History of the Venetian Republic; Her Rise, Her Greatness, And Her Civilization 4
History of the Venetian Republic; Her Rise, Her Greatness, And Her Civilization 4
Hazlitt William Carew
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X.) « 118 mSTORT OP VENICE. [chap. xxni. excepting the disputed ground of Pontremolo, to Florence. Venice herself, whom the triumphs of Gonzaga had placed in a position to dictate conditions, was left in possession of Bergamo and all her other acquisitions on the Terra-Ferma. Lucca, whose loathing to the Florentines was frantically violent,' recovered her freedom. The Dukes of Milan and Savoy were pledged to the restitution of all the terri- tory which they had usurped in Monteferrato and elsew...here. A complete exchange of prisoners was appointed to take place, and an amnesty was pro- claimed. The execution of the clause affecting the reciprocal adjustment of territory led to an angry correspondence between Venice and Savoy,* the latter demurring in the first instance to the restoration of certain lands belonging to Monteferrato; and the article touching the exchange of prisoners occasioned a singular revela- tion. When the Government demanded in due course the release of Giorgio Comaro, the Duke sent word to say that he was dead ; and his family accordingly went into mourning.' The statement of Filippo-Maria, how- ever, was an audacious falsehood : for the Proveditor was still alive, and in one of the dungeons at Monza.
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