uments, unless, indeed, the 1000 _lire_ in Sec. 5 of
Maffeo Junior's Will be the like; but I have some doubt if such lire
are intended in either case.

[3] "(Resolved) That grace be granted to the respectable MARCO PAULO,
relieving him of the penalty he has incurred for neglecting to have
his water-pipe examined, seeing that he was ignorant of the order on
that subject." (See _Appendix C_. No. 3.) The other reference, to M.
Polo, of S. Geremia, runs as follows:--

[_MCCCII. indic. XV. die VIII. Macii q fiat gra Guillo aurifici q ipe
absolvat a pena i qua dicit icurisse p uno spotono sibi iueto veuiedo
de Mestre ppe domu Maci Pauli de Canareglo ui descenderat ad
bibendu._]

"That grace be granted to William the Goldsmith, relieving him of the
penalty which he is stated to have incurred on account of a spontoon
(_spontono_, a loaded bludgeon) found upon him near the house of MARCO
PAULO of Cannareggio, where he had landed to drink on his way from
Mestre." (See _Cicogna_, V. p. 606.)

[4] _Sansovino, Venezia, Citta Nobilissima e Singolare, Descritta_, etc.,
Ven. 1581, f. 236 v.; _Barbaro, Alberi; Coronelli, Allante Veneto_,
I. 19.

[5] The word _Millio_ occurs several times in the Chronicle of the Doge
Andrea Dandolo, who wrote about 1342; and _Milion_ occurs at least
once (besides the application of the term to Polo) in the History of
Giovanni Villani; viz. when he speaks of the Treasury of Avignon:--
"_diciotto_ milioni _di fiorini d'oro_ ec. _che ogni_ milione _e mille
migliaja di fiorini d' oro la valuta_." (xi. 20, Sec. 1; _Ducange_, and
_Vocab. Univ. Ital._). But the definition, thought necessary by
Villani, in itself points to the use of the word as rare. _Domilion_
occurs in the estimated value of houses at Venice in 1367, recorded in
the _Cronaca Magna_ in St. Mark's Library. (_Romanin_, III. 385).

[6] "Also; that Pardon be granted to Bonocio of Mestre for that 152 _lire_
in which he stood condemned by the Captains of the Posts, on account
of wine smuggled by him, in such wise: to wit, that he was to pay the
said fine in 4 years by annual instalments of one fourth, to be
retrenched from the pay due to him on his journey in the suite of our
ambassadors, with assurance that anything then remaining deficient of
his instalments should be made good by himself or his securities. And