 In the next year, he returned to Venice, enlisting in the Venetian navy under the captain ("Governator di Nave") Pietro Zaguri.In 1693, he was appointed paymaster under the Doge and Captain General of the Sea Francesco Morosini.In 1695, he took part in the naval Battle of the Oinousses Islands, under the command of Captain General against the Ottoman fleet, and in the next year he fought in the Battle of Andros under Captain General .