 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - William akanga achangobva kutora kutonga kweDuchy apo Constantinople yakawira kumaOttomans. Somugari womuVenice, akazvibatanidza muchibvumirano pakati peVenice noUmambo hweOttoman, icho chakamupa mwero wakati wokudzivirirwa. Akasainawo chibvumirano naSultan Mehmed II chaimuziva saDuke uye kuti agare murugare uye achibvumirana nePorte; akagamuchirawo kodzero yekusimudza mureza weSt. Mark muumambo hwake. Kunyange zvakadaro, pakupedzisira Sultan Mehmed akamumanikidza kuti amubhadharire mutero, uye William akakwanisa kuramba ari pachigaro chake kusvikira afa paakangoita zvaidiwa naSultan. 