The Venetian Senate, faced with a shortage…
February 1510 CE
The Venetian Senate, faced with a shortage of both funds and men, had decided to send an embassy to Julius in order to negotiate a settlement.
The terms insisted on by the Pope are harsh: the Republic will lose her traditional power to appoint clergy in her territory, as well as all jurisdiction over Papal subjects in Venice, the Romagnan cities that had prompted the war are to be returned to Julius, and reparations are to be paid to cover his expenses in capturing them.
The Senate argues over the terms for two months, but finally accepts them on February 24, 1510.
Even before the Venetian ambassadors had presented themselves to Julius for absolution, however, the Council of Ten had privately resolved that the terms had been accepted under duress and are therefore invalid, and that Venice should violate them at the earliest opportunity.