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[6] List (extracted in 1868-9) of Doc.u.ments in the above Archivio, but which seem to have been since mislaid.

[7] Parchment in the possession of Cav. F. Stefani, containing a decision, dated 16th September, 1355, signed by the Doge and two Councillors, in favour of Giovannino Polo, natural son of the n.o.ble Nicoletto of S.

Geremia (_qu. n.o.bilis Viri Nicoleti Paulo_).

[8] In _Gallicciolli, Delle Mem. Ven. Antiche_, Ven. 1795, II. p. 136. In the MS. of _Cappellari Campidoglio Veneto_, in the Marciana, the sum stated is 3000 only.

[9] _Della Presa di Chiozza in Muratori, Script._ xv. 785.

[10] Doc.u.ments seen by the Editor in the Arch, of the _Casa di Ricovero_.

[11] In _Gallicciolli Delle Mem. Ven. Antiche_, Ven. 1795, II. p.

136.

[12] _Cicogna_, I. p. 77.

[13] _Arch. Gen. dei Giud._ Perg. No. 120.

[14] _Cappellari_, MS.; _Sanuto, Vite de' Duchi di Ven._ in _Muratori_, XXII. 730.

[15] Doc.u.ments seen by the Editor in the Arch, of the _Casa di Ricovero_.

[16] _Cappellari_.

[17] _Libro d'Oro_ from 1414 to 1407 in Museo Correr. Comm. by Comm.

Berchet.

APPENDIX C.--_Calendar of Doc.u.ments Relating to Marco Polo and his Family_.

1.--(1280).

Will of Marco Polo of S. Severo, uncle of the Traveller, executed at Venice, 5th August, 1280. An Abstract given in vol. i. pp. 23-24.

The originals of this and the two other Wills (Nos. 2 and 8) are in St.

Mark's Library. They were published first by Cicogna, _Iscrizioni Veneziane_, and again more exactly by Lazari.

2.--(1300).

Will of Maffeo Polo, brother of the Traveller, executed at Venice, 31st August, 1300. Abstract given at pp. 64-65 of vol. i.

3.--(1302).

_Archivio Generale--Maggior Consiglio--Liber Magnus_, p. 81.[1]

1392. 13 Aprilis. (Capta est): Quod fit gratia provido viro MARCO PAULO quod ipse absolvatur a pena incursa pro eo quod non fecit circari unam suam conductam c.u.m ignoraverit ordinem circa hoc.

Ego MARCUS MICHAEL consiliarius m.p.s.

Ego PAULUS DELPHINUS consiliarius m.p.s.

Ego MARCUS SIBOTO de mandato ipsorum cancellavi.

4--(1305).

Resolution of the _Maggior Consiglio_, under date 10th April, 1305, in which Marco Polo is styled Marcus Paulo Milioni. (See p. 67 of vol. i.) In the _Archivio Generate, Maggior Cons. Reg. M.S._, Carta 82.[2]

"Item quod fiat gratia Bonocio de Mestre de illis Libris centum quinquaginta duobus, in quibus ext.i.tit condempnatus per Capitaneos Postarum, occasione vini per eum portati contra bampnum, isto modo _videlicet_ quod solvere debeat dictum debitum hinc ad annos quatuor, solvendo annuatim quartum dicti debiti per hunc modum, _scilicet_ quod dictus Bonocius ire debeat c.u.m nostris Ambaxiatoribus, et soldum quod ei competet pro ipsis viis debeat scontari, et it quod ad solvendum dictum quartum deficiat per eum vel suos plegios integre persolvatur. Et sunt plegii _n.o.biles Viri_ PETRUS MAUROCENO et MARCHUS PAULO MILION et plures alii qui sunt scripti ad Cameram Capitaneorum Postarum."

5.--(1311).

Decision in Marco Polo's suit against Paulo Girardo, 9th March 1311, for recovery of the price of musk sold on commission, etc. (From the Archives of the _Casa di Ricovero_ at Venice, _Filza_ No. 202). (See vol. i. p. 70.)

"In nomine Dei Eterni Amen. Anno ab Incarnatione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi millesimo trecentesimo undecimo, Mensis Marci die nono, intrante Indicione Nona, Rivoalti ...

"c.u.m coram n.o.bilibus viris Dominis CATHARINO DALMARIO et MARCO LANDO, Judicibus Peticionum, Domino LEONARDO DE MOLINO, tercio Judice curie, tunc absente, inter n.o.bilem Virum MARc.u.m POLO de confinio Sancti Johannis Grisostomi ex una parte, et PAULUM GIRARDO de confinio Sancti Apollinaris ex altera parte, quo ex suo officio verteretur occasione librarum trium _denariorum grossorum Venetorum_ in parte una, quas sibi PAULO GIRARDO petebat idem MARCUS POLO pro dimidia libra muscli quam ab ipso MARCO POLO ipse PAULUS GIRARDO habuerat, et vendiderat precio suprascriptarum Librarum trium _den. Ven. gros._ et occasione _den.

Venet. gross._ viginti, quos eciam ipse MARCUS POLO eidem POLO Girardo pectebat pro manchamento unius sazii de musclo, quem dicebat sibi defficere de libra una muscli, quam simul c.u.m suprascripta dimidia ipse Paulus Girardo ab ipso MARCO POLO habuerat et receperat, in parte altera de dicta, Barbaro advocatori (sic) curie pro suprascripto MARCO POLO sive JOHANNIS (sic) POLO[3] de Confinio Sancti Johannis Grisostomi const.i.tutus in Curia pro ipso MARCO POLO sicut coram suprascriptis Dominis Judicibus legitimum testificatum ext.i.terat ... legi fecit quamdam cedulam bambazinam scriptam manu propria ipsius PAULI GIRARDI, cujus tenor talis, videlicet: ... "_de avril recevi io Polo Girardo da_ Missier Marco Polo _libre 1/2 de musclo metemelo libre tre de grossi.

Ancora recevi io_ Polo _libre una de musclo che me lo mete libre sei de grossi, et va a so risico et da sua vintura et damelo in choleganza a la mitade de lo precio._" * * * * "Quare c.u.m ipse Paulus noluerit satisfacere de predictis, nec velit ad presens * * * * * Condempnatum ipsum PAULUM GIRARDO in expensis pro parte dicti MARCI PAULO factis in questione, dando et a.s.signando sibi terminum competentem pro predictis omnibus et singulis persolvendis, in quem terminum si non solveret judicant ipsi domini judices quod capi debetur ipse PAULUS GERARDO et carceribus Comunis Venetiarum precludi, de quibus exire non posset donec sibi MARCO PAULO omnia singula suprascripta exolvenda dixisset, non obstante absencia ipsius PAULI GERARDO c.u.m sibi ex parte Domini Ducis proministeriale Curie Palacii preceptum fuisset ut hodie esset ad Curiam Peticionum.

"Ego KATHARINUS DALMARIO Judex Peticionum manu mea subscripsi

"Ego MARCUS LANDO Judex Peticionum manu mea subscripsi

"Ego NICOLAUS, Presbiter Sancti Canciani notarius complevi et roboravi."

6.--(1319).

In a list of doc.u.ments preserved in the Archives of the _Casa di Ricovero_, occurs the entry which follows. But several recent searches have been made for the doc.u.ment itself in vain.

* "No 94 MARCO GALETTI _investe della proprieta dei beni che si trovano in S. Giovanni Grisostomo MARCO POLO di Nicolo. 1319, 10 Settembre, rogato dal notaio Nicolo Prete di S. Canciano_."

The notary here is the same who made the official record of the doc.u.ment last cited.

[This doc.u.ment was kept in the Archives of the _Ist.i.tuto degli Esposti_, now transferred to the _Archivio di Stato_, and was found by the Ab.

Cav. V. Zanetti, and published by him in the _Archivio Veneto_, XVI., 1878, pp. 98-100; parchment, 1157, filza I.; Marco Polo the traveller, according to a letter of the 16th March, 1306, had made in 1304, a loan of 20 _lire di grossi_ to his cousin Nicolo, son of Marco the elder; the sum remaining unpaid at the death of Nicolo, his son and heir Marcolino became the debtor, and by order of the Doge Giovanni Soranzo, Marco Galetti, according to a sentence of the _Giudici del Mobile_, of the 2nd July, transferred to the traveller Marco on the 10th September, 1319, _duas proprietates que sunt hospicia et camere posite in ... confinio sancti Ihoanis grisostomi que fuerunt Nicolai Paulo_. This Doc.u.ment is important, as it shows the exact position of Marcolino in the family.--H.C.]

7.--(1323).

Doc.u.ment concerning House Property in S. Giovanni Grisostomo, adjoining the Property of the Polo Family, and sold by the Lady Donata to her husband Marco Polo. Dated May, 1323.