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336<br />

HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

laws as to books, and accordingly <strong>the</strong>y were only allowed to<br />

buy and sell books by special license.^<br />

<strong>The</strong> strict laws <strong>of</strong> Paul IV., according to which <strong>the</strong> Jews<br />

were not allowed to live among <strong>the</strong> Christians, to go about<br />

without a distinctive mark, to acquire landed property, or<br />

keep Christian servants,- had been almost entirely repealed<br />

by Pius IV. on February 27th, 1562,^ as being a source <strong>of</strong><br />

trial and vexation to <strong>the</strong> hated children <strong>of</strong> Israel. Pius V.,<br />

it is true, caused <strong>the</strong> Governor <strong>of</strong> Rome, Pallantieri, to publish<br />

an edict on April loth, 1566, which ordered that any <strong>of</strong>fence<br />

committed against <strong>the</strong> Jews should be punished by flogging,^<br />

but in o<strong>the</strong>r respects he reverted to <strong>the</strong> laws <strong>of</strong> Paul IV. In<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>middle</strong> <strong>of</strong> February it was reported that <strong>the</strong> wall surround-<br />

ing <strong>the</strong> Ghetto had been restored, and that those who were<br />

forced to remain within vainly attempted to obtain <strong>the</strong> en-<br />

largement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> space allotted to <strong>the</strong>m for <strong>the</strong>ir habitation.^<br />

<strong>The</strong>y were all forced to go to <strong>the</strong> Ghetto, nor was any attention<br />

1 Edict <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> " Magister s. Palatii " Tommaso Manriquez <strong>of</strong><br />

January 19, 1566, printed in Hilgers, Index, 501 ; cf. Laderchi,<br />

1566, n. 28 ; Erler, loc. cii. 52 ; Catena, 51. Rieger (II., 164)<br />

without any justification limits this prohibition to buying and<br />

selling Jewish books.<br />

2 Cf. Vol. XIV. <strong>of</strong> this work, p. 272.<br />

^ Bull. Rom., VII., 167 seqq. For Pius IV.'s indulgence towards<br />

<strong>the</strong> Jews cf. Erler, loc. cit., 49<br />

; Vernet, loc. cit., 1891, II., 642<br />

seq. *" Sono molto travagliato per conto degli Hebrei i quali<br />

hanno grandissimi favori per ritornare le cose loro nel stato che<br />

erano innanzi la boUa di Paolo IV." (T. Cospi, January 18, 1561,<br />

State Archives, Bologna). Even Cardinal Borromeo showed<br />

himself very indulgent towards <strong>the</strong> Jews (Lanciani, IV., 16).<br />

* Laderchi, 1566, n. 107. *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> April 13, 1566,<br />

Urb. 1040, p. 210, Vatican Library. Erler, loc. cit. 52.<br />

5 *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> February 16, 1566, loc. cit. 182. With<br />

reference to <strong>the</strong> consistory <strong>of</strong> January 23, 1566, Arco announces :<br />

*" Vuole S.S*^^ che li Giudei ritornino tutti nel seragUo deputato<br />

loro al tempo di Paulo quarto " (State Archives, Vienna). Under<br />

Pius IV., as *Cusano writes on February 2, 1566, <strong>the</strong> Jews were<br />

scattered all over <strong>the</strong> city," having paid many ducats to <strong>the</strong> Pope<br />

for that permission {ibid.).

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