<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishIngawa viongozi wa Ulaya Magharibi walitazama kwa hamu, hawakutuma msaada mwingi, na kwa njia isiyo na kifani upinzani wa Venice ulipungua.  <response>: Though Western Europes leaders watched with baited breath, they sent little support, and inexorably Venetian resistance was worn away. 