Sentence:  Noble <WSD>Patricians</WSD>, Patrons of my right, / Defend the iuſtice of my Cauſe with Armes. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.