Excerpt from Histoire de la République de Venise, Vol. 8
Quoi qu'il en soit je ne connais aucun écrivain, même vénitien, q'ui'ait parlé de ces statuts. Quant à leur authenticité voici les raisons qui semblent ne pas permettre d'en douter.
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