History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, And Her Civilization
History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, And Her Civilization
Hazlitt William Carew
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To overlook, however, passed occurrences, we will follow the thread of present affairs. The aim of these Genoese is to snatch from ns the most precious of all possessions — our Uberty ; and in meddling with onr rights they drive ns to arms. Arma tenerUi omnia dat, qui justa negat. The quarrel is an old one. They have rendered the sea a hostile field for their own republic ; and have stirred up the whole world and every nation against them, of whose manners this is an apt and brief sum : oonveni...be NEGAT CUM ALUS QUI MINIME CUM SEIPSO.^ ThuS WO have undertaken war, merely that we may secure for our country, which we hold dearer than life, an honourable peace. Farewell, most excellent of men ! and rest assured that you are most dear to us ; still dearer, however, if you would vouchsafe to favour us more frequently with like admonitions. — ^Venice, the 22nd of May, 1351." Thus the eloquence of Petrarch had met its full share of panegyric. But his arguments and his prayers remained equally unheeded.
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