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he_o free_v the_o sea-coast_n from_o pirate_n and_o restore_v the_o dominion_n to_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n moreover_o as_o touch_v the_o vast_a sea-dominion_n of_o the_o roman_a people_n dionysius_n halicarnass_n say_v 1._o rome_n be_v lady_n of_o the_o whole_a sea_n not_o only_o of_o that_o which_o lie_v within_o hercules_n pillar_n but_o also_o of_o the_o ocean_n itself_o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v navigable_a this_o be_v indeed_o a_o hyperbole_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n a_o clear_a testimony_n of_o a_o very_a large_a sea-dominion_n as_o also_o that_o of_o praefatione_fw-la appianus_n alexandrinus_n the_o roman_n say_v he_o hold_v the_o dominion_n of_o the_o whole_a mediterranean_n sea_n other_o instance_n there_o be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n but_o true_o that_o expression_n of_o a_o very_a etc._n eminent_a man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v admit_v who_o say_v of_o example_n of_o that_o kind_n that_o they_o do_v not_o prove_v a_o possession_n of_o the_o sea_n or_o of_o a_o 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like_o a_o girdle_n and_o themistius_n speak_v of_o the_o emperor_n theodosius_n the_o elder_a say_v 5._o what_o will_v you_o say_v of_o he_o who_o be_v emperor_n or_o ruler_n of_o almost_o the_o whole_a earth_n and_o sea_n in_o like_a manner_n procopius_n make_v mention_n of_o a_o statue_n of_o a_o roman_a emperor_n hold_v a_o city_n in_o his_o left_a hand_n say_v that_o the_o statuarie_n meaning_n be_v augustaeo_n that_o the_o whole_a land_n be_v subject_a to_o he_o as_o well_o as_o the_o sea_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n speak_v nicephorus_n callistus_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n and_o 1._o julius_n firmicus_n speak_v of_o such_o person_n who_o have_v in_o the_o scheme_n of_o their_o nativity_n the_o moon_n increase_a in_o the_o thirty_o degree_n of_o taurus_n fortify_v with_o a_o friendly_a aspect_n of_o jupiter_n say_v they_o shall_v possess_v the_o dominion_n of_o sea_n and_o land_n whithersoëver_o they_o lead_v a_o army_n oppianus_n say_v to_o the_o emperor_n antoninus_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d under_o thy_o law_n or_o sceptre_n the_o sea_n role_n and_o fish_n swim_v throughout_o thy_o sea_n in_o shoal_n and_o venus_n to_o jupiter_n concern_v the_o future_a empire_n of_o the_o roman_n 1._o certè_fw-la hinc_fw-la romanos_fw-la olim_fw-la volventibus_fw-la annis_fw-la hinc_fw-la fore_fw-la ductores_fw-la renovato_fw-la sanguine_fw-la teucri_n qui_fw-la mare_fw-la qui_fw-la terras_fw-la omni_fw-la ditione_n tenerent_fw-la pollicitus_fw-la quae_fw-la te_fw-la genitor_fw-la sententia_fw-la vertit_fw-la hence_o roman_n their_o original_a shall_v take_v in_o after-year_n thou_o once_o do_v promise_n make_v and_o leader_n spring_v to_o rule_v both_o land_n and_o sea_n from_o teucer_n blood_n what_o alter_z thy_o decree_n from_o whence_o the_o same_o poet_n in_o another_o place_n speak_v of_o augustus_n caesar_n 1._o a_o deus_fw-la immensi_fw-la venias_fw-la maris_fw-la ac_fw-la tua_fw-la nautae_fw-la numina_fw-la 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of_o it_o yearly_o we_o learn_v this_o also_o out_o of_o a_o decree_n whereby_o andronicus_n palaeologus_n one_o that_o keep_v the_o state_n of_o a_o emperor_n but_o live_v a_o chamber_a idle_a life_n within_o his_o palace_n have_v for_o the_o victual_v of_o himself_o and_o his_o retinue_n the_o yearly_a profit_n of_o the_o fish_n before_o constantinople_n wont_a to_o bâ—e_v value_v at_o that_o time_n at_o ten_o thousand_o crown_n as_o say_v â—_o nicephorus_n gregoras_n the_o same_o be_v by_o some_o call_v topiaticum_n 72._o topicum_fw-la it_o be_v name_v also_o piscinica_n and_o topice_n moreover_o in_o the_o servey_n or_o breviarie_n of_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o east_n only_o three_o province_n be_v reckon_v under_o the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n after_o this_o manner_n these_o province_n under-written_a be_v under_o the_o charge_n of_o that_o eminent_a person_n the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n asia_n the_o isle_n hellespont_n their_o tower_a diadem_n equal_a stature_n majesty_n and_o 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rule_n for_o limitation_n become_v useless_a after_o a_o ten_o year_n prescription_n the_o lord_n of_o a_o manor_n border_v upon_o the_o sea_n improve_v his_o yearly_a revenue_n by_o these_o as_o by_o other_o commodity_n which_o profit_n arise_v from_o those_o entry_n be_v usual_o style_v by_o the_o eastern_a lawyer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o may_v be_v translate_v locarium_fw-la for_o the_o price_n which_o be_v pay_v for_o hire_v of_o a_o stall_n shop_n or_o farm_n be_v call_v in_o 1._o latin_a locarium_fw-la so_o that_o we_o see_v private_a person_n raise_v their_o topiatica_n or_o locaria_fw-la that_o be_v their_o rent_n out_o of_o the_o adjacent_a sea_n and_o out_o of_o those_o rent_n they_o pay_v to_o the_o prince_n a_o yearly_a tribute_n amount_v to_o no_o inconsiderable_a sum_n as_o be_v show_v before_o levy_v upon_o that_o account_n so_o that_o by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o eastern_a empire_n not_o only_o the_o sovereignty_n 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of_o such_o nation_n as_o be_v now_o in_o be_v first_o of_o the_o adriatic_a sea_n belong_v to_o the_o venetian_n the_o genova_n ligustick_a to_o the_o genoëse_n the_o tyrrhenian_a to_o the_o tuscan_n and_o last_o of_o the_o sea_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n or_o pope_n of_o rome_n chap._n xvi_o if_o we_o take_v a_o view_n of_o late_a time_n or_o the_o right_n and_o custom_n of_o nation_n which_o at_o this_o present_a be_v in_o high_a repute_n and_o authority_n there_o be_v nothing_o that_o can_v more_o clear_o illustrate_v the_o point_n in_o hand_n then_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o adriatic_a sea_n which_o the_o most_o noble_a common-weal_n of_o venice_n have_v enjoy_v for_o so_o many_o age_n the_o truth_n of_o this_o be_v every_o where_o attest_v and_o acknowledge_v not_o only_o by_o historian_n and_o chorographer_n but_o by_o very_a many_o lawyer_n injuriis_fw-la bartolus_n baldus_n angelus_n and_o a_o company_n of_o above_o thirty_o the_o most_o eminent_a among_o they_o unless_o they_o be_v mis-reckoned_n by_o franciscus_n de_fw-fr ingenuis_fw-la who_o say_v he_o count_v so_o many_o in_o that_o epistle_n of_o he_o to_o liberius_n vincentius_n write_v some_o year_n ago_o in_o defence_n of_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o venetian_n over_o the_o adriatic_a sea_n in_o answer_n to_o johannes_n baptista_n valenzola_n a_o spaniard_n and_o laurentius_n motinus_fw-la a_o roman_a who_o as_o he_o say_v to_o gratify_v the_o duke_n of_o ossuna_n viceroy_n of_o naples_n who_o creature_n they_o be_v write_v against_o the_o right_n of_o dominion_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o venetian_n by_o sea_n venice_n be_v common_o style_v the_o mistress_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o queen_n of_o the_o adriatic_a sea_n though_o the_o controversy_n about_o its_o bound_n be_v not_o yet_o decide_v and_o 1._o sannazarius_n write_v thus_o of_o this_o city_n viderat_fw-la adriacis_n venetam_fw-la neptunus_n in_o undis_fw-la stare_n urbem_fw-la &_o toto_fw-la ponere_fw-la jura_fw-la mari._n 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