Note 661 — Chapter XIV
Reading edition
This remarkable oration, necessarily condensed in the text, is given at great length in Daru. Hist. de la Rép. de Venise, ii. pp. 293-308; cf. also Sanuto, Vita de’ Duchi. Ap. Muratori, Antiq. xx. Rendered into English money (reckoning the ducat at 9s. 6d.), the following amounts are (for the year)—
Ducats. Pounds sterling.
1. From the northern towns 1,794,000 = 852,150
2. Imports of cloth 900,000 = 427,500
3. Spices, &c. 1,871,000 = 888,725
4. From all sources 28,800,000 = 13,680,000
5. Debt due by Milan 1,600,000 = 850,000
These amounts, however, do not represent the exact sums which flowed into the Venetian exchequer, as we are ignorant of the relative value of gold and silver at the period.