July 5th, 1776
“Ignis pepercit, unda mergit, æris
Vis pestilentis, æquori ereuptum necat,
Bello superstes, tabidus morbo perit.”6
6 “Those whom fire has spared are drowned by water; the man rescued from the water is saved only by air tainted with pestilence; and the survivor of war is ruined by wasting sickness.”— George Buchanan, Baptista [Editor’s note]