of Verona . une, with figures in different attitudes to expressthe moods of the changeable goddess. On the outercircle is engraved in leonine lines:— En ego Fortuna moderor mortalibus una,Elevo, depono, bona cunctis vel mala done. which may be loosely rendered— Behold, I, Fortune, I alone bestow on mortals,I raise, depose; to all I give or good or evil gifts. On the inner circle is written:— Induo nudatos, denudo veste paratos,In me confiditsl quis, derisus abibit. ♦ I clothe the naked, despoil from those in garments clad,If anyone in me confides, derided will he go from hence. The portal below is borne on two columns restingon lions of red marble placed on each side of the doorlike couchant sentinels, and above is seen the divinehand held up in blessing with the words Dextra Deigentes benedicit petentes (Gods right handblesses those who sacred sites do haunt). On theportal are also scenes from the Bible and from the lifeof S. Zeno, the one in the centre being supposed to268 *. iMi|!Ulj|ll|l1f^f| V IM
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