to, Vite de' Duchi di Ven._ in
_Muratori_, XXII. 730.
[15] Documents seen by the Editor in the Arch, of the _Casa di Ricovero_.
[16] _Cappellari_.
[17] _Libro d'Oro_ from 1414 to 1407 in Museo Correr. Comm. by Comm.
Berchet.
APPENDIX C.--_Calendar of Documents Relating to Marco Polo and his
Family_.
1.--(1280).
Will of Marco Polo of S. Severo, uncle of the Traveller, executed at
Venice, 5th August, 1280. An Abstract given in vol. i. pp. 23-24.
The originals of this and the two other Wills (Nos. 2 and 8) are in St.
Mark's Library. They were published first by Cicogna, _Iscrizioni
Veneziane_, and again more exactly by Lazari.
2.--(1300).
Will of Maffeo Polo, brother of the Traveller, executed at Venice, 31st
August, 1300. Abstract given at pp. 64-65 of vol. i.
3.--(1302).
_Archivio Generale--Maggior Consiglio--Liber Magnus_, p. 81.[1]
1392. 13 Aprilis. (Capta est): Quod fit gratia provido viro MARCO PAULO
quod ipse absolvatur a pena incursa pro eo quod non fecit circari unam
suam conductam cum ignoraverit ordinem circa hoc.
Ego MARCUS MICHAEL consiliarius m.p.s.
Ego PAULUS DELPHINUS consiliarius m.p.s.
Ego MARCUS SIBOTO de mandato ipsorum cancellavi.
4--(1305).
Resolution of the _Maggior Consiglio_, under date 10th April, 1305, in
which Marco Polo is styled Marcus Paulo Milioni. (See p. 67 of vol. i.) In
the _Archivio Generate, Maggior Cons. Reg. M.S._, Carta 82.[2]
"Item quod fiat gratia Bonocio de Mestre de illis Libris centum
quinquaginta duobus, in quibus extitit condempnatus per Capitaneos
Postarum, occasione vini per eum portati contra bampnum, isto modo
_videlicet_ quod solvere debeat dictum debitum hinc ad annos quatuor,
solvendo annuatim quartum dicti debiti per hunc modum, _scilicet_ quod
dictus Bonocius ire debeat cum nostris Ambaxiatoribus, et soldum quod ei
competet pro ipsis viis debeat scontari, et it quod ad solvendum dictum
quartum deficiat per eum vel suos plegios integre persolvatur. Et sunt
plegii _Nobiles Viri_ PETRUS MAUROCENO et MARCHUS PAULO MILION et plures
alii qui sunt scripti ad Cameram Capitaneorum Postarum."
5.--(1311).
Decision in Marco Polo's suit against Paulo Girardo, 9th March 1311, for
recovery of the price of musk sold on commission, etc. (From the Archives
of the _Casa di Ricovero_ at Venice, _Filza_ No. 202). (See vol. i. p. 70.)
"In nomine Dei Eterni Amen. Anno ab Incarn
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