Above the second six figures are similar representations of Fortitude and Temperance, the virtues specially illustrated by the warriors and similar inscriptions thus:
CEDERE CVNTA MEIS PULSA ET DISIECTA LACERTIS MAGNA SATIS FVERINT TRES DOCVMENTA VIRI NIL EGO PRO PATRIA TIMEO CHARISQVE PROPINQVIS QVAEQVE ALIOS TERRET MORS MIHI GRATA VENIT.
DIC DEA QVAE TIBI VIS MORES REGO PECTORIS AESTVS TEMPERO ET HIS ALIOS CVM VOLO REDDO PARES ME SEQVERE ET QVA TE SVPERES RATIONE DOCEBO QVID TV QVOD VALEAS VINCERE MAIVS ERIT.
Mr. Ware's translation of these verses is very happy:
Three heroes proof infallible have given That by my arms all foes are backward driven, I have no fear for country nor for friends The king of terror brings to me amends. Goddess, reveal thy might. "I rule the life; Heroes I train by tempering passion's strife: Follow my rule, thy fiery heart restrain, What greater victory canst thou ere attain."
An alternative of these four lines would be,
Oh! Goddess, tell the secret of thy might. "I rule the heart, its foaming tides I fight. Follow my rule, the storms of passion bind; So conquering self a greater self you'll find."
All things beneath my hand in scattered ruin lie. Witness these three whose might can none deny. My land, my loved ones, ever I defend, And Death, to others Foe, to me is friend. Speak, Goddess, from thy throne. "Manners my right. To cool men's souls and balance passion's might. With me as guide self-conquest thou shalt learn, Who then will dare that master will to spurn."
The name of each of the standing figures is clearly recorded at his feet.
Between these two great groups on a pilaster is the portrait of Perugino with this inscription: =PETRVS PERVSINVS EGREGIVS PICTOR.=
PERDITA SI FUERAT PINGENDI HIS RETULIT ARTEM; SI NUSQUAM INVENTA EST HACTENUS IPSE DEDIT.
On the end wall are representations of =The Transfiguration and Nativity.=
In the former Our Lord is in the clouds in a mandorla of rays, and His hands are raised in benediction. On either side kneel Moses and Elias, and in the sky are the words: =HIC EST FILIVS MEVS DILECTVS.= On the ground gazing up, but shading their faces from the glory, are the three disciples.
In the "Nativity" the divine Child is on the ground, and around, under a canopy raised on six columns, are kneeling the Madonna, St. Joseph, and the shepherds. There are cattle nearby, and above, in the heavens, three angels singing, and above their heads the words: =GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO.=