That was the campaign! Now it's about going forward with good will and bi-...

Atene e Lacedemona, che fenno

l'antiche leggi e furon sì civili,

fecero al viver bene un picciol cenno



verso di te, che fai tanto sottili

provedimenti, ch'a mezzo novembre

non giugne quel che tu d'ottobre fili.

(Athens and Sparta, which made the ancient laws
and had such civil order,
gave only hints of the good life compared to you,

who make such fine provision
that the threads you've spun but in October
do not survive to mid-November.)