<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWafanyabiashara wa Venice, ambao walikuwa uti wa mgongo wa Jamhuri ya Serene, walikuwa na furaha sana kuondoa mizigo yao ya Mashariki ya bidhaa za kigeni kwa maisha ya Lombards katika bonde la Po na zaidi ya Alps kwa mahakama za Ulaya ya Kaskazini.  <response>: The merchants of Venice that were the backbone of the Most Serene Republic were only too happy to dessiminate their Oriental cargoes of exotic goods to the dour lives of Lombards in the Po valley and beyond the Alps to the courts of northern Europe. 