[The Lion of Saint Mark by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookThe Lion of Saint Mark CHAPTER 20: The Triumph Of Venice 25/41
He had, with the fleet, recovered most of the places that the Genoese had captured, and after chasing a Genoese fleet to Zara, had a partial engagement with them there.
In this, Corbaro, now holding the commission of admiral of the squadron, was killed, and Pisani himself wounded.
He was already suffering from fever; and the loss of Corbaro, and the check that the fleet had suffered, increased his malady, and he expired three days later. Venice made peace with Genoa, but the grudge which she bore to Padua was not wiped out until some years later, when, in 1404, that city was besieged by the Venetians, and forced by famine to surrender in the autumn of the following year; after which Zeno, having been proved to have kept up secret communications with the Lord of Padua, was deprived of his honours and sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
Thus, in turn, the two great Venetian commanders suffered disgrace and imprisonment. As she had been patient and steadfast in her time of distress, Venice was clement in her hour of triumph, and granted far more favourable terms to Padua than that city deserved. At the death of Messer Polani, Francis returned with his wife and family to England, and established himself in London, where he at once took rank as one of the leading merchants.
His fortune, however, was so large, that he had no occasion to continue in commerce, and he did so only to afford him a certain amount of occupation.
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