Thou art used to deal with the patricians, Jacopo; would there be possibility for one, clad in this dress, and with a face blackened by the sun, to come to speak with the Doge ?" "There is no lack of seeming justice in Venice, Antonio; the want is in the substance.

I doubt not thou would'st be heard." "Then will I wait, here, upon the stones of the square, until he comes forth for the pomp of to-morrow, and try to move his heart to justice.
He is old, like myself, and he hath bled, too, for the state, and what is more he is a father." "So is the Signor Gradenigo." "Thou doubtest his pity--ha ?" "Thou canst but try.

The Doge of Venice will hearken to a petition from the meanest citizen.

I think," added Jacopo, speaking so low as to be scarcely audible, "he would listen even to me." "Though I am not able to put my prayer in such speech as becometh the ear of a great prince, he shall hear the truth from a wronged man.

They call him the chosen of the state, and such a one should gladly listen to justice.