45/90 But Sarpi begged to be allowed to remain among the friars, with whom he had spent his life, and where his vocation bound him. In the future he took a few obvious precautions, passing in a gondola to the Rialto and thence on foot through the crowded Merceria to the Ducal Palace, and furthermore securing the good offices of his attendants in the convent by liberal gifts of money. Otherwise, he refused to alter the customary tenor of his way. Contarini under date September 25, 1607, quoted in Campbell's _Life of Sarpi_, p. 145.] [Footnote 145: Fulgenzio's _Life_, p.61. |