title: An Italian Renaissance Sextet: Six Tales in Historical Context (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library)
author:  Lauro Martines 
description: <b>Murtha Baca</b> is head of the Standards and Vocabulary Programs at the Getty Research Institute.
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  # A Cleric in Naples
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Jacques Casanova
  
  
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  CHAPTER VIII
  
  
  CHAPTER IX
  
  
  CHAPTER X
  
  
  CHAPTER XI
  
  
  CHAPTER XII
  
  
  
  
  
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  MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT 1725-1798
  
  
  VENETIAN YEARS, Volume 1b--A CLERIC IN NAPLES
  
  
  
  
  
  THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR
  
  
  MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVERED
  
  
  BY ARTHUR SYMONS.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  CHAPTER VIII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  My Misfortunes in Chiozza--Father Stephano--The Lazzaretto at
  
  
  Ancona --The Greek Slave--My Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Loretto--I Go
  
  
  to Rome on Foot, and From Rome to Naples to Meet the Bishop--I Cannot
  
  
  Join Him--Good Luck Offers Me the Means of Reaching Martorano, Which
  
  
  Place I Very Quickly Leave to Return to Naples
  
  
    
  The retinue of the ambassador, which was styled "grand," appeared
  
  
  to me very small. It was composed of a Milanes