16. Should the whole amount of his property between cash and goods not
amount to 10,000 lire (though he believes he has fully as much), his
bequests are to be ratably diminished, except those to his own
children which he does not wish diminished. Should any legatee die
before receiving the bequest, its amount shall fall to the Testator's
heir male, and failing such, the half to go to Marco or his male heir,
and the other half to be distributed for the good of the souls
aforesaid.
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.
