io6 THE REPUBLIC OF RAGUSA
Hungariae pro galleis et lignis nostris,” and later “ unum gonfalonerium ad modum penoni de sindone torto cum arma (sic) Regis Hungarias cum argento albo et cum argentum (sic) deauratum pro due. auri xxx.”1
   On June 27 the final treaty was signed by Lewis of Hungary and Giovanni Saraca, Archbishop of Ragusa, at ViSegrad. The Ragusans placed themselves under Hungarian protection, but were allowed to retain their own internal liberties more fully than under Venice. The King’s praises, instead of those of the Doge, were to be sung in the churches of Ragusa three times a year. The Hungarian standard was to be adopted as well as the banner of San Biagio, and 500 ipperperi a year were to be paid to the King. Should Hungary be engaged in naval warfare Ragusa must provide one galley for every ten Hungarian galleys whenever the Dalmatian fleet put to sea ; if the Royal fleet alone were employed, Ragusa need only provide one for every thirty. The supreme government of the State was no longer to be vested in a foreign count, but in three native Ragusans (afterwards reduced to one) to be chosen by the Council. The only representative of the King was the captain of the Hungarian and Bosnian guard, but he too was really in the service of the Republic, and had no political authority. From this moment Ragusa may be considered an independent State, as Hungarian authority, save for the tribute, was little more than a formality.
   During the Venetian epoch the territory of the Republic had expanded considerably, and when the last count departed it consisted of the following districts :—In
1	Lib. Ref.; Gelcich, Ragusa, p. 44.