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CHAPTER V.

Casola and the other Pilgrims go on Board the
Jaffa Galley.— Description of the Galley.—The
Officers and Crew.—The Number of Pilgrims.—
First Day at Sea.—Parenzo.—The Cathedral.—
Absenteeism of the Clergy, — The Franciscan
Monastery.—Church of St. Nicholas.—Voyage to
Zara—Cathedral.—Franciscan Monastery.—Church
of St. Simeon.— Relic of that Saint.—Sermon
Preached in the Cathedral at Zara by Fra. F.
Trivulzio.—Departure from Zara.

Oisr Wednesday, the 4th of June, at sunset, having taken
leave first of the Magnificent Don Tadiolo Vicomercato,
the ducal Ambassador, and also of the other friends, I
entered a boat in the company of the aforesaid Fra
Francesco and certain other pilgrims and non-pilgrims
to go to the galley. This had gone outside the port to a
place called ^^ Above the Two Castles,'^ ^ five miles distant
from Venice they say, and there we went on board the
galley, which was called the Jaffa Galley.

Outside it has the shape of the other Venetian galleys.
It is eighty hraccia ^ long, and where it is widest it is only
twenty hraccia. There is a platform all round outside,
projecting from the body of the galley, more than a
hraccio wide, which is supported by numerous brackets
attached to the body of the galley. On this platform
many bales of merchandise and also many barrels and

1.    Beyond the two Castles of Sant' Andrea and San Nicoletto at the entrance to the
Lido Channel.

2.    The Venetian Braccio (for measuring wool) = '683396 metres.

„                „      (for measuring silk) =-638721     „
The Milanese........       =-594936     ..