The witnesses are Lionardo priest of S. Felice, Lionardo clerk of the
same, and the Notary Pietro Pagano priest of the same.
[2] According to Romanin (I. 321) the lira dei grossi was also called
Lira d'imprestidi, and if the lire here are to be so taken, the
sum will be 10,000 ducats, the largest amount by far that occurs in
any of these Polo documents, unless, indeed, the 1000 lire in Sec. 5 of
Maffeo Junior's Will be the like; but I have some doubt if such lire
are intended in either case.
[3] "(Resolved) That grace be granted to the respectable MARCO PAULO,
relieving him of the penalty he has incurred for neglecting to have
his water-pipe examined, seeing that he was ignorant of the order on
that subject." (See Appendix C. No. 3.) The other reference, to M.
Polo, of S. Geremia, runs as follows: -
[MCCCII. indic. XV. die VIII. Macii q fiat gra Guillo aurifici q ipe
absolvat a pena i qua dicit icurisse p uno spotono sibi iueto veuiedo
de Mestre ppe domu Maci Pauli de Canareglo ui descenderat ad
bibendu.]
"That grace be granted to William the Goldsmith, relieving him of the
penalty which he is stated to have incurred on account of a spontoon
(spontono, a loaded bludgeon) found upon him near the house of MARCO
PAULO of Cannareggio, where he had landed to drink on his way from
Mestre." (See Cicogna, V. p. 606.)
[4] Sansovino, Venezia, Citta Nobilissima e Singolare, Descritta, etc.,
Ven. 1581, f. 236 v.; Barbaro, Alberi; Coronelli, Allante Veneto,
I. 19.
[5] The word Millio occurs several times in the Chronicle of the Doge
Andrea Dandolo, who wrote about 1342; and Milion occurs at least
once (besides the application of the term to Polo) in the History of
Giovanni Villani; viz. when he speaks of the Treasury of Avignon: -
"diciotto milioni di fiorini d'oro ec. che ogni milione e mille
migliaja di fiorini d' oro la valuta." (xi. 20, Sec. 1; Ducange, and
Vocab. Univ. Ital.). But the definition, thought necessary by
Villani, in itself points to the use of the word as rare. Domilion
occurs in the estimated value of houses at Venice in 1367, recorded in
the Cronaca Magna in St. Mark's Library. (Romanin, III. 385).
[6] "Also; that Pardon be granted to Bonocio of Mestre for that 152 lire
in which he stood condemned by the Captains of the Posts, on account
of wine smuggled by him, in such wise:
