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may, sometime or other, demand of them
Creme, Brefcia, and Bergame, which have
been torn from the Milanefe-, and in case
a War should arise upon it, and the Ve-
netians lose a single Battel, they might
be beaten off the Continent in a single
Summer, for their Fortifications are ve-
ry Inconsiderable. On the other side,
the Venetians are in continual Apprehen-
sions from the Turk,- who will certainly
endeavour at the Recovery of the Mo-
na, as soon as the Ottoman Empire has
recruited a little of its antient Strength.
They are very sensible that they had
better have pushed their Conquests on
the other side of the Adriatick into Al-
bania, for t ries would
have lain together, and have been nearer
the Fountain-Head to have received Suc-
cours on occasion; I Venetians-xxe
under Articles with the Emperor, to re-
sign into his Hands whatever they con-
quer c rkijh Dominions, that has
been formerly dismembered from the
Empire. And having already very much
dissatisfied him in the Frioul and Dalma-
tia, they dare not think of exasperating
him further. The Pope dilputes with
them their Pretensions to the Polejin, as
the Duke of Savoy lays an equal Claim
to the Kingdom of Cyprus. ’Tis surpri-
may, sometime or other, demand of them
Creme, Brefcia, and Bergame, which have
been torn from the Milanefe-, and in case
a War should arise upon it, and the Ve-
netians lose a single Battel, they might
be beaten off the Continent in a single
Summer, for their Fortifications are ve-
ry Inconsiderable. On the other side,
the Venetians are in continual Apprehen-
sions from the Turk,- who will certainly
endeavour at the Recovery of the Mo-
na, as soon as the Ottoman Empire has
recruited a little of its antient Strength.
They are very sensible that they had
better have pushed their Conquests on
the other side of the Adriatick into Al-
bania, for t ries would
have lain together, and have been nearer
the Fountain-Head to have received Suc-
cours on occasion; I Venetians-xxe
under Articles with the Emperor, to re-
sign into his Hands whatever they con-
quer c rkijh Dominions, that has
been formerly dismembered from the
Empire. And having already very much
dissatisfied him in the Frioul and Dalma-
tia, they dare not think of exasperating
him further. The Pope dilputes with
them their Pretensions to the Polejin, as
the Duke of Savoy lays an equal Claim
to the Kingdom of Cyprus. ’Tis surpri-