Then some Biscayans took a skiff from a galley, and arrived out to me and carried me to shore, but I was almost exhausted by the water and the chilly, for it was Christmas. He then took depart of the Pope and the Emperor and came to Venice, and in a fantastic corridor, the greatest and richest which they have in their palace on the sea, they have set up the background of this affair, which is painted very, richly.