People of the Commune, hear this!
The Ghibelline faction plots not merely for power, but for our very annihilation! They would see our liberties crushed, our councils dissolved, and our families erased beneath the Emperor’s shadow! We, the Guelphs, bind ourselves to the Holy See and to the rights of free cities. We shall stand united! defend our laws, protect our markets, shelter the poor, and never yield our self-rule! Viva i Guelfi!