The Legend of the Coral Net--Origin of Venetian
Point-Lace--The _Fragilie_ or Guilds--Dogaressa Maria
Baseggio’s son torn to pieces--A terrible Earthquake--A
Year of Jubilee--The _Marca Amorosa_--War of the
Gallants--Marriage--The Pledge of Peace--Dogal
Prerogatives curtailed--Vision of Rose-trees and
Doves--The “Flagellants”--Marriage Customs--Madonna
Catarussa and the Seller of Brooms--Picnics--A Table
of Etiquette--_La Donna della Misericordia_--The
Dogaressas-Patroness of the Crafts--A Sumptuous
Coronation--The _Ca’ Di Dio_--Prosperous Times--The
Dogaressa’s Wardrobe--An Autocratic Doge--State
Robes--The Bridge of Fisticuffs--The Castellani and
Nicolotti--The Gaiety of Life--The Sweet Legend of “La
Beata”--Strange Devotions--Revolutionary Movements
and Conspiracies--Giustina Rossi and her stone pan of
Carnations 84–125