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A19232	The commonvvealth and gouernment of Venice. VVritten by the Cardinall Gasper Contareno, and translated out of Italian into English, by Lewes Lewkenor Esquire. VVith sundry other collections, annexed by the translator for the more cleere and exact satisfaction of the reader. With a short chronicle in the end, of the liues and raignes of the Venetian dukes, from the very beginninges of their citie; De magistribus et republica Venetorum. English	Contarini, Gasparo, 1483-1542.; Lewkenor, Lewis, Sir, d. 1626.	1599 (1599)	STC 5642; ESTC S108619	143,054	250

most happie beginning did chuse for their Duke in the yeare 809. 10. Angelo Participatio WHo first builded the Dukes pallace where it now standeth he admitted Iustinian his sonne to partnership in rule with him lastly after eighteene yeares raigne and reputation of a good Prince hee ended his daies and in his place succeeded him his sonne 11. Giustitiano Participato Anno 828. WHo recalled his brother from banishment to which he had been for his euill demeanor condemned gaue vnto him equall authoritie with himselfe in rule he sent out a nauie in defence of the kingdome of Sicilia against the Moores In his time the bodie of S. Marke was brought vnto Venice for which hee builded a Chappell and after he founded the Church of S. Zachary Finally being oppressed with infirmities hee ended his dayes afore hee had full ruled two yeares 12. Giouani Participatio Anno 129. GIustinian being dead the gouernment remained in Giouani his brother but with harder successe for he was molested with many vnquiet accidents for Obelerio that before was banished both from the Dukedome and his countrie returned in armes with sundry of his confederates to Malomocco raising new broiles wherein he had at the beginning some successe but finally the Duke besieged Malomocco wherin Obelerio had fortified himselfe and lastly consumed the same with fire taking Obelerio prisoner whose head he caused to bee stroken off to be picht vpon a stake in the middle of the market place Shortly after one of the Tribunes called Carolo or as some say Carosto by a conspiracie tooke the Dukedome from him and compelled him to flie but hee being also shortly chased away and depriued of his eyes by the people Giouani was recalled backe who growing into deadly contention quarrel with the family of the Mastalitions being then mighty and puissant both in riches and authoritie as also in the number of friends and allyes was by them againe taken in S. Peters church and confined to Grado where shauing his crown he entred into religion and finally ended his life 13. Pietro Gradenigo Anno 837. PIetro Gradenigo or as some say Tradonigo being elected Duke tooke vnto him his sonne Giouani to bee partner of his rule and dignity he builded the church of S. Paule and made warre vpon the Narantines hee set out threescore sayle of shippes against the Moores and finally was slaine by treason in the church of Saint Zacharie 14 Orso Participatio Anno 864 AFter this odious murther of the last Duke Orso Participatio both in regarde of the happy gouernment of his auncestors as also of his owne vertue and sufficiency was chosen Duke who discomfited presently in battell the Sarazens who had committed greate outrages and spoiles vpon the coast of Dalmatia hee was by Basilius the Emperour honoured with the title of chiefe Swordbearer and lastly ended his dayes in the yeare 881. 15. Giouani Participatio Anno 881. HIs Sonne Giouani succeeded him in gouernment who married a neece of the Emperours of Constantinople he made warre vpon the Earle of Commachio who had way laide and murthered his brother Baldoaro as he iournyed towards Rome hee spoiled his countrie and took the Earle himselfe prisoner hee accepted with equall authority into the Dukedome his brother Pietro who dying soone after hee voluntarily renounced the Dukedome 16. Pietro Candiano Anno. 887. ANd in his place was chosen Pietro Candiano who in a battell soon after against the Narantines was slain and his body brought to Grado where it was buried vpon his death the people requested Giouani Participatio to take vpon him the rule againe which with greate vnwillingnesse hee did but hauing therein continued aboute halfe a yeare at his instant pursuite he was thereof againe released 17. Pietro Tribuno Anno. 888. ANd in his place was elected Pietro Tribuno hee fortified Venice by drawing of a wall from the riuer of Castello to Sancta Maria Zebenico though there remaine not now of the same any token at all he vanquished the Hunnes ouerthrew Berengarius the Emperour and dyed full of glorie and happinesse 18. Orso Parcicipatio Anno. 912. ORso Participatio or as some call him Orso Baduaro second of that name succceded him a man singularly wise religious a louer of iustice an Almes-giuer of great courage and accomplished in euery requisite vertue he had a sonne called Pietro who was of the Emperour Corradus honored with great dignities and especially with priueledge to coyne money but finally being wearie of the worldes vanitie and turning himselfe wholy to contemplation hee voluntarily renounced the Dukedome and entred into religion in the Monastery of S. Foelix in Ainiano 19. Pietro 11 Candiano Anno 932. TO Orso succeeded Pietro Candiano sonne to Duke Pietro that was slaine in Dalmatia by the Sclauonians a man of great modesty and fitnes to gouerne his sonne Pietro was created chief Swordbearer of the Empire hee tooke and burned Commachoo hee made warre vpon the Istrians and made Iustmopolis tributary to the state of Venice he dyed the seuenth yeare of his rule 20. Pietro Participatio Anno 939. PIetro Participatio or Badoaro hauing beene prisoner with the Istryans vpon his return was created Duke and dyed in the second yeare of his rule to the exceeding sorrow of his Cittizens 21. Pietro Candiano Anno 942. IN his place was chosen Pietro Candiano thirde of that name sonne to Pietro the second he had two sonnes Dominico and Pietro the first hee made Bishop of Torcello the other hee tooke to be his partner in the Dukedome who behauing himselfe insolently and being thereof reprehended by him tooke publikely armes against him but the people reuerencing the authority withall pittying the age and griefe of the Father pursued the sonne so sharpely that they tooke him and had slaine him had not the olde man vsed great instance to saue him from their fury in the end to satisfie the father they spared his life but sent him into banishment solemnly swearing all with one consent that they woulde neuer admit him for their prince neither during the life of his father neither after his death the yong man fled to the Marquis Guiao son to king Berengario of whom he was with great humanity receiued and presented to the king his father who tooke him with him to the warre of Spoleto thence with the kinges leaue getting himselfe to Rauenna and there arming certaine ships he tooke seuen rich ships of Venice laden with marchandize that were sayling to Fano the griefe of whose vnnaturall disposition and vndutifull behauiour so grieued the olde man that he dyed in the yeare 959. 22. Pietro Candiano Anno 959. THe people being assembled together aboute the choice of a new prince so strangely were the minds of the Bishop and the multitude chaunged that whereas by solemne oath they had once vowed neuer to liue vnder the gouernment of young Pietro now they did not desire any thing with greatervehemence insomuch that they went to

them the three heades of the Forty for as they goe along the Councellers and the saide heades are vpon the right hand and the Procurators vpon the left they haue euery one a dwelling place or else forty Ducates a yeare allowed them They all are admitted into the Senate but not into the Councell of tenne saue onely nine of the eldest and best respected they cannot obtaine any other office vnlesse it be of the chiefe sages or else the Giunta to the councell of tenne and when there is a captain generall of the army or a proueditor of the campe to be chosen there is a law made in the Senate that whosoeuer is a procurator may obtain that dignitie which is so ordained to the end that such great and weightie charges should be executed by men of great estimation and honour they may not come into the great counsel but onely by the election of the Duke which is lately graunted by a speciall decree they were wont to stand in the Court without the great Councell when the same was assembled and there to stay during the continuance of the Councell within the pallace to the end that if any disorder should happen they might be at hand to amend it and this in likelihoode was the occasion that they were first forbidden to enter into the Councell but not this custome of assembling themselues and staying in the courte while the councel sitteth is no longer obserued which proceedeth through the quiet and generall securenesse of the cittie insomuch that they thinke it altogether needlesse for the Procurators to be morein one place then in another These three councels of the Forty are exceedingly well discoursed of in the former treatise neuerthelesse for the full and cleare vnderstanding of their seuerall offices and dignities I thought good to set here downe some particularities by him omitted the recitall of which though perchance in his opinion he deemed needelesse yet I iudge them not vnnecessarie to those that doe desire to haue a perfect knowledge of the Venetian gouernment The first of these three councels of forty are as you haue heard the new for ciuile matters abroad the second for ciuile matters within and the third is called the crim inall councell which is not onely aboue all causes criminall both at home and abroade that are brought vnto it by vertue of appeale but also doth of it self determine many entire causes that are not touched of any other magistrare the forty are chosen in the great councell and must all passe the age of 30. yeares the other offices any gentleman may attaine at the age of 25. years the election is not made all in one day but in eight seuerall dayes sitting in euery of which they chuse fiue vpon the choice of these new forty they are straight admitted into the new ciuile councell and doe enter thence into the old ciuile councell and they of the old ciuile presentlie into the criminal as you heard before so that passing 8. moneths in either their whole time of authority is 2. yeares there are ouer euery of these 43. heades and two vnder heades which authority they hold onely two moneth s a peece the heads of the last forty which are the criminall Iudges are they that do ioyn with the Duke councellors with thē do represent the person of the Venetian gouernment These heads vnderheads are all elected by lot There are also in the great Councell three manner of Magistrates created that do bring in and propound causes euery one to the forty appointed him the first are the three Aduocators of the common which doe bring in the causes to the Criminall forty The second are the three old Auditors that doe bring in the home ciuile causes to the old ciuile Forty The thirde are the three new Auditors that do bring all forrein ciuile causes into the new ciuile Forty The Aduocators of the common is a dignity of great account and neuer graunted but to men of greate yeares wisedome and experience his chiefest charge is to see the lawe strictly obserued and therefore in iudgement he is alwaies against the offender There are also many that are Aduocators whose office is to pleade in causes eyther of accusing or defendiug accordingly as they are eyther by the plaintife or defendant entertained it is not of necessity requisit that they be Doctors of law or that they haue therein much studyed onely that they be skilfull in the statutes ordenances of the commonwealth they must all be gentlemen for there is an ancient law that none may plead before the magistrate vnlesse he bee a gentleman and therefore there are in the great Councell chosen 24. Aduocators 20. for the offices of the palays and 4. for the Ryalto of which euery one that goeth to law is bound to entertayn one and to pay him a certain fee and he likewise is bound to defend his cause who entertaineth him the place where they plead is somewhat high they haue at their feet the notary of the 40 with such writings as they mean to produce diuerse times amid their pleading they command him to reade now one Chapter now one writing and then another as the cause requireth The time that eyther partie is allowed for speech is an hower and a halfe besides the time that is spent in reading the writinges in so much that when the Aduocate speaketh there is an houre glasse helde vpright and when the writinges are read the same is turned vpon one side to the ende the sand shoulde not fall through and then is turned vpright againe when he beginneth to speake When eyther part hath alleadged his reasons that sentence is to be giuē the youngest of the fortie causeth euery of the Iudges to sweare that he will giue that sentence which in his conscience he shall thinke to be iust then they go to their suffrages in manner as you may see in the former treatise All causes that are brought vnto the Aduocators are registred vp by their secretarie one first the other next so forth in order as they come and looke in what order they are registred in the same are they by them brought in and propounded to the fortie except it be some which though they come last yet they are still first dispatched as the case of prisoners of burialles of medicines of corne of rewardes of Orphlins of neere kindred as if the brother should pleade with his brother or the father with his sonne these causes are alway first heard and likewise all such as any way pertaine to the office or administration of the Procurators The dominion of the Venetians is diuided into two partes the one by sea the other by land out of eyther of which they receyue a great yearely in-come Of the two they account the firme lande reuenewe to bee the greater especially their possessions in Lombardie are maruellous rich and auayleable vnto them where besides many other

glorious church which is now there to be seene In the yeare 1202. they gat the Iland of Crete now The times of their conquestes called Candia which did before pertaine to the Emperour of Constanstinople also vnder Otto the 3. Emperour of that name they adioyned to their dominion many other Ilands and cities principally Parence Pole Arbu Coricte Corcyre now called Corphu Pharo also nowe called Lesima and many other citties where Pyrats had their receipt Some few years after the Turke began to make wars vpon them and taking from them the fayre cities of Tirachum in Albany and Croy in Slcauonia did so abase them and bring them to such a diffidence of their strength that to obtaine his frendship they were faine to giue him 13. fayre cities which they had conquered and wonne from the Emperour of Greece besides Cosdre a most goodly cittie of Albany in the yeare 1400. they got Vincensa that appertaitained to the Vicount of Mylan in the year 1472. they got Padoua and Verona from the Romaine Empire in the yeare 1402. they possessed themselues of the realme of Cipres some say by a detestable and vnchristian practise which was in order as followeth The heires males of right and lawfull line fayling The historie of the vniust practise vsed by the Vene tians in their possession of Cipies in Cipres Lews D. of Sauoy hauing married Charlot the lawfull daughter to king Ihon was called and receiued of all with great joy as their king Iaques bastarde brother to the said Charlot finding himselfe too weak to resist the said Duke of Sauoy fled with his friends into Alexandria to demaund aide of the Souldan Iaques was a young Gentleman of two and twentie yeares of age of a comely stature and very beautifullpersonage the Souldan was moued with his presence and prayers promising him succour did presently apparrell him with royall ornamentes proclaming him his tributarie king of Cipres and withall commaunded the Duke of Sauoy to get him home into his owne countrie who sent him backe a very submisse embassage with fauour and humble wordes offering him his perpetuall loue and seruice and a yearesy tribute and withall a yearely pension of tenne thousand crownes to Iaques during his life the matter was long debated of in the Councell of the Souldan who was sundry times inclining to the acceptation ofthese offers but in the ende such were the perfwasions and instant meanes vsed by Iaques to the contrarie especially hauing by solicitation gained the Venetians and Mahomet Emperour of the Turkes to fauour his party that the Souldan granting fully to his request tooke his oath and sent him into Cipres with a great army of men when at his first ariuall he constrained Lewes with such Frenchmen as were with him to retire himselfe into a Castle which also in time he made him to abandon and so became Lord of the whole Iland shortly after he married the daughter of a Gentleman of Venice called Marcus Cornarius which daughter was after the death of Iaques adopted by the Senate and by this meanes they possessed themselues of the Realme for she being great with child at the death of her husband the Venetians as tutors retired her vnto them and tooke adminstration of the Realme some will say that they poisoned the child afterwards as likewise they had done the father before others write otherwise that they did not get the realm by so great wickednesse but that after the death of the father and the sonne they succeeded in the Realm by way of adoption and inheritance Venice hath in circuit eight Italian miles and is seated within the flats of the sea there is a naturall Sebastian Munster in his card of Venice The circuit of the citty Ilands about it banke in the sea high and eminent that defendeth the towne from the impious fury of the waues and giueth passage and porte in sundry places to the saylers chiefly at two Castles and at Chosa an episcopall City distant from the towne fiue and twentie miles vppon the way to Ferrara there are about Venice 25. Ilandes which are in manner all enhabited of Monkes the rest is to be seenein the Carde Seb. Munster The number of bridges and boates This City of Venice hath threescore and two parishes and one and forty Monasteries it hath as manie Channels as streetes there are foure hundred publike Bridges besides particulars there are of boats for all vses eight thousande in the Arsenall which is rounde about inuironed with walles there are continually foure hundred men which are dayly imployed in mending and making of Galleis and other things pertaining to the Sea in the Isle of Meurano fast by they make very cleare and goodly glasses commonly Christall glasses called Christal glasses which are thence transported into all countries Notes out of Girolamo Bardi THe first that euer inhabited vpon that Iland called the Rialto where Venice now standeth was one Giouani Bono a poore man that hauing there a simple cottage did liue with his family by taking of fish afterwardes Radagasso with an armie of Gothes entring into Italy sundrie from of the firme land fled into this poore mans house for safety of their liues and among the rest one Entinopus a carpenter of Candia who found meanes to build himselfe there a house maintaining himselfe afterwards by the making of small barkes and boates After Radagasso Alaricus comming like a tempest into Italy there fled so many ouer thether as that at length there were built foure twentie seuerall houses of bordes and reedes but in the yeare of our Lord 418. the fury of the warres being somewhat mitigated the most part of these fugitiues had gotten themselues into Padoua whereof a suddain hearing great and fearefull rumors of newe intended entries into Italy by Aiulfo king of the Vissigots with a mighty multitude of Barbarians by a generall consent they agreede to make some firme place within these lakes and thereupon to build a citty which they presently effected vpon the foresaide Iland gathering into the same the people that were dispersed about the other Ilandes and withall making it of the best defence they could they called it by the name of Venice the beginning of this Citties foundation was laide in the yeare 421. vpon the 25. day of March about noon there were three Consuls chosen by those of Padoua to haue the ouersight and charge the rest whose names were Alberto Faletro Tomaso Candiano and Zeno Daulo this is a breuiat drawn out of the ancient Records of Padoua Afterwardes the ruine and desolation of manie fayre citties vpon the maine land gaue a speedy mightinesse and encrease to this new erected citie insomuch that many of the noblest land inhabitantes fled thether with their treasures and richest moueables transporting euen their goodly pillers carued stones and other matter to build withal to Venice erecting thereunto themselues new and stately mansions so that in the end delighted with the security

fetch him from Rauenna to Venice in triumphes with 200. sayle inuesting him presentlie in the roya ltie of their Dukedome hee put away his first wife Giouanna and married the Lady Voldrada daughter to Marquis Guido whose dowry was great and rich Girolomie Bardi calleth her Vadetta sayeth that she was daughter to Alberto L. of Rauenna not onely in mony and Iewels but also in Castles and fortresses insomuch that growing insolent therewith hee called in mercenarie souldiers to the guard of his pallace and person in fine his manners were so outragious and himselfe grew so odious to the people that assēbling themselues in a fury they slew both him his little sonne within his pallace which they burned to the ground 23. Pietro Orseolo Anno. 976. THis great outrage being committed they elected Pietro Orseolo for their prince who being of a noble family and from his youth wholy giuen to deuotion was maruelous vnwilling to accept this high dignitie fearing least the same wold be a hinderance to the contemplature life which he chiefly desired he had by his wife Foelicia one sonne and no more like to him both in name and condition he repayred the church of S. Mark and the walles of Grado and succoured Bari against the Sarazens at length falling into acquaintance with one Guarino Abbot of S. Michaels of Cusano in Gascoyne hee grew so farre in loue with the reuerence of his person and the integrity of his conditions that determining to abandon the world hauing first distributed great gifts among the poore he departed one night in disguised garments with the said Giouani which Giouani Gradinigo and Giouani Morosmo his sonne in law and Romualdo Marino of Rauenna without saying a word thereof eyther to his wife or sonne he tooke with him much money which he bestowed in adorning the church of S. Michaell wherein hee made himselfe Monke and at the end of nineteene yeares dyed not without fame of doing many miracles hee was aged fifty yeares when hee entered into religion 24. Vitale Candiano anno 978. THe flight of Duke Orseolo being discouered Vitale Candiano sonne to Pietro the third was substituted in his place but falling into a grieuous infirmitie he renounced the Dukedome vowing that if he recouered to make himselfe a Fryer which hee performed and afterward comming to end his dayes hee was buried in the Church of S. Hilary 25. Tribuno Memo anno 479. TRibuno Memo beingelected Duke was so vexed with ciuill discord that was betweene the two mightie families of the Morasins and Calopins that renouncing the Dukedome he betooke himselfe to religion wherin he shortly finished his dayes and was buried in Saint Zacharies church 26. Pietro Orseolo anno 991. IN his place was chosen Pietro Orseolo sonne to that other Pietro whose life was so religious and holy he Conquered in a manner all Dalmatia and hauing done many other notable thinges especially in erection of Churches and sumptuous monumentes for Saintes hee dyed in the eighteenth yeare of his rule 27. Ottone Orseolo anno 1009 SVch was the peoples loue to the Father that they confirmed the gouernment to his sonne Ottone being a young man of eighteene yeares of age but of a very goodly personage and of a most exeellent spirite he married the sister of Geta king of Hungarie hee was excellentlie learned and of great liberality but in the end by the conspiracie practise of Dominico Flabanico hee was driuen out of Venice and confined to Constantinople in the seuenteenth yeare of his rule where shortly after hee dyed 28. Pietro Centranico anno 1026. IN place of Ottone was created Pietro Centranico or as some call him Barbolano but the city being then in tumult and hee vnpleasing to the people Orso brother to Ottone being then Patriarke of Grado by raising a faction tooke him prisoner and cutting off his beard constrained him to make himselfe a Fryer sending in the meane time for his brother Ottone to Constantinople hee himselfe by the consent of the people till then supplying the Ducall roome which Dominico Flabanico and his adherents that had been cause of Ottones banishment vnderstanding presentlie fled the citie but newes being brought of Ottones death Orso willingly surrendred vp the scepter and Domenico returned and that with such happy successe that he was presently elected Duke of Venice 29. Domenico Flabanico anno 1032. DOmenico Flabanico by reason of many yeares long experience was well acquainted with the world and subtle in his proceedings he ordained by a general consent of the rest that thence forward no Duke might admit any partner in gouernment and withall that none of the Orseoles might euer after bee capable of the Ducall dignitie hee ruled openly tenne yeares 30. Domenico Contarino Anno 1043. DOmenico Contarini was with exceeding contentment of the whole people elected Duke being of a noble family and withall of a very gentle and curteous disposition he did many notable thinges and dyed in the 26. yeare of his rule 31. Domenico Syluio Anno 1071. DOmenico Syluio presentlie vpon his election married the sister of Nicephorus Emperour of Constantinople at whose perswasion he made warre vpon Robert Duke of Puglia but being ouerthrowne in a great battel at Duraizo hee was chased out of Venice 32. Vitale Falero Anno. 1083. ANd in his stead was chosen Vitalo Falero who by reason of certain donations from the Emperour was the first that entituled himselfe Duke of Dalmatia and Croatia finally hauing ruled thirteene years hee dyed and was buried in the church of S. Marke 33. Vitale Michaele Anno 1096. VItale Michaele being installed Duke did many thinges gloriously in the wars against the Infidels in Asia and hauing onely ruled fiue years was succeeded by Ordelaffo Faliero 34. Ordelaffo Faliero Anno 1102. VVHo hauing married a wife of rovall parentage did assist Baldowin king of Ierusalem with a hundred sayle of shippes in his warres against the infidels and lastly he was slaine in an encounter at Zara hauing ruled 19. yeares 35. Domemco Michaele Anno 1119. DOmenico Michaele at instance of Pope Calisto went to Ioppo that was besieged by the Turkes whom he raysed from the same hauing with him two hundred sayle of ships he tooke also Tyre and gaue it to the Patriarch of Ierusalem and vpon his returne hee tooke from Emanuel Emperour of Greece the cities of Scio Samo Rodes Metellino and Andro and returned victorious to Venice where in the xi yeare of his rule hee deceased 36. Pietro Polani Anno 1130. PIetro Polani sonne in law to the former Duke began his rule in the yeare 1131. a man so singularly respected for his wisedome and integritie that the Emperors Corradus and Emanuel did chuse him for an Vmpier and Arbitrator of such differences as were betweene them hee conquered Fano and ouerthrewe those of Padoua and Pisa Lastly in assembling a mighty nauie in fauor of Emanuel the Emperour he fell sicke and died 37. Domenico Morosmi Anno 1148. DOmenico Morasmi