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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... If he had set out on his journey publicly, the people of Venice would have risen to prevent him; such was their veneration for "Paul the Venetian, " and such the strong feeling of these independent citizens against the Pope of Rome. This is a subject too little considered; it needed but to convince the understanding of the Venetians that their liberties were infringed, and for a time even superstition was flung to the winds. It was not cowardice that made Fra Paolo decline to go to Rome-, we have seen that he looked on the excommunication of the Pope as null and void, he had defended a righteous cause, and in reply to the charges brought against his writings in favor of the laws and dominion of his Prince, he could point to the Holy Book of God and repeat, " Rex qui judicat in veritate pauperes thronus ejus in aeternum firmabitur. " Of the citation to Rome, Fra F. Micanzio writes, "Notwithstanding his moderation, it was not in his power to prevent his being cited to Rome to give account of his writings. To which citation he answered by a manifesto which is in print, wherein he proved the nullity of the citation, and the impossibility of his going to Rome. It has never been confuted. What followed will show whether he had reason to trust himself there, or whether it was just, as he had humbly petitioned that some place be assigned where he might make his defence before proceeding further. It seemed that God, the Just Judge, at the time that this tempest of persecution arose against him, consoled and comforted him; and as the Divine Majesty does not lay heavier burdens upon His servants than what by His divine grace they are able to bear, the fatigue of his office increasing as well as persecution, he was...