 Hoti in return would provide Venetian campaigns with 300 troops, 80 of whom would be light cavalry.The enmity between Hoti and Balša III existed since at least 1414 when documents show him as requesting from Venice the extradition of two Hoti leaders who "harmed his lands" even though they were nominally his vassals.The Venetial administration of Scutari considering a possible raid by Hoti in their lands and the prospect of alliance with them did not accept his request.