[114] Togato. The State dignitaries of Venice wore robes of various colours and forms, according to their office. A simple nobleman was bound to go abroad in a flowing robe of silk, or toga, ample enough to conceal whatever costume he may have worn beneath it.
[115] Armata, composed of naval and military forces, to act equally on sea and shore.
[116] It seems from the names of these larger galleys that they were the official ships of the Provveditore, his own flag-ship and her attendant convoy. Romanin (vol. viii. p. 372) says that at this epoch Venice kept fifteen heavy galleys, ten lighter, nine sailing ships of the frigate build, and twenty-four armed craft of other descriptions. The galleys and sailing ships were commanded only by patricians. This was her peace establishment.
[117] Gozzi says adjutante alone. Adjutante di campo is aide-de-camp.
[118] This word is in the Italian armata. The armata, to which Gozzi belonged, was properly an armament of mixed naval and military forces, and armata would naturally be translated "navy." He was attached to it, however, in the quality of soldier, and was eligible (as we shall afterwards see) for transfer into the land forces of the State in Lombardy. Thus he belonged to the Venetian army.
[119] This was the highest office in the State to which a cittadino could aspire. It conferred the rank of cavaliere. The Grand Chancellor could open public despatches; he attended the sittings of the Grand Council and the Senate, but without a vote, and was the official chief of all the civil servants.
[120] Probably Freschot, the author of several works on Venice, a Frenchman by birth.
[121] The native Dalmatians of Slav origin, inhabiting the inland villages and country districts, were called by this name.
[122] Scogli. A long low island opposite the harbour of Zara is so called.
[123] This and other French terms show to what extent the military system of Venice had been modernised.