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RESTRAINT OF LUXURY. ^J<br />

in October, 1566, by ano<strong>the</strong>r edict concerning dress. ^ In<br />

June, 1567, <strong>the</strong>re came a special law against excessive pomp<br />

at marri<strong>ages</strong>, and <strong>the</strong> ruinous inflation <strong>of</strong> marriage dowries<br />

and settlements.'- Special regulations were made against<br />

games on festival days,^ and against <strong>the</strong> spreading <strong>of</strong> reports<br />

that were libellous and treasonable by means <strong>of</strong> written broad-<br />

sheets.'* Scandal-mongers, Pius V. said, ought to be punished<br />

1 See " Bando sopra la reforma del vestire," dated October 4,<br />

1566, Editti in MiscelL, Arm. V., 60, p. 229, Papal Secret Archives ;<br />

cf. *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> October 5, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 294, Vatican<br />

Library. On November 9, 1566, Strozzi reports as to its rigorous<br />

*" Gli sbirri sono andati nella contrada del Pelle-<br />

carrying out ;<br />

grino, ch'e delle principal! di Roma, et hanno spogliato le botteghe<br />

degli orefici di lavori d'oro, di gioie et di perle dicendo che sono<br />

contro la pragmatica." (State Archives, Vienna.) See also <strong>the</strong><br />

*Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> June 14, 1567, Urb. 1040, p. 403b, Vatican<br />

Library. Calvi in A^ Antologia, 142 (1909), 593, speaks <strong>of</strong> a tax<br />

<strong>of</strong> 1568 on <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> carri<strong>ages</strong> by ladies.<br />

277.<br />

^ Bull. Rom., VIL, 596 seq. Cf. Rodocanachi, Institutions,<br />

* *" Ha fatto andar un bando sotto pene gravissime che veruno<br />

non giuochi queste teste." Strozzi on December 21, 1566. He<br />

also ^reports on December 28, 1566, an order to " dar corda " to<br />

certain persons for having gamed on a feast day. State Archives,<br />

Vienna.<br />

* As early as October 27, 1566, Carlo Stuerdo reports <strong>from</strong> Rome<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Parma :<br />

*" Qua vien minacciato di carcere quelli<br />

che scrivono a Venetia mille baiate." (State Archives, Naples, C.<br />

Farr^es. 763). <strong>The</strong> severe constitution <strong>of</strong> March 17, 1572, in<br />

Bull. Rom., VIL, 969 seq. Cf. Arch. sior. d. Soc. Rom., I., 406,<br />

408 ; Hist.-pol. Blatter, XXXVIL, 574 seq. ; Ciampi. Innocenzo X.,<br />

p. 254 ;<br />

Bertolotti, Giornahsti, astrologi, e negromanti in Roma,<br />

Florence, 1878, i. <strong>The</strong> partisan work <strong>of</strong> PiccA, I martiri del<br />

giornalismo nella Roma papale, Rome, 191 2 ; <strong>the</strong> author is<br />

ignorant <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> celebrated collection <strong>of</strong> Avvisi in <strong>the</strong> Vatican<br />

Library. Thdre (Urb. 1041, p. 316b) an *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong><br />

II papa e in colera con alcuni che hanno<br />

July 22, 1570, states : * '<br />

fatte alcune pasquinate contro alcune persone da bene :<br />

will go badly with <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

" it

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