[501] Also the fact that France had destroyed the liberties of the Republic would tend to make Frenchmen of the time dwell on its defects, just as they did in the case of the Venetian Republic. [502] T. Watkins, _Travels through Swisserland ... to Constantinople_, vol. ii. Letter xlii. p. 331 _sqq._ [503] T. Watkins, _Travels through Swisserland ... to Constantinople_ Letter xliii. p. 344. [504] Gelcich, p. 42. [505] _Ibid._ [506] _Reform._, ii., Oct. 3, 1349. [507] De Diversis, ed. Brunelli, p. 39. [508] Curzola has always been famous for its building stone, which is almost a marble, and acquires a rich yellow patina with age. [509] Ragusavecchia. [510] De Diversis, as quoted by Graham Jackson, who had seen the MS. in the Franciscan library at Ragusa, containing passages not in Brunelli. [511] Jackson, ii. 332, note. [512] Jackson, ii. 336. [513] Anonymous account of Ragusa, quoted by Gelcich, p. 76. [514] T. G. Jackson, ii. p. 380. [515] _Ibid._ [516] De Diversis, ed. Brunelli, p. 42. [517] Gelcich, p. 80. [518] T. G. Jackson, ii. 394. [519] _Ibid._, ii. 295. [520] Those of Stagno Grande have for the most part been pulled down. [521] Eitelberger von Edelberg, _op. cit._, iv. 357. [522] In the Herzegovina. [523] _Op. cit._, iv. 317. [524] For a more detailed description, see Graham Jackson, vol ii. p. 354. [525] _Ibid._, ii. p. 356. [526] Puipin und Spasowicz, _Geschichte der Slawischen Literatur_, vol. ii. p. 224. [527] Puipin und Spasowicz, _ibid._ [528] This, as well as the Slavonic works of other Ragusans, is published at Agram in the collection called _Stari Pisci Hrvatski_ (Old Croatian writers). [529] In this, as in other works by Ragusans, no animus against the Turk is displayed. He was regarded by the Ragusans as a law of nature rather than as an enemy, and a wholesome fear made them careful to avoid doing or even saying anything to offend him. [530] Published at Venice in 1599. [531] Venice, 1547, 1550. [532] _Ibid._, 1550. [533] Several editions of the _Osman_ have been published, and Appendini translated it into Italian. [534] Also spelt Boscovich. [535] Pisani, _La Dalmatie de 1797 à 1815_, pp. 33 _sqq._ [536] _Ibid._, pp. 125-126. [537] R. P. Pregadi, July; Pisani, _ibid._ [538] Pisani, _ibid._, pp. 135-136. [539] Pisani, _passim_. [540] Timoni’s despatches to the Austrian Chancery, quoted by Pisani, _ibid._, pp. 299-300. [541] _I.e_. “beg” and “request,” rather than “must” and “shall.” [542] Pisani, pp. 457-58. [543] Pisani, _passim_. INDEX Adrianople, 170, 271 Adriatic, navigation in, 54; pirates in, 190 Advocatus Comunis, 85 Æsculapius capital, 341-4 Albania, 59-60, 166; under Servian rule, 137; Venetians in, 163; Turks in, 259 Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of the East, 35-6 Altomanović, Nicholas, 165, 167, 175-6 Antium, Cape, battle of, 180 Antivari, 136-8, 140; church of, 73; trade with, 73