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[[Venice]]

In order to entertain him, a great
number of hands were employ'd [employed] to build
a Galley, w'ch [which] they undertook to finish from
the keel so as to launch in the Space
of an Hour: but the duke had not Pat'ce [Patience]
or Inclination to stay to See it; being
present at it but a few Minutes -
upon his going away they workmen left off th'r [their] work
not a little chagrined at his short stay -

Amongst other Marks of Attention
paid to the Duke - they built a gondola
[so] on purpose for him, as soon as they heard
he was to visit the City & Arsenal - The
Expence of Guilding it alone came to 1000
Ducats each 14 livres - that is between
three & four hundred pounds sterling -
He was carry'd abt. [about] the arsenal in this, &
tis now drawn up & preserved with the
great Bucentaur The Doges State Boat or
Gondola - The Keel of w'ch [which] is as long as that of
a Man of War, & has 41 Oars on each side - oftornam'd [ornamented]
with Sculpture & gilding in the most superb
manner that can be imagined -

The Expence of the Arsenal the Day it was
visited by ye [the] due of York amounted to 40,000 Ducats -
most

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