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cousin-german_a give_v the_o government_n thereof_o he_o be_v the_o next_o neighbour_n prince_n to_o that_o country_n on_o the_o one_o paâ—…t_n and_o the_o commonwealth_n on_o the_o other_o which_o that_o it_o do_v not_o long_o continue_v â—…s_v it_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v the_o venetian_n according_a to_o their_o custom_n upon_o the_o uscocchi_n or_o cravate_v ravenousness_n and_o upon_o the_o archduke_n dissimulation_n and_o that_o of_o their_o officer_n who_o be_v well_o enough_o please_v to_o see_v the_o commonwealth_n continual_o molest_v on_o that_o side_n but_o they_o complain_v more_o particular_o that_o a_o galley_n of_o they_o be_v take_v by_o the_o uscocchi_n or_o croate_n after_o that_o agreement_n whilst_o it_o lay_v in_o one_o of_o the_o havens_n of_o sclavonia_n it_o be_v carry_v to_o segna_n a_o town_n belong_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o that_o the_o galley-slave_n be_v there_o set_v at_o liberty_n all_o the_o rest_n be_v slay_v and_o barbarous_a cruelty_n be_v use_v 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forbid_v commerce_n by_o navigation_n to_o all_o the_o archduke_n subject_n and_o place_v many_o arm_a boat_n in_o the_o gulf_n of_o trieste_n and_o in_o other_o convenient_a placeâ—…_n they_o do_v so_o handle_v those_o people_n as_o they_o can_v not_o only_o not_o traffic_n but_o neither_o fish_n nor_o carry_v the_o fruit_n of_o their_o possession_n home_o in_o their_o domestic_a bark_n and_o moreover_o antonio_n chiâ—…rano_n captain_n of_o the_o gulf_n enter_v into_o laurona_n and_o lorenzo_n veniero_n general_n of_o dalmatia_n into_o nâ—…w_n town_n inhabit_v by_o the_o uscocchi_n where_o they_o miserable_o ruin_v they_o sink_v many_o bark_n load_v with_o victual_n in_o the_o former_a and_o recover_v the_o artillery_n of_o the_o venetian_a galley_n which_o be_v late_o take_v in_o the_o other_o at_o the_o same_o time_n by_o way_n of_o intelligence_n they_o assault_v the_o fort_n of_o carlobago_n but_o meet_v with_o great_a resistance_n they_o be_v repulse_v with_o the_o loss_n of_o 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resistance_n and_o not_o long_o after_o they_o assault_v the_o confine_n of_o trieste_n with_o 4000_o foot_n and_o 200_o horse_n with_o a_o galley_n and_o many_o bark_n they_o destroy_v the_o salt-pit_n put_v the_o neighbour_a country_n to_o fire_n and_o sword_n intend_v to_o do_v more_o mischief_n have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o volfango_n frangipani_n count_n of_o terzacco_n general_n of_o croatia_n who_o come_v by_o order_n from_o the_o archduke_n with_o the_o militia_n of_o those_o confine_n to_o defend_v the_o country_n and_o with_o the_o cavalry_n of_o carlistot_n which_o come_v in_o unto_o he_o assaulted_z the_o 〈◊〉_d against_o who_o there_o come_v also_o out_o 400_o triestians_n command_v by_o benedetto_n pettazzo_n and_o by_o daniel_n francol_n so_o as_o there_o happen_v a_o fierce_a skirmish_n wherein_o the_o venetian_n be_v rout_v and_o put_v to_o flight_n with_o the_o death_n of_o above_o 600_o of_o they_o and_o of_o their_o general_n mario_n gallo_n da_fw-la ossimo_fw-la and_o the_o commissary_n and_o rest_n who_o be_v in_o the_o scuffle_n have_v much_o ado_n to_o save_v themselves_o by_o get_v into_o the_o galley_n under_o the_o shelter_n of_o the_o artillery_n which_o be_v shoot_v from_o thence_o after_o which_o victory_n the_o vice-general_a suffer_v some_o of_o the_o soldier_n and_o of_o the_o uscocchi_n to_o overrun_v istria_n where_o they_o do_v much_o mischief_n he_o himself_o with_o some_o of_o his_o man_n enter_v the_o territory_n of_o montfalcone_n and_o destroy_v all_o thing_n by_o fire_n and_o rapine_n but_o the_o commonwealth_n who_o the_o success_n of_o piedmont_n have_v peradventure_o make_v apprehend_v the_o spanish_a force_n less_o in_o respect_n whereof_o they_o have_v for_o bear_v to_o come_v to_o a_o open_a breach_n with_o the_o archduke_n and_o have_v therefore_o still_o former_o be_v content_v to_o suffer_v and_o to_o temporize_v resolve_v now_o to_o do_v so_o no_o long_o but_o to_o show_v their_o resentment_n by_o open_a war_n a_o resolution_n which_o though_o as_o it_o be_v public_o say_v the_o grave_a and_o wise_a senator_n be_v far_o from_o who_o foresee_v the_o consequence_n will_v not_o have_v willing_o see_v the_o commonwealth_n imbroil_v herself_o in_o that_o war_n yet_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o young_a sort_n prevail_v which_o be_v foment_v by_o one_o more_o ancient_a senator_n who_o to_o win_v favour_n from_o the_o mean_a citizen_n adhere_v to_o the_o more_o general_a vote_n the_o great_a opinion_n overcome_v the_o better_a as_o it_o sometime_o happen_v among_o multitude_n and_o though_o the_o town_n and_o place_n from_o whence_o the_o uscocchi_n come_v to_o pillage_n belong_v as_o have_v be_v say_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o above_o a_o hundred_o mile_n from_o friuli_n yet_o because_o they_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o archduke_n ferdinando_n and_o that_o the_o say_v ferdinando_n be_v bind_v for_o the_o behaviour_n of_o the_o uscocchi_n the_o venetian_n complain_v that_o he_o wink_v at_o their_o piracy_n or_o atlea_v do_v
to_o that_o city_n be_v not_o the_o navigation_n hinder_v by_o its_o be_v enclose_v between_o verrua_n and_o crescentino_n as_o between_o two_o hedge_n so_o as_o victual_v nor_o ammunition_n can_v not_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o spanish_a army_n if_o it_o be_v to_o enter_v into_o piedmont_n by_o montferrat_n unless_o they_o shall_v be_v first_o master_n of_o one_o of_o these_o two_o place_n they_o make_v much_o for_o the_o conveniency_n and_o inconveniency_n of_o the_o army_n advance_v the_o governor_n resolve_v to_o make_v himself_o master_n of_o they_o he_o therefore_o march_v from_o stroppiana_n go_v a_o little_a above_o costanza_n but_o in_o so_o little_a good_a order_n as_o certain_o if_o the_o duke_n have_v know_v it_o and_o will_v have_v hazard_v he_o may_v undoubted_o have_v cut_v the_o rear_n in_o piece_n which_o march_v at_o a_o good_a distance_n from_o the_o body_n of_o the_o army_n but_o the_o great_a advantage_n in_o force_n which_o make_v commander_n sometime_o careless_a 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be_v therein_o assist_v by_o his_o horse_n he_o get_v at_o last_o a_o little_a after_o day_n break_v to_o crescentino_n weary_a â—…nd_n ill_o accommodate_v and_o much_o lessen_v in_o his_o number_n by_o the_o tediousness_n of_o the_o march_n but_o not_o be_v at_o all_o hinder_v by_o the_o governor_n who_o instead_o of_o go_v straight_o on_o by_o the_o way_n of_o desana_n go_v be_v advise_v so_o to_o do_v by_o the_o prince_n oâ—…_n ascoli_n by_o trinâ—…_n much_o the_o long_a way_n only_o that_o he_o may_v have_v better_a quarter_n for_o his_o army_n that_o night_n so_o as_o not_o go_v by_o a_o line_n as_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v but_o march_v in_o a_o semicircle_n contrary_a to_o where_o the_o duke_n go_v he_o lose_v not_o only_o the_o opportunity_n of_o get_v into_o crescentino_n but_o of_o a_o signal_n victory_n when_o the_o van_n go_v early_o the_o next_o morning_n from_o trino_n it_o may_v see_v the_o duke_n rear_n two_o mile_n before_o enter_v into_o crescentino_n and_o 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