A woman I know told me of it.

He's a great villain, this Giuseppe, who would do anything for ten pieces, also revengeful and a hater of cold water." "Send for him, Nicholas, or send this woman to him--that may be safer.
Ten pieces! I'll pay him fifty." "Ay, lord, but the Englishman may not give him a chance.

Only fools would go out walking in Venice along after dark if they should happen to have enemies here, and the house is watched by the Doge's Guards.
Yet one can try.

Fortune loves the brave, and Englishmen are very great fools.

They might stroll abroad to see the moon rise over the Adriatic." "Try, Nicholas, try as you never tried before.