Report to the Right honourable the master of the rolls upon the documents in the archives and public libraries of Venice / by Thomas Duffus Hardy.
- Thomas Duffus Hardy
- Date:
- 1866
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report to the Right honourable the master of the rolls upon the documents in the archives and public libraries of Venice / by Thomas Duffus Hardy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![as yon will clearly perceive by the perusal of all the writings. Such discrepancies must naturally induce you to keep yet more on the watch, and to modify the communications enjoined you, according to your own ability. Lectffi Cons. X. et Sapientibus. On the very day when the wax and confections were sent to the Countess of Arundel at the Mocenigo Palace, the Council of Ten was occupying itself with the will of Antonio Poscarini. G. Extracts from Letters relating to English Naval and Military Celebrities. The first mention of any English military commander of importance in the service of the Republic of Venice in the 17th century is made by the ambassador Pietro Contarini, dated London, 25th of January (N.S.) 1618. He writes :— HENRY PEYTON. I have concluded the engagement for a levy of 500 infantry, on the best terms I could, with Sir Henry Peyton, an English gentleman, one of the good soldiers of Flanders, where he yet has a company iu the service of the States. I find that he enjoys an excellent character, and is ex- tremely capable of doing the State good service, but he has no knowledge of naval affairs. He will have two captains under him, each commanding 150 men ; his own company numbering 200. All the officers have served in Flanders, and he promises me to raise most efficient companies, and to have them ready for embarkation in four weeks. Amongst the terms stipulated for by Colonel Peyton, and conceded to him by the Republic were the following:— I. He was to have the title of Major [Capo-truppo]. IV. The first muster to be made at the time of embarkation, when tLe term of payment is to commence, and on reaching the territories of the Republic or the Venetian fleet, the companies to be inspected monthly file by file, or individually [ a fila, a fila, o' a pelo e segno] at the option of the public representatives; and should any soldiers be missing at the first muster, and there be no certificate of their deaths on the voyage, their respective captains to be held debtors on account of their companies. V. His own company to contain 200 good soldiers, comprising (besides his own person) a lieutenant, ancient, three sergeants, two drummers, a fifer, a surgeon, a provost, and twenty gentlemen who, together with the rest, are to be armed, one half with muskets and the other with pikes. For stipend per month of 30 days, he is to receive 1,350 Venetian ducats, each ducat at the rate of 6 livres and 4 soldi. The other two companies to consist of 150 men each, besides the captain, a lieutenant, ancient, two sergeants, two drummers, a sur- geon, and these gentlemen; each of these two companies receiving a monthly stipend of 980 ducats. VI. For the purchase of arms for the soldiers, Sir Henry Peyton to receive 1,000 ducats, and each of the captains 750 ducats, at the rate of five ducats per private, which money to be deducted from the pay of the third and fourth months.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21021284_0088.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
