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admiral Adriatic Alexius alliance allies Ancona Andrea arms Arsenal attack battle besieged boats Bucentaur Canale Candia Carlo Zeno carried century Chioggia Christian church coast Colonna command commerce Constantinople Contarini crew Crusaders Cyprus Dalmatia Dandolo death defeat defence despatched Doge Don John Doria Dromons East Emperor engagement expedition fight fire force Fourth Crusade Francesco galea galeazze galleasses galleys Genoa Genoese Giovanni Greeks harbour honour island Italy King lagoons land Lazzaro Mocenigo Lepanto Lido masts merchant Michiel Mocenigo Morosini Narentines naval Navy Negropont Nicolò Normans oars Pantera Papal Pasha patricians peace Pietro Pisani Pope port possessions prow quinquereme Republic Republic of St rowers sail Sanudo Saracens says sent ships Sicily side siege slaves soldiers squadron St Mark taken town trade Trireme Turkish Turks Venetian fleet Veneto Venezia Venice Venice's Veniero vessels Vettor Vettor Pisani victory War of Chioggia Zara
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Page 128 - While the wind was favourable, the sky serene, and the water smooth, every eye was fixed with wonder and delight on the scene of military and naval pomp which overspread the sea. The shields of the knights and squires, at once an ornament and a defence, were arranged on either side of the ships; the banners of the nations and families were displayed from the stern; our modern artillery was supplied by three hundred engines for casting stones and darts ; the fatigues of the way were cheered with the...
Page 224 - ... the discovery of America, and of the passage to India by the cape of Good Hope, very much diminished the trade of A.
Page 196 - Senators, you shall never have peace with the Lord of Padua or our Republic till we have bridled the bronze horses which stand in your square of St Mark. When we have the reins in our hands we shall know how to keep them quiet.
Page 93 - ... of it was handed over to the Venetians, who lost no time in building three churches in the town: one to St. Marc, another to St. James and another to St. Nicholas. The administration of justice was entrusted to a bailo (consul), and a vice-comes (viscount) was appointed to see to the local defense and security of the quarter. A regular form of oath was drawn up and taken by the citizens of the colony, in which they vowed obedience and fealty to the doge of Venice and to his successors, and swore,...
Page 90 - ... city subject to the King of Jerusalem and his barons the Venetians were to have their quarter or district, consisting of a square, a bath, and a bakehouse, free for all time from all dues; in the town of Jerusalem they were to have the same extent of territory as would be allotted to a king; in Akka they were to build a bakehouse, a mill, a bath, and have their own weights, measures, and scales. These, too, they might use in their dealings with strangers or among themselves, but when they were...
Page 29 - THOU shalt purge me with hyssop, O Lord! and I shall be clean: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Page 90 - ... thought fit to make before operations began, and laid them before a meeting held in the Church of the Holy Cross (Jerusalem), when a solemn oath was taken by the leaders of the Christian forces to adhere to the terms thus insisted upon. These were that in every city subject to the King of Jerusalem and his barons the Venetians were to have their quarter or district, consisting of a square, a bath, and a bakehouse, free for all time from all dues; in the town of Jerusalem they were to have the...
Page 30 - Receive this as a pledge of the sovereignty which you and your successors shall have in perpetuity over the sea.
Page 37 - ... the warehouses and goods owned by them in Constantinople; to make a free gift of a warehouse, some residences, four landing stages, and a bakery, with its dues, to the Venetians living in Constantinople (this quarter was situated between the Jewish quay and the Vigla or Vigilia, a night guardhouse) ; to make a gift to them of the church of St. Andrew at Dyrrhachium (Durazzo in Albania) with its tithes; to grant the Venetians free trade absolutely, with no duties of any sort, whether of custom,...
Page 67 - This business of recruiting was not carried on without loss of honour and temper, and ways were used which were not always highly commendable nor free from violence and dishonour. Condemned criminals were pressed into the service ; men who were sentenced to death were chained to the oar instead of being strung up, and every judge was petitioned " to send diligently and without delay " the culprits who came under his condemnation to serve according to their sentences on board the galleys.