Note 281 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
For a copy of this manifesto against Venice, see Moniteur, No. 239, May 16, and Annual Register, vol. xxxiv., p. 337. "As soon as it was made public, the whole Terra Firma revolted against the capital. Every town proclaimed its independence, and constituted a government for itself. Bergamo, Brescia, Padua, Vicenza, Bassano, and Udine, formed so many separate republics."—Montholon, tom. iv., p. 143.