the ſeniors, the members of which hold their places for two years, aſſiſted by ſome other councils; and four parts in five of the ſenate muſt agree in paſſing a law. The doge is obliged to reſide in the public palace the two years he enjoys his office, with two of the ſeniors, and their families. The palace where he reſides, and where the great and little council, and the two colleges of the procuratori and gouvernatori aſſemble, is a large ſtone building in the center of the city. At the expiration of his time, he retires to his own houſe for eight days, when his adminiſtration is either approved or condemned; and in the latter caſe, he is proceeded againſt as a criminal. At the election of the doge, a crown of gold is placed on his head, and a ſceptre in his hand, as king of Corſica, he is attended with life-guards, is clothed in crimſon velvet, and ſtyled Moſt Serene, the ſenators Excellencies, and the nobility Illuſtrious.
The nobility are allowed to trade in the wholeſale way; to carry on velvet, ſilk, and cloth manufactures; and to have ſhares in merchant ſhips: and ſome of them, as the Palavacini, are actually the greateſt merchants in Genoa.
The extent is about one hundred and fifty-two miles, the breadth from eight to twenty miles.
