A History of Venice by Norwich John Julius
Author:Norwich, John Julius [Norwich, John Julius]
Language: zho
Format: epub
Publisher: ePenguin
Published: 2003-07-02T16:00:00+00:00
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The Ferrara War and the Queen of Cyprus
[1481–1488]
You Venetians, it is certain, are very wrong to disturb the peace of other states rather than to rest content with the most splendid state of Italy, which you already possess. If you knew how you are universally hated, your hair would stand on end… Do you believe that these powers in Italy, now in league together, are truly friends among themselves? Of course they are not; it is only necessity, and the fear which they feel for you and your power, that has bound them in this way… You are alone, with all the world against you, not only in Italy but beyond the Alps also. Know then that your enemies do not sleep. Take good counsel, for, by God, you need it…
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