CHAPTER VIII.

The Sun of Venice set!--Many short-lived Doges and Dogaressas--Games at Cards--A stout unwieldy Dogaressa!--Another Hero-Doge--The Morea conquered--“Woman maketh Man!”--A wrinkled face--Loss of Candia--Universal idleness and indulgence--Venice dying as a whirling ballet-dancer!--A virtuous Dogaressa--Her cell a treasure-house--A Princess-costumier--A dress of solid gold!--A costly wedding--The Tragedy of Madonna Francesca Grimani-Mocenigo--A Lady-bountiful--A Cultured Do…