Read the decree.
Badoero (reads.)
“It is hereby enacted, that if any Patrician be seen to hold intercourse in secret with the ambassadors of France or Spain, or pass their thresholds after sunset, he shall be held guilty of treason and shall suffer its penalty.”
Doge.
’Tis well; such is the Senate’s voice. And now
Another duty. Summon Foscarini.
[A guard goes out, and returns with Foscarini.
Antonio Foscarini!
To you our council hath decreed the trust
Of the embassy to Switzerland. We will