common wealth bought of Nicolas De Flischo certaine townes and territories to the value of 25000. pounde whiche thei well and truely paied him But the Flischi and Grimaldi continued scarcely .xii. monethes at home but thei were accused of conspiracie against the astate and so banished of new ¶ And though kynge Phillip of France had before this tyme made peace for a season betweene the Uenetians and Genowaies in hope of an enterprise that he entended towardê the holie lande yet the auncient hate was suche betweene theim that the one coulde scarce meete with the other on the sea but that they would fight togethers and take that aduauntage that they wolde doe in warre ¶ Than began Giudice di Ginercha in Corsica to trouble the Genowaie vessels and at lengthe to declare him selfe open ennemie to theim Wherefore they made out a power againste hym and expulsed hym out of his astate But by theim of Pisa he was by force restored againe for the whiche the warre renewed betwene the Genowaies and the Pisani one of the blouddiest warrê and greattest by sea that hath lightly ben hearde of betwene two common wealthes For within the space of three yeres their armies foughte .iiii. battailes and theyr diligence was suche that whan the one army was discomfited whiche for the moste parte hapi to the Pisani thei wolde within a moneth or .vi. weekes repaire their number of galleis as stronge as at the fyrste not of olde galleis but of newe timber And it wolde seeme incredible to hym that knoweth those two citees that thei should be able hauyng so little dominion to make suche powers one against an other as by their chronicles appereth they did ¶ For the Genowaies vppon a sodeine tidynges of the Pisanes landyng in Porto Venere armed .70 galleys in lesse than .iii. daies and sette them foorthe to the sea and in the same yere was .58 galleis and .viii. Pamphili whiche be boares of .140 or .160 ores made readie in Genoa in a daie whiche with the reste of the armie to the number of .88 galleis besides other vesselles sailed foorth before the hauen of Pisa where after a cruell and blouddie battaill the Genowaies had the victorie toke .28 Pisane galleis boulged seuen put the reste to flight and ledde with theim .9272 prisoners whose raunsome yelded vnto the Genowaies no small summes of money and though this ouerthrow shoulde seeme almoste sufficient to be the destruction of a great prince yet did that one citie of Pisa so beare it that after a little dissembled peace they declared and contynued enemies a longe while after againste the Genowaies and fought many battailes by sea with diuers fortune ¶ The nobilitee of Genoa conspired against the gouernours and people to take from theim the rule because the citee was gouerned more after the commons will than the gentilmens And this conspiracy was so close kept notwithstandyng that in maner all the chiefe families as Grimaldi Flischi Negri Malloni Salâ—atici Embriaci others were confederates in it that it was neuer knowen till they were in the streetes armed on horsebacke and on foote and had taken the churche of saincte Laurence But folowyng to the Abbotes house for so was the chiefe ruler called the people assembled and resisted the conspiratours in suche wise that the nobilitee was faine to laie downe their weapons vpon promise to be pardoned of life and goodes By reason wherof the commocion ceased and certaine of the principall causes were banished for a time ¶ Upon examinacion what power the Genowais were able to make by sea in tyme of nede it was founde they had .120 galleis furnished with their owne chosen men Wherof .40 were immediatly sent foorth against Pisa. whiche entred the hauen destroied the great toure that the Pisanes had made there for theyr defence toke the towne of Ligorno and raced it to the earth and finally brake the great chaine that crossed the water a great parte wherof they broughte with theim to Genoa and there openly hanged it vp for a perpetuall memory of their victories ¶ Where as the commons the yere before had defended their rulers from the conspiracie of the nobilitee now they them selfes beganne to moue and to make rumours against theim so that the capitaines of their owne accorde gaue vp their offices to the people wherevpon a newe order was taken that they shoulde haue a straunger to be their capitaine and the reste of all the officers as the counsaylours the Antiani and suche other should be made halfe of the gentilmen and halfe of the people ¶ Not longe after vppon a lighte occasion the truce was broken betwene the Genowaies and the Uenetians and either of theim armed a certaine number of galleis to the sea and in the Leuaunte seas before the hauen of Giacia meite and foughte where the lesse number 〈◊〉 Genowaies ouercame the greater number and take .25 of their galleis ¶ Here it is to be noted that within the space of .vii. yeres from the beginnyng of the laste warres againste Pisa it appereth that the Genowaies at sundrie tymes had armed .627 saile besides the merchaunt shippes and galeis that yerely amounted to .70 or moe And the custome of comers and goers with the taxe of salte yelded yerely vnto the comminaltee aboue an .140000 poundes euery pounde of theirs beyng two of ours or theraboutes whiche semeth a thyng incredible ¶ Than were the Mascharati and Rampini of the citee whiche were also as Guelfi and Ghibellini made at one after they had contended as ennemies more than 50. yeres Whervpon hearyng of a great preparacion that the Uenetians made to reuenge theyr losse the yere before the Genowaies armed .165 galleis wherof 105. were new in the whiche thei had .45000 feightyng men all of their owne subiectes vnder the leadyng of Oberto d' Oria admirall for that vyage who wente into Sicile thinkyng there to mete the Uenetians but thei mette not so that the army returned without doyng any feaâ—e and their wealthe was suche that .8000 men of that armie were cloathed in clothe of golde and silkes ¶ The olde enuie betwene the Guelfi and Ghibellini renewed so that the citee was deuided that is to wete the families of Spinola and Doria with their folowers on the one parte and Flischi and Grimaldi with theyr secte on the other parte so that they foughte from the later ende of December vnto the .vii. of February daie by daie and burned diuers goodlie houses but at laste Spinola and Doria preuailed and the other were driuen out of the towne and banished By reason wherof .ii. capitaines of those .ii. houses were elected to the rule of the citee after the olde maner and the straunge capitaine with the Potestate discharged ¶ Lamba d' Oria beyng one of the capitaines of the towne and admyrall of the armie by sea entred the Uenetian golfe fought with the Uenetian army burned 77. galleis and brought .18
commonly at the mouth of the hauen So that all the merchandise vittails and other thynges that come by shippe ar discharged at Ostia into certain small vessels and so brought to Rome either drawen by corde or rowed vp by force of ores ¶ The head or fyrst spryng of Tyber is in the Appenine hilles somewhat higher than the heade of the riuer Arno that renneth through Florence and er euer it come at Rome it receyueth .42 other riuers So that it is no meruaile though it be depe specially in Rome and to the seawardes where it appeareth that the naturall bredth of it is restreigned and by force of stronge bankes made muche narower than his auncient course hath ben Of the bridges VPon this riuer of Tyber in Rome be .iiii. bridges the first and fairest is it that passeth from the citee vnto castell S. Angelo vnder the whiche the riuer comyng from the Northe towardes the South entreth into the citee And is commonly called Ponte di Sant ' Angelo or del Castello ¶ The seconde is Ponte Sisto otherwyse called Ponte rotto a very goodly bridge that leadeth from the strete now called Iulia vnto the foote of the hylle aunciently called Ianiculus in Transtyberim ¶ The thirde is called Ponte de Pisola Ponte di San Bartholomeo or Ponte di quatuor Capora whiche passeth from the herte of the citee throughe the ilande Tyberina into Transtyberim ¶ The fourth next to the goyng foorth of the riuer out of the citee at the South is called Ponte di Santa Maria. ¶ But to satisfie theim that be learned I thynke mete to reherse here the names of the .viii. bridges Sublicius Palatinus Fabricius Cestius Ianuclensis Vaticanus Elius and Miluius and to declare where thei stode ¶ Fyrst Sublicius whiche Horatius alone defended in the warres of Porsena was at the foote of the hill Auentine where now is no bridge at all and fyrst it was made of tymber afterwardes of stone by Emilius Lepidus for the whiche he was surnamed Lapideus but finally it was made of marble by Antonius Pius now decaied to the foundacions wherof part are yet to be seen ¶ The seconde Palatinus is now called di Santa Maria. ¶ The thyrde and fourthe Fabricius nexte the citee side and Cestius on the side of Transtyberim ar the two bridges that passe through the ilande Tyberina ¶ The .v. Ianuclensis is now called Ponte Sisto ¶ The .vi. Vaticanus is decaied to the foundacion part wherof is seen against the hospitall di San Spirito ¶ The .vii. Elius is now called del Castello ¶ The .viii. Miluius is .ii. mile northwardes out at the gate called del popolo in the waie to Tuscane and is called at this daie Ponte Molle Of the walles THe circuite of the citee about by the wallê as Plinie writeth was in his tyme .xx. miles and Flauius Vopiscus saieth that the emperour Aurelius .200 yeres before the comyng of the Gothes enlarged the circuite of Rome to .50 miles whether these authours included the suburbes I can not tell but ones there can be seen no signe or token of any walles that shuld conteigne so muche compasse nor yet of the wallê that Liuie mencioneth shoulde be made of square stone â–ª For the wallê now about Rome are of bricke and in my iudgement passe not .xiiii. miles in compasse Nor I can not perceiue either by mine owne eie or by writyng of authours or yet by report that euer the walles were of greater circuite than they be at this present It is euident that many partes of the same wall haue been throwen to the earth by diuers enemies and repaired againe For notwithstandyng it be builded of bricke yet dooeth it shew suche an antike maiestee hauyng .365 towres agreable with the noumbre of daies in the yere that he who seeth it must needes confesse it could neuer be builded but in tyme of the Romaines glorie Perchaunce some will meruaile how bricke shoulde so longe continue but theyr bricke whether it be longe of good makyng or of the heate of the soonne that drieth muche better than with vs is wonderfull durable For there be many buildynges in Rome of bricke that haue continued these .1000 yeres and more and yet to this houre are nothyng worne or decaied In deede many gates of the citee are of square stone wrought after the most antike facion so that it is not incredible as Liuie writeth that the walles haue been of square stone but it should not seeme so because that in makyng of a newe wall in the same place it is to be supposed the builders would haue vsed the olde square stone rather than bricke Of the gates PLinie writeth that in his tyme were .xxx. gates open and .vii. closed but because he hath not written theyr names I woull not trauaile to trie what they were For I can finde but .xvi. that are vsed Of whiche .iiii. are in the Vaticane that many yeres after Plinie was walled by Leo the .4 bishop of Rome for defence of his owne palaice and of saincte Peters churche ¶ Fyrst nexte vnto the comyng downe of Tyber on the northsyde is the gate called Porta del popolo whiche aunciently hath had diuers names as Flumentana and Flaminia of the waie Flaminia that went out therat ¶ Than comyng about towardes the East the next gate is called Pinciana sometime Collatina ¶ The .iii. Salaria anciently called Quirinalis or Aegonalis ¶ The .iiii. Porta di Sant ' Agnese sometime Viminalis Figulensis and Numentana ¶ The v. Porta di San Lorenzo sometyme called Tiburtina after some authours and after other Exquilina though Andreas Fuluius affirmeth plainely Exquilina to be betwene this and the nexte gate ¶ The .vi. Porta maggiore was somtyme called Neuia Labicana and Prenestina ¶ The .vii. Porta di San Hioanni hath ben called Celimontana and Asinaria by reason it lieth towardes the reame of Naples that bredeth many asses ¶ The .viii. Porta Latina hath not chaunged name or if it be chaunged the aunciente name can not be knowen nowe ¶ The .ix. Porta di San Sebastiano was somtyme called Appia and Capena and after moste opinions was also called Triumphalis ¶ The .x. Porta di San Paolo was sometime called Trigemina All whiche .x. gates are on the Champaigne side of the riuer ¶ The .xi. Porta portese or Porta di Ripa ¶ The .xii. Porta di San Pancratio sometyme called Aurelia ¶ The .xiii. Porta del Torrione ¶ The .xiiii. Porta portusa on the toppe of the hill behynde sainct Peters ¶ The .xv. hath dyuers names as Porta di Beluedere di San Piero del Giardino or di Santo Peregrino and is hard vnder the bishops palaice ¶ The .xvi. Porta del Castello sometyme Posterula lyeth vnder Castel Sant ' Angelo and serueth to goe into the medowes As for those auncient names Carmentalis Pandana Mugonia Queruetulana Iauernalis Rudusculana Rhuttumena Carthularia and diuers others whiche as I
enterprised a iourney against Barbarossa admirall of the Turkish nauie and yet metyng with him at great aduauntage both of power and place Doria retyred for what cause no man can tell He lefte the Uenetian Galeon the notablesse vessell of the worlde in the middest of the Turkes nauie And yet after she had been assayled .v. houers on all sydes she came hir waies safe in despite of theim all leauyng an infinite numbre of hir shotte in the Turkish beten shippes and galleis ¶ After Lando Francesco Donato was elected vnto the astate about two yeres and an halfe before the writyng hereof And because in his tyme hitherto hath not hapned anie woorthie thyng to the Uenetians I woull referre the reste to theim that hereafter shall finde occasion to write The descripcion of Naples THe citee of Naples some time called Parthenope is one of the fayrest citees of the worlde for goodly streetes and beautifull buildyng of temples and houses specially the Castell Nouo wherin the kynges were wonte as the Uicere now is to be moste commonly resident beyng one of the rarest buildyngê for greatnesse and strength that any where is lightly to be founde The countrey about is so pleasant that in maner euerie village deserueth to be spoken of aswell for sumptuouse buildynges and noumbre of commoditees namely haboundaunce of delicate fruites as also for the holesome ayre For in most places it semeth alwaies yea at the deadest of the winter to be continuall springe time In deede the heate of sommer doeth somewhat greeue them but they are so prouided of large and open buildynges that it dooeth not muche annoye theim ¶ And one thyng amongest all the rest is to be meruailed at wherof it shoulde procede that many tymes the fyre breaketh out of the earth in dyuers places vpon the sea costes like to the flambes of Mongibello aunciently called Ethna in Sicile as in the fyrst yere of the emperour Titus it hapned besides Naples in the hill Veseuio now called Summi where Plinie the same tyme seekyng the cause therof ended his life not by violence of the fyre for he approched not so nere but by the vehement opilacion of the sulfure that stopped his breath It is true that the naturall hote baines wherof there be many in Italy and namely in the realme of Naples come of the naturall heate that is in the sulfure thorough the veynes wherof the water maketh his course but what shuld be cause of this flambe that as it were against nature ascendeth out of the cold earth almost no man can make any reason In deede the best opinion that I gather is that the veyne of sulfure in the earth receiuyng sometymes through the extreme heate of the sonne a certaine kynde of fyre kendleth and as the veine is great or small so worketh it the effect If it be nere the vpper part of th earth and haue vent it breaketh out in fyre or smoke if it be so deepe that for the great weyght of the earth it can not issue than dooeth it cause th earth to quake as in those parties most subiect to the sonne earthquakê are common and sometime whole townes and countreys ar destroied withall ¶ Some thinke the fertilitee of the realme shoulde procede muche of the heate that this sulfure geueth the ground seyng there is more plenty than elswhere but whereof so euer it cometh the countrey is surely replenished of all thynges necessary for mans life and so plesaunt withall that Pandolfo Collenuccio a notable writer of the Neapolitane histories thinketh the wonderfull mutacious that haue happened in the same to procede of the desire that men had vnto the pleasers and commoditees of the countrey And further speakyng of the inconstancie of the people he saieth these woordes It seemeth that the realme of Naples is predestinate to haue in it continuall tyrannies sedicions falshead rebellions warres destruction of citees rauishementes and flambe with all the other calamitees that of auarice and ambicion true mothers of suche plages maie grow And allegeyng the auctoritee of diuers aunciente writers affirmeth that the prouinces of the realme whiche he calleth Regnicoli doe perseuer without rebellion as longe as thei finde none to rebell against Neuerthelesse Titus Liuius and the auncient Romaine histories shewe that Naples it selfe was of all other citees moste constante in their faieth towardes the Romaines aswell in tyme of daunger as of prosperitee And for the space of these .30 yeres and more they haue perseuered in quiete obedience vnder their princes Neuerthelesse in this the abbridgemente of their histories ye shall see that sens the decaie of the Romain empire no realme in al the worlde hath ben so much subiect to alteracions and warres principally through occasion of the inhabitauntes theim selfes who alwaies were diuided in partetakynges to their owne confusion And you shall yet to this houre see that the Neapolitanes are scarcely trusted on their wordes Not that I thynke thei deserue lesse credite than other men but because the wonted generall ill opinion of their vnstedfastnesse is not taken out of mens hertes Yet is the Neapolitane for his good enterteimente reckened to be the varaie courtesie of the worlde thoughe moste men repute him to be a great flatterer and full of crafte What woll you more Thei are riche for almost euery gentilman is lorde and kynge within hym selfe they haue veray fayre women and the worlde at will in so muche as Naples contendeth with Uenice whether shoulde be preferred for sumptuouse dames Finally the court about the Vicere was wont to be very princely and greatter than that of Myllaine for trayne of gentilmen but now it is somewhat diminished as you shall perceiue in the ende of this history ¶ The saiyng of theim that best can gesse is that it yeldeth the emperour .iii. millions of golde by the yere whiche after our reckenyng is about .700000 pounde A great parte wherof is consumed in mainteignyng the Uiceres astate and keping of many fortresses and in the wages of .300 men of armes continuallie mainteigned there that muste kepe euerie one his .iii. horse for the whiche he hath as good as .50 pounde stipende yerelie and many of theim haue more And one great faute there is for almost no straunger can trauaile the realme vnrobbed speciallie betwene Rome and Naples It is in maner closed about with the sea except .150 myle that is cutte ouer from the mouth of the riuer of Vfente nowe called Maseno vnto the mouth of Tronto and is of compasse in all measuryng it by the banke about .1400 miles hauyng vpon the sea costes suche a numbre of hauens and good townes as fewe realmes christened haue the like ¶ The historie of Naples AFter Charlemaine had taken on him the occidentall empire and agreed with Niceforo emperour of Constantinople for their confines leuing as I saied before the Duchy of BeneueÌ„to for a mere betwene both wherein he placed
bottomes so that it is written the Sarasines after thei had gotten Rodes laded aboue .900 Camelles with the brasse that they piked out of that Collose ¶ Nero caused one to be made of .120 foote hygh to his owne likenesse and sette it in the porche of his golden house whiche afterwardes was remoued thense vnto the Amphitheatre and therof it is thought it tooke the name of Coliseo ¶ Finally I can find no more of these Colossi whole at this daie but one head one hand and a foote that lie before the dores of the Conseruatori in the Capitoll ¶ It is true that in many placê of Rome are seene wonderfull peeces of marble that should seeme to haue been membres of those Colossi but thei are in maner cleane defaced ¶ Likewyse of the excellent images bothe of brasse and marble aswell of men as of horse many peeces yet remaigne though scarcely woorth the name of good images as they appeare now ¶ Fuluius writeth that there were in Rome .24 horses of brasse gilte and .114 of Iuorie besydes a numbre of mens images on horsbacke and on foote of marble and other mattier But of all these there are nowe none to be seene sauyng one of brasse on horsebacke at Saint Iohn Lateranes whiche some ascribe vnto Marcus Aurelius Antoninê° some to Lucius Verus and some to Seuerus and an other there is in the Capitoll called Jl gran Villano ¶ In deede there be diuers bodyes without heades I thinke because some straungers delityng in those antiquitees haue broken of the heades to carie them awaie ¶ Amongest all other Constantius sonne of Constantine beyng come out of Greece to see Rome and arriuyng in the strete called Forum Traiani rested all amased to beholde the wonderfull beautie therof and despayryng with hym selfe to be hable to bringe to passe any of those thynges that were before his eies saied he woulde see whether he could make suche an other horse of brasse as was there vnder Traiane in the middest of the markette place Whervnto one of his skilfull men present named Ormisda aunsweared that he were best fyrst to make suche an other stable to put his horse in And if emperours theim selfes haue meruailed at these thynges why shoulde not other men wonder at theim Of the hill Testacchio IF the common reporte be true this hill is one of the notablest thinges amongest the antiquitees of Rome because as they saie the Romaines ordeined that all tributes whiche were brought yerely to Rome shoulde be laied in pottes made of the earth of the countreys from whens it came whiche pottes after the money was paied shuld be brought to the place where this â—ill lieth there to be broken and remaigne on an heape for a perpetuall memorie of the Romaine empyre And beyng well considered it shall appeare that there can be no deuise lyke vnto this to haue a thyng endure for euer For if the hill had been made of any matter worth the cariyng awaie it should haue been spoyled longe er this time but because there is nothyng to be gotten sauyng potshardes therfore it remaigneth whole as none other antiquitee dooeth And although learned men allow not this vulgare opinion thinking it hath growen rather of the broken pottes that haue been throwen out of the .vii. colledge of potters founded by Numa Pompilius yet beholdyng aduisedly the place whereon it standeth beyng the fayrest plaine within the walles of Rome me seemeth it halfe incredible that the Romains would suffre so fayre a ground to be occupied with potshardes vnlesse there were some further purpose in it than I can imagine For the hill is little lacke of halfe a mile compasse hygher a great deale than any toure in the towne wall and so easie to get vp on euery side that I haue ridden vp at the one end and downe at the other and yet is the earth of it so thynne that diggyng .iii. ynches deepe you shall finde potshardes De Hippodromo BEtwene this Testacchio and the hill Auentine is a faire grene aunciently called Hippodromus where some yeres at shroftide the Romaynes vse to this daie to tourney on horsbacke and among other pastimes they tie two bulles to the tayle of a carte and so driue the carte from the toppe of Testacchio downe into the plaine and he that fyrste can take the carte and bulles shall haue theim But if the bulles breake lose as many times they dooe they make foule worke amongest the people er they be taken so that sometimes they are faine to kyll theym Some holde opinion that this plaie was firste deuised by Tarquinius Priscus to bee celebrated in Februarie in honour of the infernall gods Of Graners and Arsenales ON the other syde betwene Testacchio and Tyber haue ben .140 graners for corne longe and large as by some of the olde foundacions it dooeth yet appeare And somewhat neâ—er the foote of the hyll Auentine were the sellers and â—aultes for saulte and all maner of merchaundise with the Arsenales where their shippes and galleys were made of whiche at this daie is scarce any signe to be perceiued ¶ Finallie it were to tediouse a matter for me to speake of euerie notable thyng in Rome For if Blondus nor yet Fuluius Italians borne dwellyng in Rome and well learned men haue trauayled therin and wolde not yet vndertake fullie to descriue those antiquitees shoulde I a straunger that taried there but a small time enterprise to do it And yet amongest all other I had almost forgotten the sepulchre of Bacchus that lieth in a little old temple besides the churche of Saint Agnes without the walles more notable for the value of the stone than for the woorkemanship For it is of fine redde porphirie plaine and square lyke a cheste and so great that the onely couer woull requyre a great force to lifte it vp so that my guide saied meriely if I had company sufficient to raise vp this stone I woulde one night see what were within meanyng that the god Bacchus could not be buried there without some treasure ¶ And to the entent that generally men maie the better vnderstande the sortes of marble and maners of buildyng wherwith the citee hath been aunciently beautified I shall here reherse one saiyng of Fuluius ¶ The aunciente great buildynges aswell publike as priuate for the moste parte were founded vpon great square stones to the ende that the waight and substance of the buyldyng shoulde be the more stedfast euery stone so ioigned to other with yron claspes that thei neded no morter And than the wall from the foundacion vpwardes was made of stones that weighed not paste a pounde weight a peece laied together proporcionallie chekerwise The fronte of the buyldyng was most commonly wrought after the maner of a net or pergetted either with a faire white mixture or elles with Iesse and some couered finelie with thin marble or with certaine plates of laten gilte The vaultes and roofes of the chaumbres
procured licence of the kynge of Babylone that Uenetian merchauntes might freely trafficque in Aegypt and sent an army vnto Zara â–ª than yelded vnto the kynge of Hungarie who beyng come thither with .120000 men was fought with by the Uenetians discomfited and Zara recouered ¶ This duke ordeined the office of the three Auditours for the better expedicion of matters because the Auogadori had to muche charge on theim to dispatche well and he him selfe wrote a worthie historie of the Uenetian astate and lawes for the tyme than passed ¶ He sente .vi. shippes into Sicilia for corne wherof two peerished by the waie the other .iiii. releeued the citee in their great dearth After folowed such an earthquake that .iii. or .iiii. steples with diuers other buildynges in Uenice were shaken to the earth and than suche a pestilence that in maner Uenice became voyde Neuerthelesse a newe armie was made out against the Genowaies that fought with theim at Caristo besides Negroponte where firste the Genowaies were discomfited than the Uenetians and thirdelie in Sardegna the Genowaies againe and therby brought so lowe that they became subiectes to Iohn Visconti archebishop and Duke of Myllaine who sente the famouse Petrarcha ambassadour to Uenice to obteine peace for him and the Genowaies But the Uenetians wolde not graunte it Wherfore the Visconti sente his armie into Dalmatia sacked the townes of Faro and Corfu toke Parenzo in Istria and spoiled a Uenetian shippe goyng into Candia of value by reporte of .800000 duckates ¶ Thus while the Uenetians for ease of this trouble were makyng a leage with the kyng of Boeme to bryng him against the Uisconti this Duke Dandolo died ¶ Marino Falerio succeded him in whose daies the common wealth lacked littell of vtter vndoyng First their armie was sore discomfited by the Genowaies Pagano Doria beyng capitaine at the I le of Sapientia besides Morea After this the Duke him selfe conspired againste the citees libertee entendyng to make him selfe absolute lorde therof by puttyng the nobilitee and senate to death But his purpose was discouered by Beltrame a skinner one of the confederatê so that the Duke was beheaded and diuers other punyshed besydes a noumbre that fledde and were banished ¶ Finallie this Beltrame for his rewarde was made a gentilman of Uenice with a thousand ducates of yerely reuenew But after a certaine space thinkyng his rewarde ouer littell in respecte of so great a seruice he lamented him selfe vnto the senate and was so importunate that they not onelie toke from him his foresaied reuenew but also depriued hym of the gentilmans dignitee and made hym a skinner againe as he was before ¶ After this Marco Cornaro as Vice Doge ruled for a certeine space ¶ Than Iohn Gradenico was elected Duke who sendyng out .vii. galleis against the Genowaies was occasion of the peace that immediately folowed betwene theim ¶ In his time Lewis kyng of Hungarie entred in leage with certeine princes and nobles of Lumbardie against the Uenetians so that after he had been before Zara Spalato Trau and Nona with other places in Dalmatia he besieged Treuiso duryng whiche siege Gradenico died ¶ Than Iohn Delfino was chosen who being that time besieged within Treuiso and aduertised of his election requyred the kynges saueconducte to passe whiche woulde not be graunted Wherfore at last in company of certeine men of armes he secretly departed and came to Uenice and was no sooner in the auctoritee but he reuoked the Potestate of Padoa and toke from the Padoanes the trade of salte A mattier vnto them of great importance This did he to be reuenged on Carraro a principall of the Padoanes who was entred into intelligence with the Hungariens ¶ Finally this king prospered so muche against the Uenetians that thei were constreigned for a peace to grant hym all Dalmatia from the goolfe Fanatico to Durazo with certeine other townes about Ceneda and Treuiso that he had than newly gotten ¶ To this peace the Uenetians at that tyme were glad to agree for eschewyng of more daunger And not longe after this Delfino died ¶ Whom Lorenzo Celso than capitaine of the army vpon the goolfe was elected who being aduertised therof incontinently repayred vnto Uenice where he was receiued with suche pompe as the Uenetians vse But his owne father woulde in no wyse goe against hym thinkyng it vnmeete that the father should vse any reuerence to his sonne ¶ In his time fyrst the Duke of Austriche and after the kynge of Cyprus came to see Uenice for theyr passetime where they were receiued and honoured accordyngly ¶ Than of new Candia rebelled for the great taxes that the Uenetians leuied of theim Wherfore fyrst one and than an other army was sent thither whiche with muche adooe by reason of the Greekes defence at last recouered it and so with triumph retourned to Uenice ¶ About this tyme the kyng of Cyprus toke and sacked Alexandria in Aegypt from whens he retourned laden with a wonderfull praie And not longe after this Duke Celso died ¶ His successour was Marco Cornaro who foorthwith had worde that Candia again rebelled Against whom a newe armie was prepared with priuilege obteined of the bishop of Rome of clere pardon and remission of synnes for all theim that shoulde beare armes in that enterprise ¶ Finally the Candiottes were so oppressed that they were constreigned to aske peace and with sharpe punyshementes were broughte to their wonted obedience ¶ The businesse of Candia beyng thus well quieted and reformed Cornaro lyued not longe after ¶ Than entred Andrea Contarini notwithstandyng that he oftentymes refused the dignitee perchaunce through foresighte of thynges to come For fyrste they of Trieste through succour of the Duke of Austria rebelled and beyng in a sharpe battaill ouercommen were constreigned to retourne to the Uenetian obedience ¶ Than beganne a new bickeryng betwene the Carrari lordes of Padoa and the Uenetians for the interest of certeine confines betwene whom were many skirmishes with variable fortune on both sides But the Uenetians had euer the better vntill the Carrari had gotten in leage the kynge of Hungarie the Duke of Austria the Genowaies and the Patriarke of Aquileia who on all sides by lande and sea oppressed the Uenetians sore For notwithstandyng that in this meane while with helpe of the kyng of Cyprus on the one side they fyrste discomfited Andronico sonne of the emperour Caloianni with the Greekes in the I le of Tenedo and after that diuers of the Genowaies by sea And than on the tother side with the helpe of Bernabo Visconti by lande discomfited the Carraro on the Padoan territorie with gettyng of some townes yet fortune tourned so against theim that at Pola they lost .xv. galleis at one tyme and by littell and littell loste Vmago Grado Caorle Chiozza Loreo Le Bebbe Capo d'aggere Malamoco and Pouiglia lokyng euerie foote whan they shuld be assaulted in Uenice Insomuche that they sent a