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comprehend the meaning of those who have assur’d
you, that the Republick has no Coat of Arms,
and that the above-mention’d Lyon is too highly
respeded at Venice to be put in a Scutcheon. That
same Lyon is to be seen in all those places where
the Arms of the State ought to be: And it is no less
ridiculous to say, that it serves instead of Arms,
but really is no such thing, than it would be to
pretend, that the Venetians wear no Shirrs, but
that they make use of certain pieces of Linen,
that are cur and sew’d exadly like our Shirts,
Which only serve them iustead of Shirts. It
cannot be reasonably suppos d, that the Resped
they have for their Lyon should hinder them from
using it for their Arms, since we commonly see
Saints and Crucifixes apply’d to the same use.
And you know the Story of a Venetian Ambassa-
dor, who told an Emperor that ask’d him, in
what part of the World the Republick had found
thole wing’d Lyons which are to be seen in its
Coat of Arms, That he believ’d they found them * AUudwe, tt
in a certain Country where all the * Eagles have therms os
two Heads. But in a case that depends purely
Upon Matter os Fad, ’twou’d be needless to bring
Arguments from Reason and Probability for the
proof of that which is obvious to the fenfe. And
therefore I sha.ll at once decide the Controversie,
by assuring you, that the Lyon of Venice appears
in a Scutcheon in several places of that City.*Ovir a^nst
* At the Doge’s Palace, on the Front of the thf
t Cathedral Church, on the Pedestal of General
Coglione’s || Statue, in several Prints engrav’d at and Eve.
Venice, particularly in the Plan of the City pub- t s. Pietro'di
lilli’d by Father * Coronelli, and probably in feveral
other places. I have also observ’d the same on church os
the Coaches of the Venetian Ambasfadors, whom St. John and
I have had occasion in feveral Courts. They ss- I’aul-
place the Crown of Cyprus, or that of Cahdia, a-
bove RcpiMck.
to ITALY.
561
comprehend the meaning of those who have assur’d
you, that the Republick has no Coat of Arms,
and that the above-mention’d Lyon is too highly
respeded at Venice to be put in a Scutcheon. That
same Lyon is to be seen in all those places where
the Arms of the State ought to be: And it is no less
ridiculous to say, that it serves instead of Arms,
but really is no such thing, than it would be to
pretend, that the Venetians wear no Shirrs, but
that they make use of certain pieces of Linen,
that are cur and sew’d exadly like our Shirts,
Which only serve them iustead of Shirts. It
cannot be reasonably suppos d, that the Resped
they have for their Lyon should hinder them from
using it for their Arms, since we commonly see
Saints and Crucifixes apply’d to the same use.
And you know the Story of a Venetian Ambassa-
dor, who told an Emperor that ask’d him, in
what part of the World the Republick had found
thole wing’d Lyons which are to be seen in its
Coat of Arms, That he believ’d they found them * AUudwe, tt
in a certain Country where all the * Eagles have therms os
two Heads. But in a case that depends purely
Upon Matter os Fad, ’twou’d be needless to bring
Arguments from Reason and Probability for the
proof of that which is obvious to the fenfe. And
therefore I sha.ll at once decide the Controversie,
by assuring you, that the Lyon of Venice appears
in a Scutcheon in several places of that City.*Ovir a^nst
* At the Doge’s Palace, on the Front of the thf
t Cathedral Church, on the Pedestal of General
Coglione’s || Statue, in several Prints engrav’d at and Eve.
Venice, particularly in the Plan of the City pub- t s. Pietro'di
lilli’d by Father * Coronelli, and probably in feveral
other places. I have also observ’d the same on church os
the Coaches of the Venetian Ambasfadors, whom St. John and
I have had occasion in feveral Courts. They ss- I’aul-
place the Crown of Cyprus, or that of Cahdia, a-
bove RcpiMck.