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Two Doges of Venice

Two Doges of Venice

Wiel, Alethea

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ISBN10: 115141011X
ISBN13: 9781151410115
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.19 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... Donato, who, as the reader may remember, was one of the heads of the Council of Ten when Jacopo Foscari had been exiled in 1444. He was assassinated while returning to his house at Sta. Maria Formosa, on leaving the Ducal Palace, where he had been attending the Council of the Pregadi.1 The day following the usual Giunta was added to the Council of Ten, and inquiries and investigations were immediately instituted. Suspicions fell in turn on different people,2 but no light seemed forthcoming in spite of the offer of a reward of 10,000 lire to whoever should denounce the murderer, and 25,000 lire should the denunciation lead to his apprehension. Large favours, too, were held out to whoever should betray the offender, and bribes were even offered to any who might have assisted in the crime, provided always they were not the actual delinquent. Till the following January no discovery was made, but early in that month a denunciation was made to the Council of Ten. The name of the accused was uttered, but under the seal of such intense secrecy that whoever should breathe it outside the Council should incur the penalty of being put to death in prison. Jacopo Foscari was that name; and a decree was accordingly passed authorizing his arrest. One of the reasons for this arrest was as follows: The morning after Donato's murder a servant of Jacopo, Oliviero by name, had been met at Mestre by Benedetto Gritti, one of the awogadore di comune. This latter inquired of Oliviero, wbo was employed in loading wood on a barge, the latest news from Venice, and was told of the murder of Donato, committed only the evening before. 1 Donato lived for two days after he was wounded, and died on the 7th of November, expressing his desire to pardon his unknown murderer. The first...

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