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Act 3, scene 1. A street in Venice. 1496-1497.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman.

Rod. Most grave Brabantio,
in simple and pure soul I come to you.
Bra. The worse the welcome,
I have charged thee not to haunt about my doors!
Rod.The inhabitants of Hellas revolted
against our benevolent reign
Bra. Why bother me? Sure our army will crush
these rebels.
Rod. Our generals sent the army in,
but the Greeks butchered them, none escaped.
Bra. Raise new troops! The new artillery! (ooc: land tech: artillery)

Act 3, scene 2. The palace. 1498-1499.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Augustino Barbarino, Duke of Venice
Andrea Loredan, an admiral.
Duke
admiral It is good tidings I report, my Lord,
all our ships are now equipped with guns
as taught us by the Turks.
Duke That is good news indeed, good Andrea.
we will need it, as our friends in Egypt
have signed such a humiliating peace
as never has the world heard of before
or after, Lebanon and Delta are
under Ottoman rule.
Brabantio Our merchants have improved their book keeping
these arab numerals are much easier
than our own Latin ones.
Duke I value your opinion, senator
what about sending off some nieces to
Navarra and Poland, to cement relations?
Brabantio By all means do, my Lord,
Trade flows more easily in a peaceful and happy world
The recent conquest of Wallachia
by Hungary greatly troubled our trade.
Duke Moldovia conquered it first, we took
no part in that war. But Moldovia did not
annex its neighbour.

Act 3, scene 3. A quay in Venice. 1500-1514.
Dramatis personae.
Antonio and Salarino, merchants of Venice.
A ferry sails west​
Ant. It makes me sad to see such noble friends
depart. The ships carry my goods to the
great, wealthy towns, Vienna, Milan, to trade
the products bought in far of Quatar and Damman
Sal. After your losses in Egypt you did
well, remarkably so, in the trade with Quatar.
Ant.I sent traders, thirty in all, and they
in Quatar buy the local spices.
Sal. But your attempt to sell Dammans white wool
in Europe nearly sent you bankrupt.
Ant. The caravan of wagons with rich spices
will certainly make me in Vienna and
Milan the leading vendor.
Sal.Don't you think that the new war between
England, Hanze, Brandenburg, Pommerania
and Portugal versus France, Navarra,
Papal States, Thuringen, Sweden and
Hessen might effect your trade?
Ant.What, a war you say? But nay,
we are not involved, so our goods are safe.

ooc: Actually there were several revolts in Greece in this period, but the one in Hellas was the most noteworthy with the peasants defeating an equal sized army of regulars (at half pay).
 
How large was the revolt?
 
Originally posted by Morpheus506
How large was the revolt?
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I can not recall these ones (I am now around 1550, just gotta cath up a lot in aar writing), but these were moderate sized.
I guess they were between 10-20000.
 
I write a lot differently then most styles that have been talked about. I write at the same time that I play, instead of taking notes, and it works pretty well. I don't have to translate illegible shorthand...:p
 
Act 4, scene 1. The palace of the Duke. 1515.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Leonardo Loredano, Duke of Venice
Grimani and Lomellini, admirals.

Duke Neighbour Navarra has committed its
hugh army of fully sixty thousand
man against Calais, so the way is open
to pursue the conquest of Milan.
Brabantio Would a new war not harm our trade, my Lord?
DukeOur trade will recover. And think what gain
we can make by winning small Genoa!
[Grimani] The Turk is at peace, war is a matter
of time.
Duke So we had better be large, when that happens!

Act 4, scene 2. A quay in Venice. 1515.
Dramatis personae.
Antonio and Salarino, merchants of Venice.
Antonio My caravans are safely on their way
to Milan and Vienna
Salarino Have you heard the Duke declared war again?
Antonio No, on who?
Salarino On tiny Navarra, who controls Milan.
Antonio Oh no! That is half my money gone!
Salarino No all, as soon as Vienna heard it
they declared war on us.

Act 4 scene 3. A soldiers tent in the field. 1515.
Dramatis personae.
two soldiers
soldier 1 Sitting and rotting, that is not a life.
soldier 2 Be glad we are outside Milan, and not inside
there is hunger after half a year of siege.
soldier 1 I would have liked to give the French a whipping.
soldier 2 Better stay here and live, let the Hungar take
care of them.

Act 4 scene 4. A soldiers tent in the field. 1516.
Dramatis personae.
two soldiers
soldier 1 Milan is for the Duke, but plunder not
for us.
soldier 2 Nay, ours is the running.
soldier 1 From Austrias soldiers.
soldier 2 But as soon as the enemy has gone
soldier 1 we return to the siege of Laiback
soldier 2 To be kicked out when the Austrian returns.
soldier 1 It is clear, our officers can not fight
we loose each and every clash of arms
So they let us build our tents and sit.

an officer comes up
officerGood news my men, we are gonna capture
this town my storm.
soldier 1 It will be a failure, it's clear.
We will all die as nameless heroes.
officerThan what did you expect?
Fame as theater actors?
If someone is foolish enough to write
a play, he will certainly not call it
"The soldiers of Venice".
soldier 1 (under his breath)
I bet it wont be called The officers of Venice either.

Act 4, scene 5. The palace of the Duke. 1516.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Leonardo Loredano, Duke of Venice
Grimani and Lomellini, admirals.
Brabantio Congratulations, my Lord, we have
won a splendid peace.
Duke Austria gave us Carnolia and
Styria, the latter stocked with gold.
Brabantio The Hungar fought better than we performed
wearing out sixty thousand enemies
taking Odenburg, and driving away
fifty thousand more from all over Europe.
Duke{/i] But at the final moment we entered Vienna
and the emperor signed our treaty!
 
Act 5, scene 1. The palace of the Duke. 1521.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Antonio Grimano, Duke of Venice
a general.

Bra. Your niece Elianora was refused
as fiancée by the noble prince
of Moldovia, noble Duke.
Duke. It is already the second time they
refuse our princesses, do not despair
They will not refuse our third princess, they
would not insult us thrice, if she is fair
or ugly it will not matter.
Bra. Both Genoa, France, Ryazan and Spain
have sent the flower of their youth
these spouses are our noble princes gain.
Duke. Then there is the slight matter of revolts
Over fifty thousand peasants block the gold
from Styria.
gen. The winter was our strongest friend
who has for us the peasants homeward sent
Our well trained troops will defeat these revolts
In Styria, as well as in Carnolia and Kosovo.
Duke. Then we can trust the revolts will be smashed
this summer?
gen. Oh, certainly, my duke.
Duke. But you told me this every spring
for two years in a row. And twice we lost the battle.
gen. It will not happen again, my duke.


Act 5, scene 2. A battle field in Styria. 1524.
Dramatis personae.
Two soldiers.
soldier 1 Another 'tactical withdrawal'
before impossible odds.
soldier 2 If you prefer honour above your skin,
by all means save it.
soldier 1 Milan, Carnolia, Styria,
we come to liberate them and then they
rise against us.
soldier 2 Don't wreck your brains about the worries
of our officers and generals, just save your skin.
soldier 1 Thrice they rose, thrice they fought
us, now they are gone, so let's built our tent
and siege again.

Act 5, scene 3. A quay in Venice. 1527.
Dramatis personae.
Antonio and Salarino, merchants of Venice.
Antonio My ships are loaded with men and goods
merchants for Isfahan and Novgorod.
Salarino And goods for Egypt, I guess?
Antonio Yes, how do you know?
Salarino All of Venice knows that we have just one sod
who starts to trade more, not less
when there is a war to grow.

Act 5, scene 4. The palace of the Duke. 1528.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Andrea Gritti, Duke of Venice
a general.
Duke This spring the foul Ottomites jumped on us
and two battles have been fought, do we have insufficient
troops, that both are lost?
general No, in both battles we had a clear majority
in foot, cavalry and artillery.
'T is our training and morale, which breaks us.
Duke Then what shall we do?
general Avoid battle, and siege their towns.
We have great expertise in sieging, my duke.

Act 5, scene 4. The palace of the Duke. 1531.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Andrea Gritti, Duke of Venice
an ambassador from Turkey.
emb. It is my mission to present to you
my noble lord, the treaty that will ensure
peace between us and Venice, between you
and our noble Sultan.
Duke What would that peace bring us?
emb. Peace, my Lord, means safety for your traders
safety of your ships, your goods and money thus.
Duke Our armies secure our trade.
emb. And what about if the Sultan ceded
control of Albania, with its priceless wool?
Duke Winning over Bulgaria and Rumelia
might make me think about peace. Realize that
our armies control full four provinces.
emb. It is impossible to withstand
your wishes, you will have these areas.
Duke I also wish you to restore freedom
to Moldavia
emb. It is impossible my Lord, it is incorporated
into our realm. Now take these two provinces, or I must leave.
Bra.Take it, my Lord, or our allies are doomed.
Duke So let it be written, so let it be done.

Act 5, scene 5. A battle field in Styria. 1534.
Dramatis personae.
Two soldiers.
soldier 1 Revolts, revolts, revolts, revolts, revolts!
soldier 2 't is the soldiers life
to have their balmy slumbers waked with strife.
soldier 1 Styria, Styria, and Bulgaria
never will they accept to be our fife.
soldier 2 They say tiny Georgia is joining us
in a holy bond against the Turk.
 
A victory against the Turk, well done! Too bad about Moldovia, though:( ...
 
I stumbled on this by accident but it's awesome! Especially because I read the Merchant of Venice pretty recently.
 
Venice1534.jpg


thx, Morpheus, Count.

Much as I liked tMoV in my school days, I am now drawing most of the main characters from Othello, the moor of Venice.

Dont worry over Moldovia, they will be 'liberated' by my allies, the Hungarians.

My current strtategy is to concentrate on the rich Turkish provinces., leaving the poor ones for Turkey, or as crumbles for my Hunagrian allies.

The main worry at this stage of the alliance is to play it in such a way that the mameluk does not loose more than I gain.
 
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Are you in an alliance with the Mamelukes? If not, the simple way to stop that happening is to conquer them. If you are, station troops in the border provinces.

Also: Why have you not conquered Ragusa yet? You have a perfect casus belli against them, so why not take em out before the Turk decides to?

Speaking of casus belli, since morea is a core province for you, you could leave it unconquered long enough to take the Turk down another peg or two by keeping the casus belli.
 
Originally posted by Morpheus506
Are you in an alliance with the Mamelukes? If not, the simple way to stop that happening is to conquer them. If you are, station troops in the border provinces.

Also: Why have you not conquered Ragusa yet? You have a perfect casus belli against them, so why not take em out before the Turk decides to?

Speaking of casus belli, since morea is a core province for you, you could leave it unconquered long enough to take the Turk down another peg or two by keeping the casus belli.
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A) Yes, I am in an alliance with both Hungary and Mameluks. The Mameluks are very useful: The Turks have an idee fixe about the Mameulks, they always send their main army of 70-100.000 men, which they always build up in Thrace, towards Egypt. Poor mameluk. He always ends beaten up. But meanwhile, I use the absence of Turkish armies to siege Thrace and a few other provinces. Hungary covers my back by sieging the poor provinces behind me. When I have Thrace, Turkey has arrived in Egypt, beaten the M. armies, and is sieging some provinces. But all Venetian officesr have a siege bonus (I dont know what historical reason this has) so I can usually claim some provinces before Turkey claims something from the mameluk.

b) I have not yet conquere Ragusa because it is a vassal of my ally Hungary. Also, I am not the world colouration type player, so I avoid bad boy wars. Annexing Ragusa would raise my bb rating.

c) Yes, this is exactly the reason why I left Morea untouched.
 
Act 6, scene 1. A quay in Venice. 1537.
Dramatis personae.
Antonio and Salarino, merchants of Venice.
a messenger.
Antonio My ships are sailing off to Trace and to Egypt
Salarino The I bet the Turk will declare war any minute
't is always when you sent ships.

Act 6, scene 2. A battle field in Styria. 1539.
Dramatis personae.
Two soldiers.
An officer.
[soldier 1]

And let me the canakin clink clink
And let me the canakin clink
A soldier 's a man
A life 's but a span
Why then let a soldier drink
center
soldier 2 Is wine your only thought?
soldier 1 Sure, the Turks have none!
officer The Hungar has taken Moldovia and sieges Bosina,
with Thrace taken, we march for Anatolia tomorrow.
soldier 2 And Suleiman?
officer He sieges Bulgaria with fully 70000 men
madness, winter will be our friend.

Act 6, scene 3. The palace of the Duke. 1540.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Pietro Lando, Duke of Venice
Duke Congratulations on your excellent
performance, my Duke.
Bra. Duke? I feel flattered, my Duke,
but how can our city have two dukes?
Duke You are right, I demote you to marquis
Bra. Thank you, my Duke.
Duke Hungary has acccepted Moldavia for peace
Bra. Now just the poor Mameluk, bearing the full
wrath of their neighbours, remains.
Duke Algiers has already been paid with gold.

(ooc: I got promoted to Duke, then demoted within a month.)

Act 6, scene 4. The palace of the Duke. 1543.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Pietro Lando, Duke of Venice
Bra. Savoy agreed to enter into a bond
with us, my Lord. Your personal gift to their prince
worked wonders.
Duke The Egyptian was forced to surrender three
provinces to the Hafsids, it is a pity.
How is the French?
Bra. Bavaria rebelled to independance
and Portugal got a nominal amount
Duke Should we attack them while they are weak?
Bra. No, we are traders, not warriors.
Let others fight, we will deal and weal.​
 
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Act 7, scene 1. A quay in Venice. 1552.
Dramatis personae.
Antonio and Salarino, merchants of Venice.
a messenger.
Antonio Watch the beauty of my ships, with the most precious goods
sailing off to Egypt and to Trace.
Salarino I think I have heard this before.
Antonio Watch them sailing over the open space.
Salarino What goods do you have in store?
Antonio Goods from all over Europe, Everything you
may wish.
Salarino Where do you trade?
Antonio In Venice and in Thrace, I have twenty
five percent of the market. And I am
sending more merchants to far aweay Spain.

Act 7, scene 2. The palace of the Duke. 1553.
Dramatis personae.
Brabantio, a senator
Franco Donato, Duke of Venice
Bra. You called for me, my Lord?
Duke Indeed, sit down, my dear Brabantio.
Our esteemed neighbour, the Turkish Sultan
informed us he wants to get rid of some land.
Bra. Those were his own words?
Duke No, his words were a declaration of war
on Egypt. I am afraid we will have to force him.
Bra. Are we loyal to Egypt?
Duke We have always been and will remain so.
Bra. But they have over 100.000 men in Thrace alone,
we barely 30.000 all together.
Duke Those men will march on Egypt but we will rescue it.

Act 7, scene 3. A camping field before the walls of Thrace. 1554.
Dramatis personae.
Two soldiers.
soldier 1 What are you doing, my friend? Did you loose something?
soldier 2 I am looking for the holes?
soldier 1 The holes?
soldier 2 Yes, the holes. The holes of the tentpins
of last time we camped here.
soldier 1 You mean from before the fourth time the Turks
chased us away?
soldier 2 The fourth time? You mean the fifth!
soldier 1 The fourth!
soldier 2 The fifth!
soldier 1 The fourth!
soldier 2 The fifth!
soldier 1 The fourth!
soldier 2 The fifth!

Two officers enter.
Officer 1 Make haste, brave men!
After Thrace it is Ragusa, which has declared war on us,
we have to take it!
soldier 1 Good, Ragusa is less hot than this sun!
soldier 2 Right you are, everywhere is cooler than here.
officer 2 What were you quarrelling about?
soldier 2 He errs, it is the fifth time we camp before
the walls of Constantinople this war.
Officer 1 It is no use to repeat ones own
opinion without argument.
Take your officers as an example,
we never quarrel but settle by reason
Officer 2 Yes, we officers of the fourth
regiment are the most intelligent of the entire army
Officer 1 Of the fifth regiment!
Officer 2 No, the fourth!
Officer 1 The fifth!
Officer 2 The fourth!
Officer 1 The fifth!
Officer 2 The fourth!
Officer 1 The fifth!

[exeunt officers]

Act 7, scene 4. The palace of the Duke. 1555.
Brabantio, a senator
Franco Donato, Duke of Venice
Bra. I return with honour, my Lord.
Duke Ragusa agreed with our generous peace offer?
Bra. They did, my Lord. They are now part
of our republic.
Duke Congratulations, my senator. That is two new provinces,
as Turkey surrendered Angora to us.
Bra. But there is more, my Lord.
Duke Please tell me.
Bra. The Hafsids sued for peace and offered
Samaria and Judea.
Duke That sounds like a good deal.
Bra. I took the liberty to sign in your name,
my Lord.
Duke I should rebuke you, but you have done well.
Bra. Thank you, my Lord.

Act 7, scene 5. The palace of the Duke. 1555.
Brabantio, a senator
Laurenti Priuli, Duke of Venice
Bra. Our brave general, the moor Othello,
has worked wonders, my Lord.
Duke Tell me, how?
Bra. After our peace with Hafsids, Egypt was still
in trouble with Turkey, Nubia, Cyrenaica and Algiers.
Duke They surrendered Aleppo to the Turk.
Bra. He landed his army in the middle of the desert, took
Kabyla and their capitol, and returned with a peace offer.
Duke What do they offer?
Bra. Kabyla, my Lord.
Duke We will accept.
 
I though you said you weren't going to annex Ragusa?:p ;)
 
Well, uh, I didnt want to rack up bad boy points and lower my stability with a Dow, but now they insisted by declaring war on me....
 
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