Since we are no longer so happy as to be able to press to our breasts the in-urned remains of those we have loved, since we are neither wealthy enough, nor of cheerful heart enough to preserve them undecayed in large elaborate sarcophagi; since, indeed, we cannot even find place any more for ourselves and ours in the churches, and are banished out into the open air, we all, I think, ought to approve the method which you, my gracious lady, have introduced.
Objektu maite baten hondarrak, urna batean sartuak, geure bularraren kontra estutzeko bezain zoriontsu ez garen unetik, sarkofago ponpeziatsu handitan gordetzeko bezain aberatsak eta alaiak ez garenez gero, areago oraindik, jadanik elizan lekurik aurkitzen ez dugunez gero geuretzat eta gutarrentzat, baizik eta kanpora, airepera bidaltzen gaituztenez gero, arrazoi guztiak ditugu zuk, andre horrek, erabaki duzun modua eta era onesteko.