“A Galley full of Demons!”--The Legend of “The Fisherman
and the Ring”--Doge Zorzi Il Santo--Dogaressa Franchesina
“Queen of Venice”--The pathetic Story of Soranza
Soranzo-Querino--A _Corno_ for the Dogaressa--The Solemn
Entry of Dogaressa Elisabetta--Brides of Stuff and
Wood--Sumptuary Laws and Bridal Trousseaux--The _Calar
Stola_--The Genesis of Venetian Painters--A learned
Doge--Infatuation for Isabella de’ Fieschi--The Black
Death--Francesco Petrarch--Marino Faliero--Michele
Steno’s Insult--The Conspiracy--“The Doge never
lies!”--Broken-hearted Dogaressa Aloycia--Frate Paolino
on “Woman’s Influence”--Platonic Ideas--Courtesans--The
Story of Veneranda Porta--The _Bravi_--A Dowdy
Dogaressa--“Slippers, Cabbages and Night-caps!”--Alvise
Venier’s Escapade--A Venetian “Brutus”--A Poetic Prophecy 126–166