p.84.Cf.

vol.iii.

p.
272.
[6] 'e la sua autorita pari a quella del Consiglio de' Pregati e di utta la citta,' says Giannotti, vol.ii.p.

120.
No state has ever exercised a greater spell of fascination over its citizens than Venice.

Of treason against the Republic there was little.
Against the decrees of the Council, arbitrary though they might be, no one sought to rebel.