Doge. I found the law; I did not make it. Were I
A subject, still I might find parts and portions
Fit for amendment; but as Prince, I never
Would change, for the sake of my house, the charter
Left by our fathers.
Mar.Did they make it for
The ruin of their children?
Doge.Under such laws, Venice400
Has risen to what she is—a state to rival
In deeds, and days, and sway, and, let me add,