Note 1154 — Chapter III · PROTESTANTISM.
Reading edition
Relazioni Venete, Serie I, T. VI, pp. 411-12.—He adds that heresy might be expected to spread among the peasantry on account of the oppression, tithes and first-fruits exacted by the Church, but that the nobles are vigilant in defence of the faith by reason of the large provision of benefices which they enjoy.