On the following 19 February he was appointed to negotiate with Scaramelli, the Venetian ambassador.

Various Austrian, Venetian and French ambassadors have left accounts of what such an audience looked like.

Donato later served as the Venetian ambassador to the Vatican and lived at Rome for many years.

The Venetian ambassadors then returned empty-handed from Constantinople, their mission had been a total failure.

(Letter of the Venetian ambassador, 7 November 1615).

In 1473, he was one of several Venetian ambassadors to Persia.

Five years later he accompanied, as physician, the Venetian ambassador to Damascus, where he died soon after his arrival.

In 1622, the Venetian ambassador describes how James would not "eat, sup, or remain an hour without him and considers him his whole joy."

Bugles sound, announcing the arrival of the Venetian ambassador, Lodovico.

His diplomatic career began with a posting as Venetian ambassador to the Dutch Republic.