Having failed to find a replacement government scribe, the Venetian Senate eventually acquiesced and purchased a number of printing presses from local businesses to facilitate future mass communication from the Senate to the people. It's first order of business - to explain the production of the new Arsenale di Canea:

𝔄𝔦 𝔟𝔲𝔬𝔫𝔦 𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔦 𝔡𝔦 𝔙𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞,

 

𝔒𝔤𝔤𝔦 𝔳𝔦 𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔪𝔬 𝔩𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔷𝔦𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔲𝔫 𝔫𝔲𝔬𝔳𝔬 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔠𝔞 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔞. 𝔐𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔦 𝔩'𝔄𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔡𝔢 𝔙𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞 𝔢̀ 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔞 𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔰𝔠𝔦𝔲𝔱𝔞 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔩 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔩𝔞 𝔭𝔦𝔲̀ 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢, 𝔬𝔤𝔤𝔦 𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔞𝔪𝔬 𝔡𝔦 𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔳𝔬𝔩𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢 𝔩𝔞 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔞𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔞̀ 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔞 ℜ𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔞 - 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔲𝔫'𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔯𝔞!

𝔏𝔞 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔞̀ 𝔡𝔦 ℭ𝔞𝔫𝔢𝔞 𝔰𝔦 𝔰𝔱𝔞 𝔤𝔦𝔞̀ 𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔬 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬 𝔲𝔫 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔳𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔞𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔞̀ 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔦, 𝔪𝔞 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔞𝔪𝔬 𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔞 𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔞 𝔡𝔦 𝔭𝔦𝔲̀: 𝔦𝔩 𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔭𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔈𝔤𝔢𝔬. 𝔄 𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔬 𝔲𝔫 𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬 𝔄𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔫𝔢𝔩 𝔩𝔬𝔯𝔬 𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔬, 𝔲𝔫𝔬 𝔡𝔢𝔤𝔩𝔦 𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔢 𝔬𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔦 𝔡𝔦 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔬 𝔮𝔲𝔦 𝔞 𝔙𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞! 𝔔𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔫 𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔯𝔞𝔭𝔦𝔡𝔞 𝔢 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔢𝔰𝔢𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔞 𝔦𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔞 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔞𝔤𝔤𝔦:

 

1. 𝔏𝔞 𝔭𝔦𝔲̀ 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔡𝔦𝔣𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔱𝔞̀ 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔮𝔲𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔠𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢, 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔦 𝔡𝔦 𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔬, 𝔡𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔦 𝔢 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔷𝔞 𝔡𝔦 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔞̀. 𝔓𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔬, 𝔩𝔞 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔞 𝔣𝔞𝔰𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔲𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔩𝔞 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔞 𝔡𝔦 𝔲𝔫 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬 𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔤𝔤𝔦𝔬 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔬, 𝔩𝔞 𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔬 𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔦, 𝔢 𝔩𝔞 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔷𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔠𝔦𝔬̀ 𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔪𝔬 𝔰𝔦𝔞 𝔲𝔫𝔞 𝔟𝔲𝔬𝔫𝔞 𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔞̀ 𝔡𝔦 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔞̀ 𝔢𝔵𝔱𝔯𝔞 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔩𝔞 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦 𝔭𝔦𝔲̀ 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦.

2. 𝔄𝔩 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔞 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔩 𝔣𝔲𝔫𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔫𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬 𝔄𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔢, 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔬 𝔲𝔫 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔦 𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔦 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔞̀, 𝔞𝔟𝔟𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔷𝔞 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢 𝔡𝔞 𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔦𝔫𝔣𝔯𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔠𝔲𝔦 𝔞𝔳𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔬 𝔟𝔦𝔰𝔬𝔤𝔫𝔬. 𝔔𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔢 𝔭𝔦𝔲̀ 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔬 (𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔬 𝔡𝔞𝔩 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔬 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔬) 𝔢 𝔩𝔢 𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬 𝔩'𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔬 𝔞𝔩𝔩'𝔄𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔞 𝔱𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔢 𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔤𝔦𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔬.

3. 𝔇𝔬𝔭𝔬 𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔦 𝔪𝔲𝔯𝔦 𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔬 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦, 𝔢̀ 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔩'𝔦𝔫𝔣𝔯𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔞 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔭𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔢. ℭ𝔦𝔬̀ 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔲𝔫 𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔷𝔞𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔢 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔦 𝔡𝔦 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔦 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦 𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔷𝔷𝔦𝔫𝔦 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦 𝔡𝔦 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦, 𝔦 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔦𝔫𝔦 𝔡𝔦 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔤𝔤𝔦𝔬 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔩'𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔤𝔤𝔦𝔬 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦 𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢 𝔢 𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬 𝔡𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔩𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔬 𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔞𝔠𝔮𝔲𝔞.

4. 𝔇𝔬𝔭𝔬 𝔩𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔭𝔞𝔩𝔦 𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢, 𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔞 𝔲𝔫𝔞 𝔰𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔷𝔞𝔱𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔩𝔞 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔲𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔢 𝔩𝔞 𝔯𝔦𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦 𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔢, 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔬 𝔞 𝔣𝔩𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔢 𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔈𝔤𝔢𝔬 𝔡𝔦 𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔷𝔞 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔷𝔞 𝔡𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔤𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔬 𝔞 𝔙𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞 .

5. 𝔇𝔬𝔭𝔬 𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬 𝔢̀ 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔬, 𝔤𝔩𝔦 𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔦 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬 𝔲𝔫 𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔯𝔬 𝔢𝔰𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔦 𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔦𝔞 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔬𝔡𝔬 𝔰𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩'𝔄𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔙𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞, 𝔠𝔬𝔫 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔦 𝔪𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔢.

 

𝔄 𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬, 𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔞 𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔤𝔤𝔦𝔬, 𝔩'𝔬𝔟𝔦𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔬 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔦 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦 𝔦𝔫 ​​𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬 𝔩𝔢 𝔤𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔦 𝔢 𝔩𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔦 𝔭𝔦𝔲̀ 𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔢, 𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔬𝔳𝔯𝔢𝔟𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔬 𝔞𝔲𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔩𝔞 𝔡𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔢 𝔞𝔦 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔲𝔱𝔦 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔦𝔬 𝔡𝔞 𝔢 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬 𝔩𝔞 ℜ𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔞. 𝔘𝔫 𝔲𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔠𝔲𝔰 𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔲𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔢 𝔯𝔦𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢 𝔫𝔞𝔳𝔦 𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔢, 𝔰𝔦𝔞 𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔦 𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔦, 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔬𝔡𝔬 𝔡𝔞 𝔯𝔦𝔡𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔢 𝔦 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔦 𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢 𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔬𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔱𝔦 𝔞𝔩 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔬.

ℭ𝔦 𝔞𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔪𝔬 𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔢𝔡𝔞 𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔬𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔰𝔢𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔞, 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔦 𝔡𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔢 𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔢𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔞̀ 𝔱𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔦 𝔡𝔦 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔷𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔢. 𝔘𝔫𝔞 𝔳𝔬𝔩𝔱𝔞 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔬, 𝔡𝔬𝔳𝔯𝔢𝔟𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔳𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔩𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔬 𝔡𝔢𝔩 𝔭𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔷𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔈𝔤𝔢𝔬 𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔦𝔬 𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔤𝔩𝔦 𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔦 𝔞 𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔯𝔢.

To the Good Citizens of Venice,

Today we bring to you the news of a grand new chapter in the rich history of Venetian shipbuilding. While for centuries the Arsenal de Venezia has been renown throughout the world as the greatest innovation in shipbuilding history, today we look to greatly expand the capacity of the Republic - by building another!

The Great city of Canea is already being expanded through a grand investment in its trade capabilities, but we believe it can be even more - the center of Venetian power in the Aegean. To this end, we will be building a second Arsenal in their protected harbor, one of the same design and operation as the one right here in Venice! This construction will not be quick, and will be done in a series of steps:

1. The largest difficulty in expanding this harbor comes from its shallow waters, built up with years of silt, debris, and general lack of depth. Therefore, the first stage of this project will take the form of a serious dredging of the harbor itself, clearing this silt and debris, and carving out what we hope to be a good amount of extra depth to allow for the production of larger vessels.

2. In order to continue protecting the workings of our Arsenal, a walled district will be created at the edge of the city, large enough to account for the dockyard infrastructure we will need. This will be in the deepest part of the harbor (deepened by step one) and have guards controlling access to the Arsenal at all hours of the day.

3. After the walls are put up, the main arsenal infrastructure can be created. This will include a specialized port for supply imports, large warehouses for ship parts, drydocks for the assembly of the ships themselves, and docking areas where ships can be loaded into the water.

4. Following the construction of the main shipbuilding areas, a specialized section of the arsenal will be built to facilitate the maintenance and repair of Venetian vessels, allowing for fleets and merchants in the Aegean to seek assistance without having to sail all the way to Venice.

5. After all this has been completed, engineers will conduct one more examination to ensure that everything has been set up in a similar manner to the Arsenal in Venice, with any needed changes being made.

Due to the shallower harbor, even despite dredging, the focus of ship creation at this arsenal will be military galleys and smaller merchant vessels, which should come in higher demand thanks to the great strides being made to boost trade to and from the Republic. An equal focus will be placed on the maintenance and repair of Venetian vessels, both military and mercantile, so as to lower costs normally associated with the process.

We expect this project to require three hundred and thirty-six thousand, nine hundred and eighteen florins to complete, and will require three years of construction. When finished, it should serve as a bastion of Venetian military and mercantile power in the Aegean, and facilitate trade for years to come.

The total cost for the Canean Arsenal will be 336,918 florins.

• As a frontloaded project, over half the cost will be paid up front, to a tune of 192,918 florins

• The other 144,000 florins will be paid over the following three years (8000 per tick)

4800 florins is spent on the acquisition of eight printing presses for the Venetian Senate.