"
"Ay, but we _have_ sinned--by rebellion against the Holy Church. Marco,
it is not easy for men to submit; but Father Francesco says the women
shall save Venice."
"The women of Venice are priest-ridden!" the young Senator cried
angrily, breaking away from her. "If there is trouble, it is the priests
who have brought it. They cannot be a separate power within Venice!"
"Not a separate power, Marco, only the representative of the Church,
which is the supreme power."
"These things are not for women to discuss," he exclaimed in
astonishment that she should attempt to reason on such a subject.
"Not for women, and not for men," she answered quietly. "The power of
the Holy Father is by _divine_ right."
"Marina, if thou canst say so much, thou _shalt_ understand the rest!"
he cried desperately. "So also is the power of temporal princes by
divine right--if not even more, as some of the authorities would have
it. But the temporal prince hath right only to that within his own
jurisdiction. Granting the divine right to the spiritual prince, it
lieth only within his own province.
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