An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time (Volume 48) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: fembly. He never countenanced thofe factions' which dif- turbed the tranquility of the republic, though it is imagined that when difcord ran high, he applied to his own purpofes the divisions which he could not heal. In Chore, his cool prudence, his insinuating manner, and artful conduct, had Ib greatly influenced the aflembly, that he was elected fove- reign by the unanimous concurrence of the council, to the great joy of the people, who were extravagant in the de- monftrations of their fatisfation. P AU L A T I Ot Doge I. . The new doge began his adminiftration with reforming t ' abufes, inlpeting the condud of the late magiftrates, framing '' laws with the fanftion of the general council, putting the fleets into a refpedlable condition, adorning the city, and extending commerce, encouraging inJiiftry, and rewarding merit; in Oiort, by every aflion which could render his perfon beloved, or his people happy. He formed an alliance with Luitprand duke of Forli: fomc fay he conquered him. He extended the limits of his native city Hcraclca, now under the dominion of the Venetian republic, from the river Pavia to the rivulet called Pavia'.a. By his mere authority and intereft he induced the Equilines (fuppofed to be the fame with the Jefulans) to acknowledge the fovereigmy of the republic n. To fum up all, he made the nation happy, powerful, and wealthy. After a reign of twenty years and fix months, he died uni- verfally regretted and beloved. He was the firft, and the was one of the beft princes Venice ever faw. His ambition terminated in the good of the public, infomuch that he ne- glecled the interefts of his own family, to give his whole attention to the aggrandizement of the country over which he was fovereign. M A R C E L L 0, Doge II. A J). MARCRLLO of Herac/i-a...