lost almost all the Towns she had in the firm Land of Lombardy as far as Padoua The great Turk offer'd the Republic aid in this exigent but she modestly refus'd any Besides other places she receav'd a most fearfull overthrow hard by Abdua being thus oppress'd with the spirituall Armes of Rome and most of the temporall Armes of Europe rather then break she complemented with the Emperour and bow'd to the Pope by delivering him those places aforesayed in Flaminia Among others the Cardinall of York in England did do her good Offices to the Pope as her Annales make mention The French having taken Milan and other places grew insolent in Italy therefore there was a new confederacy made 'twixt the Pope the King of Spain and the Venetians at Ravenna the French became Victors in a great battail but a little after the Swisse coming in as Confederates against them they were totally routed and driven over the Hills again The Venetians recover'd Crema and the Spaniard having taken Bressia and delaying to render it to Venice there was a new occasion offer'd for the Republic to make a League with France again against the Spaniard and Francis the first by their help regain'd Milan The Republic was never so driven to her shifts as she was in the time of this Duke in divers traverses of warr and confederacies against her which she dissolv'd by pure policy more then any power She was afterwards much persecuted by Pope and Emperour in so much that Maximilian sent to Selim the new great Turk an Ambassador to invite him to a warr against the Venetians and to invade their Sea Coasts while he assaulted them by Land Pope Leo sent Petro Bembo upon a solemn Embassie to the Republic that they shold break with the French and League with the Emperour and Spaniards against them whereunto the Senat made this grave answer That his Holinesse Ambassador was greatly pleasing to the Senat as well in respect of himself whose vertue and particular affection towards their Countrey was sufficiently known to all men as likewise in regard of the Prince who sent him seeing the Republic had ever born all reverence and honour to the Soveraign Bishops of Rome but they more particularly inclin'd to Pope Leo that the Senat had ever most highly esteem'd his good and wholesom Counsell but the mischiefe was that by how much they above all others had desir'd his friendship and alliance in that incertainty of all things by so much more were they continually kept from it and albeit their love was never disjoyn'd from him yet their forces were ever divided as then they did humbly thank his Holinesse and confess'd themselfs much bound unto him in that he had bin ever ready by divers good offices to embrace and favour their cause even so likewise they were extremely griev'd that they could not follow his Counsell it being their ancient custom not to leave an old friend for a new specially being not provok'd thereunto by any wrong their ancient Fathers thinking that alone to be profitable which was most honest therefore they could not without great blemish of their reputation break or abandon the alliance which they had already contracted with the French And if the Pope wold call to mind the ancient benefits of the French Kings not only to the Venetian Common-wealth but likewise to the Church and consider the wealth and power of that Kingdome he wold not only excuse but commend the Venetian Councel and be desirous himself to follow it because that being back'd by the French Forces with those of the Venetian ther was likelihood that he shold be abler to lay surer foundations as well for the state of the Church as for the greatnesse and advancement of his own house Hereupon the Republic sent Ambassadors both to Lewis of France and Henry of England to congratulat their alliance for old Lewis had married young Henries Sister and to streighten this League betwixt them against the Emperour The Republic likewise employed two Ambassadors to confirm the peace with the great Turk Selim who had newly subdued the Mammalukes and Soldan that had bin Lords of the Gran Cayro and Egypt above three hundred years Anno 1516. The French King sent to borrow one hundred thousand Crowns of the Venetians towards the end of this Dukes Government which was done accordingly Lewis King of Hungary sent two Ambassadors unto them who procured both men and money against the Turk Prince Lorâ—…dano having sate at the stern of the Republic twenty years in most tempestuous times payed nature her last debt and made way for ANTONIO GRIMANI who about the beginning of his Government was sollicited that the Republic of Venice might be Godmother to a daughter of France The face of affairs in Christendom being much chang'd at the coming in of Charles the fifth the Emperor the Venetians wav'd their league with France who was ready to invade Italy for the Dutchy of Milan and enter'd into an alliance with the Emperor cashiering Trivaltio who was too much affected to the French and making the Duke of Vrbin their generall and this was done principally by Pope Adrian the fourth his intercession who was a low Dutchman having bin a Brewers son in Vtrecht and Schoolmaster to Charles the fifth in this Dukes time the Isle of Rhodes was taken by the Turk to the great detriment of Christendom and dishonor to her Princes 1522. ANDREA GRITTI succeeded GRIMANI about the beginning of whose principality the Venetians depart from the French and for important reasons of State enter into league with the Pope and Emperor the French King makes himself again master of Milan and of divers other places in Italy The Venetians upon emergent reasons of State leave the Emperor and renew their confederacy with the French but during this League the French King was taken prisoner at Pavia and carried into Spain and after foure years captivity dismissed Rome is beleaguer'd by the Spaniards the walls seal'd by the Duke of Bourbon who in the action breath'd his last and Pope Clement besieg'd in the Castle of S. Angelo the King of England Hen. VIII was one of the principall instruments both of the French King and Popes enlargement The French rush again 'ore the hills to Italy take Pavia and destroy it The Venetians seize Monopolis in the Kingdome of Naples Doria Admirall for the French o'recoms the Imperiall Fleet but he turn'd afterwards to the Emperour The Vicount of Tureen coms upon a splendid Embassie to Venice in the Popes behalf to entreat them that they wold satisfie the Pope by rendition of Ravenna and Cervia the Senat alledg'd their just Titles to them having receiv'd the one from Obizzo Polente Lord therof more than four hundred years pass'd and that Cervia was fallen to the Republic by the Testament of Dominico Malateste for which she was to pay yearly som godly Legacies which they continued for performance of the Testators will they representd further
that he revok'd his Commandement The Senats Letter being deliver'd to the Pope by Nani the Venetian Ambassador in ordinary to prepare the way for Duodo the Extraordinary he sayed being a little transported that Monitory Breve's must not be answer'd by Letter and that the Answers of the Senat were frivolous He added that lately he had heard of another Law touching goods Ecclesiastic holden as Emphyteutike which was fit to be revok'd with the other and although he had not till then made any mention of it yet he had more to say against it then any other therfore it behov'd them to obey him because the cause was Gods Et portae Inferi non praevalebunt contra eam and if they wold not revoke the sayed Lawes they were Tyrants and degenerating from their Ancestors c. A little after he sent another Breve to be deliver'd the Duke for the release of the Canon and the Abbot under pain of Excommunication latae sententiae which he commanded shold be deliver'd into the hands of his Nuntio c. The Senat consulted the Doctors again about this Breve whereupon after some Eventilations of the matters this Answer was sent That the Breve of his Holines was read with much reverence and no lesse regret as perceaving therby that matters tended to encrease discord that his Holines went about to destroy the Laws of their Republic which so many Ages had bin kept entire to deliver up the Canon and Abbot was nothing els but to demand that they shold despoile themselfs of their just power to chastise crimes and wickednes which power they had enjoy'd with the approbation of his Predecessors from the Originall of the Republic that God the Founder of all States had bestow'd this power upon them from the beginning and that they did derive it from their Progenitors c. Duodo the Extraordinary Ambassador made no great hast to Rome wherat the Pope receav'd offence being arriv'd ther at last he was not suffer'd to passe his first Audience with complement as the custom is but the Pope wish'd him to fall to the businesse presently so he deliver'd with much gravity and pressing elocution the reasons that mov'd the Republic not to revoke those Laws and to detain the persons of the sayed Churchmen The Pope answer'd with som heat that the exemption of the Clergy was Iure Divino he sayed that he wold not meddle with things temporall but their three aforssayed Laws were Usurpations As the Pope had formerly acquainted most Princes with these traverses 'twixt him and Venice in a complaining way so the Senat sent unto the Republics Ambassadors abroad that they shold truly inform those Princes in whose Courts they resided of the truth of things In Venice ther were at that time Ambassadors from the Emperour France and Spain to whom the businesse was communicated by some of the Senators The Imperiall Ambassador sayed That his Master desired peace and that in such matters he wold not foment the will of the Pope The Count of Santa Cruz who was for Spain approv'd of the reasons already alledg'd in Rome for the Republic Mons du Fresne the French Ambassador answer'd That he knew not what to make of those pontificall Laws whereby Princes are restrain'd to govern their Subjects c. Pope Paul was still eager in the businesse telling the Venetian Ambassador that ther were none in the Senat that understood rightly the case which made them have recourse to Doctors but that he had written to such persons as were able to set their Doctors at School concluding that he wold proceed with his spirituall Arms in this matter but touching other things he wold still account of the Venetians as of his children Herupon a Consistory was call'd and most of the Cardinalls ran bias with the Pope except the Cardinalls of Verona and Vicenza who were more moderat examples against Hen. II. King of England the King of Castile and against the Kings Charles II. IV. were produc'd who underwent the spirituall Censures in like cases so he resolv'd upon an Interdiction yet he wold give the Senat twenty four daies of longer time to consider herof wherunto the Cardinalls gave their suffrages but a Libell was cast up and down the streets of Venice that the Consistory herin was brought to assentari not assentiri A little while after the Interdict was affix'd in the accustomed places of the City of Rome and scatter'd ev'ry wher som in Latin som in Italian wherin after recapitulation of those Decrees in Venice and the imprisonment of the foresayed Church-men The Pope declar'd that after the example of ten of his Predecessors with the Councell and consent of the Cardinalls after mature deliberation though the former sayed Decrees of the Senat were of themselfs void and of no validity neverthelesse he now declar'd them to be such therfore he did excommunicat declare and pronounce for excommunicated as if they had bin particularly nam'd the Duke and Senat of Venice which then were and which shold be herafter together with all their favourers promoters and Councellors if within the term of twenty four daies to be counted from the day of the Publication the Duke and Senat did not recall abrogat and disanull the Decrees aforesayed without any exception or excuse and if they caus'd not openly and in all places the sayed abrogation to be publish'd as also actually to render into the hands of his Nuntio the imprison'd Canon and Abbot That from this Excommunication they could not be absolv'd but by the Pope except it were upon the point of death in which case if any one receav'd absolution and shold afterwards recover health he shold fall again within this Excommunication if he did not as far as in him lay obey this his commandment that untill they had obey'd he forbad any one to be buried in holy place and if after the sayed twenty four daies the Duke and Senat shold continue in their obstinacy he put all their State under the Interdict in such sort that none shold celebrat Masse or Divine Service he depriv'd the Duke and Senat likewise of all their goods which they held of the Church of Rome or of other Churches as also of all their Priviledges and indults obtain'd by it and specially of that Priviledge inabling them to proceed against Clerks in certain cases reserving to himself and his Successors a power to aggravat and re-aggravat this Censure against them and their adherents c. The public Ministers of State who were than resident at Rome made instances to the Pope to retard a while this Interdict the Marquis of Chastillon who was for the Emperor D' Alincourt who was for the French King The Count of Verriie who was for Savoy but his Holines was inflexible saying he wold bring the offendors to obey wherupon the Savoy Ambassador replied that the word obey was too harsh to be us'd towards a Soveraign Prince yet after the publication of the sayed Interdict the
their charge is that the Sea be kept secure for Marchants and Navigators that they suppresse Pyrats and scowre the Gulph of Corsaries Ther is another Officer or Admirall calld Classis Legatus and he hath comand ore the whole Fleet and over the Prefects or Captains of evry Gallie Ther is seldom any Generall of a Fleet but in time of warr and then he hath absolut comand ore the whole Fleet and a kind of Dictatorian power in all the maritime Provinces yet hath he no implicit Commission but before he attempt any thing considerable he must receave directions and commands from the Senat. Of other Extern Magistrats which use to be created upon extraordinary occasions THese are calld Syndiques who are created evry five yeers and use to be employd abroad both in the Continent and maritime Provinces which are subject to the Republic They take knowledg and make Scrutinies into the cariage and actions of all Pretors or Podesta's and other Magistrats who are employed abroad upon the Service of the Signorie If they find any to have exceeded their Commissions and perpetrated any thing against the Lawes they give information accordingly which is unquestionable and taken for certain truth Ther is an Officer who in time of exigence is appointed Proveditor generall of Candy and he is chosen by the suffrages of the Senat He during the time comands the whole Iland in a supreme way of authority and hath a kind of Dictatorian power for the time If he comes to any Town or Castle they presently bring him the Keys He administers the Law himself if he please and disposeth of all public levies of moneys he superintends all kind of Magistrats and Officers both by Land and Sea and is subject to no controulment but what comes from the Senat. Ther is another great Officer calld Proveditor Generall of the Continent and he allso useth to be created upon extraordinary ocasions He comands all the firm Land in the highest way of authority He hath a transcendent power over all Prefects or Captains and all other Magistrats and Officers that are under the Empire of the Republic yet ther is nothing of moment can occurr or be putt in execution but he must receave directions and comand from the Senat. Ther are other Officers calld the Proconsulls of Syria and Egypt who are created by the suffrage of the Senat and they are trienniall Magistrats They have their residence either in Aleppo in Syria or in the Gran Cayro in Egypt where they live in a decent and splendid equipage All differences twixt any Marchants that acknowledg obedience to the Signorie of Venice are brought before them and they have power to determine the controversie These Proconsulls do allso good offices to all other Christians whether Italians or any other Nation that resort thither either for curiosity or comerce and they are respected as if they were in qualitie of Ambassadors or Soverain Agents The Republic of Venice employeth divers Ambassadors abroad and no State more and they are either Ordinary or Extraordinary The Commission of the Ordinary Ambassadors continueth for three yeers These are employed to the Pope the Emperour the Kings of France Spain and England to the Duke of Savoy the States of Holland and they have commonly allwayes one residing in all these Courts in a magnificent maner They have allso an Ambassador in Constantinople attending the motions of the great Turk calld the Bailio residing there perpetually and the Republic allowes him a greater Salarie than to any other nor indeed hath he any sett Salarie but whatsoever he spends is allowd him upon his own accounts without examination all these are elected by the suffrage of the Senat. The Republic employs allso abroad Ambassadors Extraordinary very often who have a greater latitud of power and are soly for matter of State or som particular negotiation The ordinary scope of their Legations is either to congratulate or condole with Soverain Princes when occasion is offerd All these Ambassadors have Secretaries whom the Senat takes notice of and the Republic allowes them a Salarie and they are persons of good extraction and breeding this is don because they may afterwards be in a capacity for their knowledg and experience to be Ministers of State themselfs But touching Ambassadors Extraordinary ther are never any employd unlesse they have bin Ambassadors formerly And touching this kind of employment the Republic hath certain degrees or Scalary ascents and rules of removall which are never transgressd These kind of political and public Ministers are strictly examind by a Junta expressly for the same end at their return touching their comportment in the Legation They are to discover what Presents they receavd from the Prince or State to whom they were sent and it is of dangerous consequence for them to conceale any thing These are the Magistrats and Officers wheron the Republic of Venice hath stood firm as upon so many pillars so many centuries Now ther are few or none who are greater Patriotts than the Venetian Gentlemen their prime study is the public good and glory of their Countrey and civil prudence is their principall trade wherunto they arrive in a high mesure Yet as it may be easily observd though these Gentlemen are extraordinary wise when they are conjunct take them single they are but as other Men. Of the Dominions and Territories that belong to Venice wherof She hath absolut and Soverain Command THis Mayden Cittie hath large fardingalls and long sleeves which reach farr by Land and they stretch by Sea farther than many Kingdoms Upon the Continent of Italie She doth Signorize over three entire Provinces The Mark of Treviso as they calld it Friuli and Istria She hath allso a good part of Lombardie viz. the Territories of Brescia of Bergamo and Verona then She hath Crema Eastward She confines partly upon the Arch-Dukes of Austria partly upon the Adriatic Sea Northward She confines allso upon the Austrian territories upon Trent and Swisserland Westward She hath the Duchy of Milan for her neighbour the same Duchy is her contiguous neighbour Southward allso together with the Duchy of Mantoua and the Ecclesiastic Dominions The Mark of Treviso is a very plentifull and generous Countrey full of opulent Townes and splendid Citties the Natives are esteemed very dextrous and apt to make Statesmen of being a peeple much given to contemplation and gaining of knowledg they are allso active when necessity requires in the management of armes the Country abounds with corn wine and all sorts of fruit and they have many pleasant spacious fields ther are hott and wholsom fountaines there divers sorts of mineralls many noble rivers and lakes the air is temperat healthy and delightfull in fine She is endowed by benign Nature with so many gifts that She may well take place among the Noblest Regions of Italie The Countrey of Friuli in old times forum Iulii is terminated Eastward by the River Formio Northward by the Julian Alps and
Interdict the only Ecclesiastics that went out of the Republic were the Iesuits and Capuchines wherof the first was banish'd the other dismiss'd the rest did still officiat alledging that the difference 'twixt the See of Rome and the Signory was not touching any point of the Catholic Faith But at Rome her self it was expected that the sayed Interdict wold produce three effects 1. That the Religious wold al depart 2. That the Cities and peeple seeing themselfs depriv'd of Church Offices wold raise a sedition and so force the Senat to give the Pope satisfaction 3. That the Nobility upon this occasion might be disordered terrified and divided among themselfs but none of all these three effects hapned for the Senat was greatly united in their resolutions the City of Venice and common peeple kept themselfs in wonderfull obedience and this so generall a calm did not only proceed from the voluntary conformablenes of the peeple but also from the providence of the Senat and diligence of the Magistrat who provided for all accidents Besides this great affair was conducted with so much prudence and dexterity that no bloud of any man was shed for contempt or mutiny which made the world to stand at a gaze that so great a Body and Government shold be kept npright without any violence execution or the least shock given notwithstanding ther were many under practises us'd afterwards The Jesuits in ev'ry place wher they had taken footing did put all irons in the fire and fell a beating them to brand the Republic of Venice insomuch that her Ambassadors receav'd affronts in som places as in Poland and Prague but it was by privat persons for which they had satisfaction from the Emperour and the King of Poland for the Signory was not so carelesse but she sent a punctuall account of all these traverses 'twixt the Pope and Her Genoa and Savoy was also displeas'd with Her because both they had bin succumbent to the Popes Censures before and submitted Among other Princes Iustiniano the Venetian Ambassador residing then in London had command to acquaint the King of England with his Contrasto 'twixt the Pope and the Senat. King Iames after he had very attentively heard the relation of the Ambassador shew'd how well he accepted that esteem and highly commended the Laws of the Republic adding that he long'd to see the whole Church of God reform'd to which end he much desir'd a free Councell to determine so many controversies which have no other cause but the usurpations of the Roman Bishops in which desire he thought the King of France and other Princes wold joyn with him that perhaps God meant to produce this happines out of these troubles of the Signory that he had sent word therof to Pope Clement then when he was mov'd by him the first time he came to the Crown of England to unite himself to the Roman Church but he wold not hear any thing of a Councell that this union was much to be desired but clearly ther was no other means to effect it then by a Generall Councell he added moreover that that ruine of the Church proceeded from this that the Popes esteem'd themselfs as Gods and were so corrupted by flattery that 't was no marvail they could give no ear to any reason and if they proceeded oftentimes with such precipitation The separated States of Holland writ letters full of of affection unto the Republie upon this occasion offring Her a supply of Arms Ships and Victualls if the case requir'd with any other good office of friendship All Christian Princes were sensible of this rupture 'twixt the Pope and the Republic specially the Roman Catholikes in whose Courts the Venetian Ambassadors did refrain for a while to go with the rest into their Chappell 's after the accustomed manner The Duke of Savoy did appear more against the Republic then any other not treating her Ambassador as formerly though he took hold of another occasion because She had written to his children by the title of Excellency not of Highnesse The Republic apprehending som fears that such a confederacy might be procur'd against Her by Pope Paul the eight as was by Iulius the second who carried fire in his hands She was very willing that matters might be reconcil'd by the mediation of other Princes wherin Mons. du Fresne stir'd more vigorously then any other by order from Henry the IV. of France his Master the Duke of Mantoua also offer'd to com to Venice in disguize to know their intentions and then passe to Rome of purpose to treat with the Pope for an attonement The Senat took this as a very high respect and sayed that the Republic who us'd to be accounted the Right Hand of Rome wold do nothing unworthy of her self and it was just that he who had first offended shold repair the offence therfore it was fitting that the Pope shold revoke his Censures and so open the way to a Treaty for no wound can heal till the inflammation be taken away While this difference lasted 'twixt Rome and Venice a certain writing was affix'd at Vicenza and other places wherin the Republic was exhorted to shake off the Popes Yoke calling him Antichrist c. The Senat was much mov'd herat therfore they caus'd a rigorous Baâ—… to be publish'd wherin they promis'd a large reward to him or them that shold discover the Author of that infamous paper giving charge that a diligent search shold be made after the Authors but none being found 't was thought to be an artifice of the Jesuits to induce the Venetian therby to com the sooner to an accord with the Pope The King of Spain in these doubtfull traverses of things writ a Letter full of terms of reverence and complement unto the Pope that if need were he wold joyn his temporall Arms to maintain the spirituall Arms of the Church to which purpose he had written both to his Viceroy of Naples and Governor of Milan upon the receit of this Letter ther were Bonfires made at Rome and the flames of the fire flew upon the wings of fame all Christendome over which gave the Republic such an alarm that She began by Land and Sea to arm apace She was offer'd assistance if need were from som of the Greek Christians that were subjects to the Turk as also from the reformed Churches of France but she wav'd both but it was thought that this Letter of the Spanish King wherin he promis'd warlike succours to the Pope was not a thing really meant but only to terrifie the Republic and bring her the sooner to an agreement which appear'd in regard he had sent expresse commands to Don Innigo de Cardenas his Ambassador residing in Venice to propound som Overtures of Treaty wherupon he propos'd to the Duke and the Senat That his Catholic Majesty affecting the conservation of peace desir'd that the disgusts 'twixt his Holines and the Republic might cease to which end he had commanded all
lost then above sixty Gallies yet she appear'd again shortly after and about the streight of Gallipoli she lost again sixteen Gallies and the Genoway a little after took Canea in Candy but a peace was at last mediated ' twizt Venice and Genoa Upon these ill successes abroad ther were some treasons detected in Venice but quickly suppress'd Padoa also stir'd but to little purpose The next yeer notwithstanding all the late losses the Republic sends a considerable Fleet against Paleologus the Greek Emperour whereof Iustiniano was Generall because he refus'd to pay the Republic a great sum of money which he ow'd her this Fleet sailing into the Pontik Sea quickly brought Paleologus to reason to repay the mony This victroy did much heighten the spirits of Venice which had somwhat languish'd for her great losses in the Ligustic war with Genoa she also made her self Mistress of Ferrara a little after which being a City fewdetary to the Church of Rome the Pope excomunicated Venice interdicting her from the use of the Sacraments which drew a great deal of odium upon her so that she thought it high time to restore Ferrara to the Popes Legat yet she wold pause a little further upon 't About this time the famous conspiracy of Baâ—…amonti Tepulo was suppress'd who was kill'd by a Venetian woman out of a zeal to her Countrey who had an honorable Pension ever after during life MARINI GEORGO was now created the fiftieth Duke of Venice in his time Zara revolted the sixth time from the Republic but was reduc'd GIOVANNI SOVRANZA succeeded GEORGIO who had govern'd but ten moneths the City which had bin a good while anathematiz'd sent Francisco Dandulo to the Pope this Nobleman being admitted to the presence of Clement who perfectly hated Venice because of Ferrara by a wonderfull example of piety to his Countrey and love to Religion continued a long time on the ground before the Popes Table with an iron chain about his head like a dog untill the Excommunication was taken off which was don upon those acts of penitence Hereupon a little after Venice had a notable successe against Genoa in the Pontik Sea where above thirty bottomes were sunk and taken by JUSTINIANO the Generall FRANCISCO DANDULO who had bin Ambassador with the Pope and by that penance formerly spoken of had got the Excommunication taken off was elected the next Duke the Polani and the Valesians who had bin a long time subject to the Patriark of Aquileia did voluntarily yeeld themselfs under the protection of Venice About this time the Republic did divers exploits upon the Coasts of Syria against the Turks for securing of Navigation upon those Coasts she likewise did many feats in Lombardy her Army took Padoua and Bergamo Brescia also fell under her protection BARTILMEO GRADONICO was chosen next and a little after ther arose one night a most furious Tempest which caus'd such an inundation three foot deep above the streets of the City In this Dukes time ther came Ambassadors from England craving aid against Philip the French King whom the Genoways who were mortall enemies to Venice did favour but nothing could be obtain'd and this was the first time that ther was any acquaintance 'twixt England and Venice which was in the yeer 1332 ther was another revolt in Candie suppress'd ANDREA DANDULO came next to the principality a man of extraordinary parts of learning as well as valour for he compil'd the Venetian story in two styles The Republic sent a Fleet against the Turk which took Smyrna again There was an Ambassadour sent by the Senat to the King of Babylon concerning the Venetians free Trade into Egypt which though stood upon by the Pope in regard they were Infidells was setled Zara had rebell'd now the seventh time but was reduced and Lewis King of Hungarie repuls'd There happen'd a fearfull earthquake in Venice about this time which overturn'd divers steeples and palaces This Earthquake usher'd in a fearfull contagion which brought the City to a pitifull desolation for the time the said earthquake lasting fifteen dayes by intermissions This terible earthquake gives me occasion to desire leave of the Reader to step a little aside out of the great Road of this History and make a short excursion to give a touch of the causes of these dreadfull effects of nature of these tremblings and shiverings of the earth or rather Aguish shaking fits wherunto we find her body is as subject as the body of men or lions who are observed to have their monthly paroxismes The Babylonian Philosophers think the cause of these impetuous motions hapneth by the force of som Planet meeting with the Sun in the region of the earth others hold it to be a vapour a long time engendring in som concavities of the earth and restrain'd from salâ—…ying forth into the air others affirme that 't is a wind peâ—…'d up in the entrails of the earth Pliny sayeth that the earth never quaketh but when the Sea is very calm and the air so still and clear as the birds can hardly bear themselves up and that the winds are then shut up in the bowells of the earth their improper station He addeth further that an earthquake is nothing else but as thunder in the air or an overture and crevice in the earth or as lightning breaking forth violently and making irruptions from the midst of the clouds the wind inclos'd therin and strugling to comforth by force The Stoicks speak of divers sorts of Earthquakes that cause the gapings of the earth the swellings of the water and boiling of the same a horrid confus'd sound commonly precedeth and accompanieth this quaking somtimes like to the roaring of a Bull somtimes to the lamentable cry of som humane creature or like the clattring of armor according to the quality of the matter which is inclos'd or according to the form of the cave and hole or Spelunca through which it passeth which resounds in vaulty and hollow places It waxeth hot in sharp and dry places and causeth defluxions in those that are moâ—…st and humid Now amongst all Earthquakes the agitation of the waters is most dangerous for lightning is not so hurtfull nor the shaking of buildings or when the earth is puff'd up or falleth down by an interchangeable motion because the one keeps back the other The safest buildings are those upon vaults the corners of walls and on bridges leaning one against another beside brick buildings are lesse dangerous in such accidents your skilfull Navigators can foretell these earthquakes at such time as they perceive the waves to swell on a sudden without a wind and likewise those on land may likewise foretell them when they behold birds in a maze to stay their flight or when waters in wells are troubled more than ordinary having a bad unsavoury smell all these are presages of such hideous motions Pherecydes the Syrian drawing water out of a well foretold an Earthquake
how that if they had bin desirous to possesse Towns belonging to other men they wold not have refus'd the offer of those of Furli and of other Cities of Romania who sought much to be under their obedience nor wold they have defended or maintain'd with such extraordinary cost and danger the City of Bologna with others belonging to his Holiness nor have kept them from him and that those Cities had bin taken at such time as the Pope had quitted the League and that they might justly now detain them for the same occasion moreover they had spent a great masse of Tresure in that warr which those Cities were not able to recompence they desired that the King wold take it into serious consideration how much it might import him if those so commodious Cities shold be quitted by his friends and confederats to be given to the Pope who stood so coldly affected to the Crown of France nay even into the hands of the Imperialls seeing that it was apparent how the Pope either by his own proper motion or through fear did wholly depend upon the Emperour that he was besides to consider of their interest and the wrong which wold be offer'd their confederats viZ. the Florentines and the Duke of Ferrara whoquestionlesse wold be greatly distasted hereat and wold cool that heat which pusheth them on to the affairs of the League and moreover how that these Towns did serve for a bridle to contain the Pope within his bounds seeing that without them he wold already have shewed himself an open friend to the Emperor A little after the Republic lends the King of France the Duke of Milan a considerable sum of money Chastillon coms Ambassador to Venice and Brundusium in Apulia is taken by her Admirall Herup on a Treaty of peace was appointed by all parties to be at Cambray and the Republic employ'd Lodovico Falieri to the King of England to entreat him That since he had ever shew'd himself a royall friend to the Republic his Majesty wold be pleas'd as at all other times to take into his protection and to procure that in those affairs which were handled at Cambray nothing might be concluded to the hurt and prejudice of the Republic nor to the liberty of Italy whereof many years before he had to his immortall praise taken upon him the defence while preparations were made on all fides to disturb her if not destroy her About the fag end of this Dukes government Solyman makes warre upon the Hungary and takes â—…uda he warr'd also with the Venetians but against them he had not so good successe for they took Scardona from him and 〈◊〉 in Dalmatia upon this a solemne League was struck 'twixt the Pope the Emporor and the Republic against the common enemy In this Dukes time the Republic sent to the Pope that she might have the nomination of her own Bishops for which he had made divers proposalls formerly but could get no definitive answer herupon ther was a seizure made of the temporalities of divers Bishopricks which the Pope had collated wherat his Holiness was much incens'd The Senat considering the importance and difficulty of the business did deliberat theron in open Councell where opinions were very different but for the present it was decreed that in favour of the Pope the temporalities of those who had bin promoted by his Holiness shold be surrendred them in the Cities under their jurisdiction yet nevertheless they did not give over their demands saying that what they had then done was for the extraordinary respect and reverence they bare to Pope Clement hoping that herafter they wold grant them more than they crav'd The Pope nevertheless who at first made shew that he demanded nothing els but that stood after upon greater difficulties Solyman having made peace with the Persian intended to assail Christendome on all sides by Sea and Land hereupon he entertain'd Barbarossa the famous pyrat and sent word to the Venetians that they shold usâ—… him no more as a Pyrat but one of his own Port. To bear up against Solyman the Senat thought fit to levy the Tenths upon the Clergy but they could not obtain it of the Pope who made answer that he had a purpose to levy two Tenths upon the goods of all the Italian Clergy to employ them for the relief of the Cantons of the Catholic Swissi against the other apostat Cantons who threatned them with war A little after Venice made her self Mistresse of a Town in Dalmatia call'd Obrovatza a place of considerable strength and advantage PIETRO LANDI succeeded Gritti who had continued Prince nere upon sixteen years Guy Vbaldo Duke of Vrbin the old Duke being dead was chosen Generall of the Republic by Land he was allow'd ten Captains pay and four thousand Ducats yearly Salary besides The Senat at that time decreed that four hundred Artificers of the City shold be inroll'd with whom four times a year the Gallies appointed for that purpose shold be mann'd that they might all of them row together which they commonly call'd Regater and pensions were appointed them who had serv'd so thrice This decree pass'd to the end they might be assur'd to have men alwaies fit and ready to mann any nomber of Gallies Ther happen'd a mighty dearth of corn through all Italy in this Dukes time which lighted more heavy upon Venice then any place among other causes which necessitated her to make peace with the Turk but the Marquis of Guasto Governor of Milan and the Lord of Annebalt Marshall of France and her Generall in Piemont came to Venice to divert her they had extraordinary magnificent entertainment both for the quality of their own persons and of the great Princes that sent them The Marquis of Guasto coming to the Senat told them that he was sent by his Imperiall Majesty to acquaint them as his trusty and inward friends with the enterview that he intended to have with the French King and in Flanders with King Ferdinand his Brother and the Queen his Sister who govern'd ther for him assuring them that in the same Assembly of Princes affairs wold be handled concerning the universall good of Christendom and the particulrr advantage of that Republic which the Emperour did as much desire as well as of his own Estates and that now they were ready to assail the Turks with very great Forces The Emperor therefore was desirous to know the Senats will and intentions therein what provision they wold judge to be necessary and what they wold have him to do for his part towards the better managing of this great design Marshall Annebalt spake to the same effect protesting his Kings good will to the common peace of Christendome amd particularly of the Common-wealth of Venice Answer was made by the Senat to the Marquis and the Marshall that their arrival was very pleasing and acceptable as well in respect of the Princes whom they represented as for their own persons for which
shold come to Arms he prayed his Serenity to consider that though Philosophie tells us the Sun warms these inferior bodies without heat in it self yet in human things it is not so but he that wold heat in his favour must first be hot himself The Senat determin'd to signifie unto all Princes the Declaration of the King of great Britain wherin he call'd God to witnesse ' That his resolution to defend the cause of the Republic had no other end but the service of God and to conserve the Liberty which God gave to all Princes not for any ill will that he carried to the Pope nor was he mov'd by the particular interest of the Republic but only so far because he knew She defended a cause most just and acceptable to God which the more he considered in his mind so much the more was he confirm'd in Her protection and defence not finding any the least shadow of reason to relinquish Her That he had already taken this resolution and wold sustain it suddenly That he wold not do as the Spaniard who by a Letter had fill'd the Popes spirit with vanity to carry him into a precipice but that he wold execut with courage and sincerity what he had promis'd he consider'd also as a thing of great consequence that the Pope prepar'd himself for warr and had to this effect erected that new Congregation of men disaffected to the Signory and all dependents of Spain herunto he added that he wold be as ready to perform his promise as to publish his Declaration and wold besides procure som good offices from his brother the King of Denmark and other Princes of Germany his Allies The Kings of France and England appearing so earnestly in this businesse the Emperour also did contribut his intercession the Grand Duke of Florence likewise stir'd in it yet nothing could be concluded to any purpose Therfore the Spaniard begins to arm in the Duchy of Milan to which end the Count de Fuentes had particular Commission The Republic having intelligence herof it did not stand with Her wonted prudence and circumspection to stand idle wherfore to meet with all occasions that might occurr She sent to Padoua Verona Crema Bergamo and Brescia five hundred thousand Crowns one hundred thousand for each City to prepare themselfs for all exigents Unto the old nine thousand six hundred Footmen and six hundred Horse To the one hundred fifty Albanian Horse She added six hundred Italian Foot and one thousand Albanians more under Paolo Ghini Order also was given to Count Francis Maâ—…tinengo to levy in the Confines four thousand French soldiers and six hundred Cuirasses which She caus'd to be arm'd To the three great Gallies was adjoyn'd one other and to the thirty eight light Gallies they sent five more in the Iles of the Levant and twelve more newly arm'd at Venice In Candy also were arm'd twenty Gallies Nicolaâ—… Sagredo Proveditor general by his prudence dexterity which was singular in managing of Martial affairs wrought in such sort that all this was don at the expence of privat gentlemen so that ther were in all seventy five light Gallies four great ones got together Divers of the French Nobility made profer of their service to the Republic and the great Turk seem'd to importune her to accept of his assistance She utterly refus'd the last and wav'd the first The rumor of these preparations fill'd ev'ry corner of Christendome therfore the Kings and Princes who were already engag'd in quality of Mediators 'twixt the Pope and the Republic stir'd more nimbly in the businesse specially the French who to accelerat things and do them with greater countenance employed to that end the Cardinall de Ioyeuse in a splendid Embassie both to Rome and Venice In Spain the Duke of Lerma complain'd to the English Ambassadour for the proser of such assistance that his King had made to the Republic which had put her to stand higher a tiptoe against the Holy Father and impeded the Treaty for She wold not shew Her self so obstinat against him if She were not so much incouraged by his King because from France She could expect but words or peradventure som troops hired with her own silver The Treaty began now to be poursued with som heat and the Cardinal de Ioyeuse carried himself with such address that he overcame all difficulties and brought both parties to a conformity but the Republic wold by no means part with her Laws or revoke Her Decrees formerly mention'd touching Ecclesiastics and Her Ban against the Jesuits She only deliver'd the foresayed Count and Canon to the French Ambassadors hands who deliver'd them afterwards to the Nuntio so the quarrel ended the thunder câ—…as'd which had made such a noise and cut the Princes of Christendom so much work to do herupon Letters of thanks were written to the Kings of France and Spain but specially to the King of great Britain for his propensity and good intentions towards the Republic The Cardinall Ioyeuse had a present of 6000. Crowns value and Don Francisco de Castro had another of 3000. who had bin sent from the King of Spain expressely to compose these differences which charge in his first Speech before the Duke Senat he sayed that he had willingundertaken both in obedience to his Catholic Majesty and for the particular affection he did bear unto so illustrious a Signory hoping easily to conclude a peace betwixt the Holy Father and his Serenity specially seeing he shold not meet with those three impediments that usually render all Treaties difficult which are first the passion or extraordinary affection of him in whose name men treat or of him who treateth secondly the inconvenience of the matter treated and thirdly the incapacity or want of good will in the person with whom the treaty is For touching the first it was certain that the King his Master was well-affected and had no other aims but the common good That the greatnesse of the Republic was advantagious unto him as being the Bullwark of Christendome against the power of the Turk and for his own person he protested that he was not com to use deceit or subtilty being Noble by birth and therfore oblig'd to tell truth above all things Touching the second the point of treaty was for peace a thing excellent in its own nature and for an union with the See Apostolic a thing very profitable to the Republic all stories being full of the mutuall good offices which they have ever rendred one to the other as on the contrary their disunion must needs be pernicious to the Republic for if their cause were injust it wold incense all Princes against them and though it were reasonable yet was it not fit therfore to forget what reverence men shold owe to the Soveraign Bishop Touching the third That the Treaty was with a Senat of great prudence lovers of peace enemies of novelty who had bin Authors alwaies of
who were joyn'd with them for protection so they retir'd to a further distance but the English Ships poursued them and played so well upon their Galeons that the men stow'd themselfs under hatches and left their Vessells to the fortune of the Sea without guidance The Galeasses coming up then to their succour receav'd also such a rude welcom that they row'd away to shelter themselfs under the English Ships that road in the Bay which was don purposely so the French were left alone and som of their Ships being lusty Vessells they came up close to Sir Kenelme who directed his two lesse Ships to deal with them but they being not able the Rere-Admirall went to their succour and so put the French to the worse Among the English ther were none hurt to death but of the French and Venetians it was reported ther were above eighty stain of whom one was a Commander of the Land soldiers whose losse was much lamented This action of the English was question'd by the Turks because they had don hostility to his friends within the Gran Signor's Road therfore by the subtilty of the Venetian and complaint of the French the Bassa of Aleppo and Cady of Scanderon took hold of the occasion to take an avenia upon the English Merchants exacting from their Consulls large summes But Landi the Venetian Ambassador then residing in London made a high clamorous complaint against Sir Kenelme Digby and his Adherents in a solemn audience before the King and Councell of State aggravating the businesse to the very height and aspersing Sir Kenelme that such a man shold infringe the sacred peace which was kept inviolably 'twixt the Crown of England S. Mark so many Ages and never broken till then from the beginning of the world But Sir Kenelme at his return justified all his proceedings prov'd that he had not contraven'd or transgress'd his Commission any way Landi being shortly after to depart and apprehending som danger from Sir Kenelme the King commanded him to visit the sayed Ambassador and to save his Honor to tell him that he had receav'd Commandement from his Majesty for so doing Sir Kenelme accordingly perform'd this Ceremony which he had no sooner done but the Venetian Ambassador came immediatly to his house to repay the visit so they were reconcil'd and the businesse ended FRANCISCO ERIZZO was sworn Duke of Venice afterwards which swearing they do not call an oath but by a more civill term 't is stil'd Promissione Ducale in the record he was a person full of years and freighted with experience therfore ripe enough for the Government At the beginning of his time the Republic enjoyed a profound universall peace by Sea and Land but the growing greatnesse of the house of Austria did trouble Her in regard of their new acquests in Germany the Emperor having reduc'd the Bohemians to an exact obedience by way of conquest and the Spaniard having the Palatinat in his hands therfore she was well pleas'd that the Swed did rush into Germany which wars she fomented with her countenance and somthing els Besides the Emperor had a little before disturbed the peace of Italy by the imperiall title he claim'd to the tutele and protection of the young Duke of Savoy during his Minority which the French King his Oncle by the maternall side took upon him but the Emperor back'd by the Spaniard thought to get it by the sword which caus'd som perturbations in Italy therfore the Pope also was well contented that the Emperor was shaken a little by the Swed Ther was employed about this time M. Capello a Venetian gentleman of an ancient extraction a person of a small bulk but well timber'd both for body and brain to have the charge of the garding the Gulph with a nomber of well appointed Gallies At Vallona upon the Coasts of Dalmatia he met with the Barbary Fleet whom he assaulted so vigorously ther being many gentlemen of his own kindred engag'd in the service that he sunk divers of them and took the Admirall Gally of Algier a Vessell of vast bignesse which he brought with him away and she remains to this day for a Trophy in the Arsenall of Venice The Gran Turk did very much storm at this therfore the Republic rather then enter into open hostility against so potent a Neighbour was contented to part with three hundred thousand Crowns to accommode the difference wherof she recover'd part out of the Comendams of the Knights of Malta which they enjoy'd within Her Dominions but the foresayed Capello was clowded a good while after and had it not bin for his great Alliance it might have gon worse with him for having exceeded his Commission in this action such an exact obedience the Signory expects to be had to her Orders be the successe never so glorious Ther was another piece of Justice executed also upon C. Moro who had bin a Senator and one of the Pregadi but afterwards he took Holy Orders and shav'd himself to becom an Abbot he was us'd to go frequently in a disguize to the Spanish Ambassadors house and hold correspondence with him which is Treason in a high degree among the Venetians therfore being discover'd by a Bandito who had fled to the sayed Ambassadors house for shelter the Bandito had the Ban taken off and a considerable annuall Pension given him ever after but the Abbot was strangled and his carkase drag'd to S. Marks place wher he hung by the leg betwixt the two Pillars from Sun to Sun in his Monasticall habit Som years after ther happen'd a new disgust 'twixt the Republic and Pope Vrban the VIII about the extent of their Boundaries upon one anothers Frontire which was aggravated by som books that were printed and permitted to be expos'd to public sale in Venice which books reflected upon the old quarrell that had bin 'twixt Paulus Quintus and the Republic Pope Vrban resented it so far that by the impulses of his Nephews he caus'd an ancient Inscription or Elogy to be defac'd and raz'd which had bin set up in the Sala Regâ—…a in the Vatican as a Monument of gratitud to the honor of the Venetians for restoring Pope Alexander to S. Peters Chair when he was chas'd thence by the Emperor Frederic as formerly hath bin declared The world thought that the Republic was offer'd hard measure herin and though the affront sunk deep into Her yet she hid the impressions it had made a good while till she might find som oportunity to right her self The Luqueses also having ordain'd somthing for restraining the exorbitances of the Clergy in that Common-wealth provok'd the Popes indignation so far that he excommunicated them The Gran Duke of Toscany fell also under the same Censure because he made the Churchmen to pay a nâ—…w Gabell upon Grinding Mills as well as the secular subject But ther fell a higher clash then all these 'twixt Pope Vrban and the Duke of Parma about a summe of money
Anafesto the first Duke of Venice Page 11 The pastimes of Venice Page 188 Of Padous Page 26 A speculation upon the sight of the Bucentoro in Venice Page 36 The Portugues trade into the Indies prejudiciall to Venice Page 39 Of rare Pictures in St. Marks Church Page 54 Pepin warrs with Venice Page 59 Pietro Tradonico Duke of Venice Page 60 Pietro Candiano Duke of Venice slain in fight against the Narentines Page 61 Pietro Tribuno Duke of Venice Page 60 Pietro Badoairio Duke of Venice taken prisoner in Slavonia Page 61 Phalerio Duke of Venice first entitled Duke of Dalmatia avd Croatia Page 65 Peter the French Hermits vision Page 65 The Pisans beaten by the Venetians Page 65 Pâ—…olemais and Sydon taken by the Venetians Page 65 Phalerio the Duke of Venice kill'd in battail Page 66 Pietro Polano Duke of venice chosen Arbiter twixt the Western and Eastern Emperours Page 67 A prophecy touching Venice Page 68 Paleologus the Greek Emperour beaten by the Venetians Page 74 Padoua putts Her-self under Venice Page 79 Paleologus the Greek Emperour hath conference with the Pope at Ferrara Page 79 Paehalis Maripietro Duke of Venice he rul'd 36 yeers Page 80 The Popes Legats speech to Mocenigo the Venetian Generall Page 82 Philip of Comines comes Ambassador to Venice from Charles the 8. Page 86 The passage by the Cape of good Hope to the East Indies hurtfull to Venice Page 87 The Calender reform'd 1581. Page 134 The Pope and Duke of Parma at variance Page 171 The Pope flies to the Castle of St. Angelo Page 194 Q. A question whether warrs or trafic with the Turk be better for England in Epist. An odd question of a Zantois to an Englishman Page 31 The Queen of Cyprus modest reply to the Venetian Page 85 The quarrell twixt Paulus Quintus and Venice demonstrated at larg Page 137 The quarrell and fight twixt Sir Ken. Digby and the Venetians in the Bay of Scanderon Page 169 A quarrell twixt Pope Urban and the Duke of Florence Page 171 The quarrell twixt the Pope and the Duke of Parma Page 178 The quarrell twixt the Pope and Luca Page 177 The querulous expressions of a Nunn Page 184 The querulous remorses of a dying Cardinall Page 182 A quaere what opinion Spain hath of Rome Page 190 A quaere what opinion France hath of Rome Page 190 Quaeres how the Greeks esteem Rome Page 190 R. Resemblance twixt England and Venice in Epist. Rome still esteemed by Venice Page 3 Reasons of the lastingnes of Venice Page 3 Rules observed by Venice in the removall of her Ambassadors Page 4 Riches puff the mind Page 6 Restraints that none may grow over-rich in Venice Page 7 Riches reverence and deceâ—…cie the main supporters of Religion Page 8 Resons why Venice did choose one Sâ—…verain head over her Page 12 Rome becom her own Tomb Page 44 Rome in Vopiscus time 50 miles in compas Page 44 The Revenues of the Republic of Venice Page 53 Ravenna taken by the Venetians Page 58 A remarkable speech of Mocenigo the Venetian Generall touching Cyprus Page 82 A restraint for building Convents and Churches in Venice without the Senats leave Page 135 Requiseus speech to D. John of Austria Page 104 S. Sannazarius his famous Hexastic of the Citty of Venice In Proem Secrecy wonderfully us'd in the Councells of Venice Page 7 A speech against the tyranny of Tribunes Page 11 The stile of the Duke of Venice Page 12 The salary of the Duke of Venice Page 12 Of the Senat of Venice Page 13 Of the Syndiques of Venice Page 22 The Spaniards large offer for the port of Suda in Candie Page 32 The Spanish Ambassadors speech upon the â—…ight of St. Marks tresure Page 38 A strange complement which a Gentleman put upon a Lady Page 39 A Shepheard the first founder and present preserver of Rome Page 44 The Sextaries of Venice Page 50 A speech of a Venetian Nobleman Page 61 The Saracens orecom by the Venetians Page 62 The speech of Pope Urban at Clermont for a Holy war Page 65 Smyrna taken by the Venetian Page 65 Smyrna taken again by the Venetian Page 75 Steno Duke of Venice his speech to Verona and Vicenza when they yeelded themselfs under the Dominion of Venice Page 78 A speech of the Turks Generall to the Venetian army remarkable Page 81 Seleucia taken by the Venetian Page 81 A speech of the King of Cyprus to the Venetian Generall Page 81 The Senats wise Answer to Pope Sixtus Page 83 The second Excomunication against the Venetian Page 83 Sanseverino the Venetian Generall routed and drown'd at Trent Page 84 The Senats sage Answer to Philip de Comines Page 86 The Senats grave Answer to Pietro Bembo the Popes Legat Page 88 Sir Sackvill Crowes timely advice to the Venetians not regarded Page 195 T. Thuanus his saying of Venice Page 3 Another Page 4 The tresure of Venice Page 5 Tumults in Venice alwayes suddenly suppress'd Page 8 The Territories of Venice Page 24 Twelve Dukes of Venice slain or put to death Page 34 The three remarkablest things in Venice Page 35 The Tresury of St. Mark Page 37 Theodato Hypato Duke of Venice who had his eyes put out Page 59 Tradonico Duke of Venice murther'd Page 61 Twelve Bells sent for a present from Venice to Constantinople Page 61 Tyre conquer'd by the help of Venice Page 67 Tenedos yeelded to the Venetians Page 77 The Turk offers Venice ayd which she refus'd Page 87 The Turk subdues Egypt Page 88 Trent Councell begun Page 94 The Turk fedifragous to Venice Page 95 The Turk armes for Cyprus and invades Her Page 98 The Turks barbarous usage towards Bragadini in Cyprus Page 104 Turks opinion of Christianity Page 189 Thuanus opinion of Venice Page 183 V. Venice comands 700. miles of Sea In Epist. Venice the fittest to be imitated in point of government Page 1 The Prerogatives of Venice Page 1 Her wit more sharp than her weapon Page 2 Venice hath oft felt the fulminations of Rome Page 2 Venice had a great hand in the Conquest of the Holy Land Page 3 She had a share of Jerusalem given Her Page 3 Venice Eternall Page 3 Constant to Her-self Page 4 Venice a great Mediatrix for Peace Page 4 The Venetians great Patriotts Page 5 Venice loves to be magnified Page 7 Why named in the plurall nomber Page 9 Venice as dextrous in ruling of men as rowing of a Gallie Page 10 She hath turn'd Policy to a Science Page 10 Venice hath large fardingalls Page 24 Of Verona and her Precincts Page 25 Of Vicenza Page 27 Venice characteriz'd Page 32 Describ'd at large Page 33 Built in the Spring Page 33 Venice hath borrow'd of the Greek as well as the Roman Page 52 Venice can make Knights and Poetts laureat Page 53 Venice free from the Western or Eastern Emperour first declar'd Page 59 Verona assisted by Venice growes victorious Page 60 Urso Participatio Duke of Venice Page 61 Vitalis Candiano Duke of Venice resignd the government and cloistr'd himself Page 62 Venice contributs 200 Vessells for the warrs of the Holy Land Page 65 Venice maried to the Sea Page 69 She helps the Pope to suppresse the tyrant Eccelin Page 72 Venice defeats the Genoways in the port of Prolemais Page 72 Venice almost quite depopulated by an Earthquake and a Plague Page 76 She beates Genoa in the port of Carista Page 76 She beates her again hard by Sardinia Page 77 She beates her again neer the Morea Page 77 Venice is Godmother to a Daughter of France Page 89 A vision at Rome Page 94 Venieries gallant speech to Don John of Austria Page 105 His wise Answer to him Page 107 Venice takes the strong Citty of Clissa from the Turk Page 196 She makes the Turk fly at Foggia Page 197 Venice and Rome parallell'd Page 204 Venice superior in divers things to old Rome Page 260 Her Vices Page 199 Venice born a Christian and independent Page 205 W. A wise saying touching Sparta Page 5 The wonderfull sagacity of Venice in detecting tresons Page 6 Why Clergimen are incapable to be Senators in Venice Page 7 Why the Spaniard termes not himself Kiof Naples but Utriusque Siciliae Page 9 Why mankind more hard to be govern'd than other Cretures Page 10 Warrs twixt Otho the Emperour and Venice Page 62 War twixt Venice and Padoua Page 66 The warrs of Cyprus Page 98 Warrs with the Uscocchi Page 135 Warrs twixt Pope Urban and the Duke of Parma Page 172 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 An. Dom. 697. 717 726 742 755 756 764 769 804 809 827 826 836 864 881 887 888 909 920 941 976 978 979 991 1009 1028 1030 1041 1069 1082 1094 1117 1130 1148 1156 1164 1329 1192 1205 1228 1248 1252 1268 1274 1280 1290 1303 1304 1329 1332 1336 1354 1356 1358 1363 1366 1368 1382 1400 1413 1423 1457 1462 1471 1473 1474 1475 1477 1485 1486 1491 1521 1523 1539 1545. 1553 1554 1556 1567 1567 1570 1574 1575 1583 1584 1605 1612 1615 1618 1618 1623