"Grifus ut has angit Sic hostes Janua frangit."

"As the griffin throttles these [beasts], so Genoa crushes her foes."

"Vedrai una città regale, addossata ad una collina alpestre, superba per uomini e per mura, il cui solo aspetto la ind…"

"Source of Genova la Superba ("Genoa the Proud")"

"Genoa was a bank before it was a city."

"Genua habet portum, mercesque domosque superbas."

"Cette ville n'a que trois rues, et elle est un des plus belles du monde."

"Genoa has only three streets and yet is one of the most beautiful cities in the world."

"If there were war with Venice a truce was made with Pisa; and whenever there was war with either there was usually pe…"

"Genoa has a port, goods, and proud houses."