serenissimus

The electors and reigning dukes were but ill-pleased with such precedence, and in their turn laid claim to the designation of "serenissimus," and the title of "brother," for themselves, and the style of "excellency" for their ambassadors.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

They show a healthy feeling for the odiousness of the business, but he cleverly shifts the responsibility to Dux serenissimus, who must of course know what is good for him.

The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901

_Dux serenissimus_, who must of course know what is good for him.

The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886

The Emperor was also made Consul of _Rome_, and his son _Pipin_ crowned King of _Italy_: and henceforward the Emperor stiled himself: _Carolus serenissimus, Augustus, à Deo coronatus, magnus, pacificus, Romæ gubernans imperium_, or _Imperator Romanorum_; and was prayed for in the Churches of _Rome_.

Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684

See Harrisse, tom.ii. pp. 353-357.] [Footnote 493: The authority for Bartholomew Columbus having sailed to the Cape of Good Hope with Dias is a manuscript note of his own in Christopher's copy of the _Imago Mundi_: "Nota quod hoc anno de 88 [it should be 87] in mense decembri appulit in Ulixbona Bartholomeus Didacus capitaneus trium carabelarum quem miserat serenissimus rex Portugalie in Guineam ad tentandum terrain.

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871