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APPENDIX. 399<br />

fin a S. Marco non essendo fatione conveniente da farsi sotto<br />

le stanze de S. S*-^.^<br />

(Orig. Gonzaga Archives, Mantua.]<br />

27. Pope Pius V. to <strong>the</strong> Governor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Campagna and<br />

Marittima. ^<br />

With a view to taking steps to provide for <strong>the</strong> safety <strong>from</strong><br />

robbers <strong>of</strong> those who come to <strong>the</strong> city, and since <strong>the</strong> " Algidi "<br />

forest is, on account <strong>of</strong> its marsh}^ character and size, very<br />

convenient for robbers, we command you to open out <strong>the</strong> road<br />

on both sides by cutting down <strong>the</strong> trees, and " graviter ferimus"<br />

that through neglect this has not been done. " Quia vero<br />

latrociniis in ea silva committ solitis occurri omnino<br />

volumis," we ordered you to have <strong>the</strong> trees cut down by <strong>the</strong><br />

population ui such a way that <strong>the</strong> road shall be safe, and<br />

where it is necessary, to protect it, and to burn <strong>the</strong> trees,<br />

taking care that <strong>the</strong>y shall not spring up again ; it is our<br />

will that <strong>the</strong> ancient road, which was once paved with stones,<br />

shall be repaired and restored to its former width.<br />

[Arm. 44 t. 13, p. 105, Papal Secret Archives.]<br />

28-34. avvisi concerning <strong>the</strong> purification <strong>of</strong> morals in<br />

Rome in 1567.'<br />

March 15,: This morning "3 meretrici Venetiane frustate<br />

" ; a sheet <strong>of</strong> paper fastened to <strong>the</strong>ir breast showed<br />

<strong>the</strong> reason. Orig. Urb. 1040, p. 370b, Vatican Library.*<br />

April 3 : "3 meretrici frustate," because <strong>the</strong>y had " uscite<br />

dai luoghi deputati," ibid. 376.<br />

' Note. With <strong>the</strong> Avviai di Roma <strong>of</strong> January 18, February 8, and 14, 1.567<br />

(see dementi, 216 seq.), cf. <strong>the</strong> 'report <strong>of</strong> Arco <strong>of</strong> February 9, 1566 (Non ha<br />

voluto S.St& dar licenza di far maschere se non con condizione che le donne<br />

[i.e. <strong>the</strong> pro'Stitutes] non possino andarvi), tlie *ropori, <strong>of</strong> Cusano <strong>of</strong> TUarcli 2,<br />

1566 (prohibition <strong>of</strong> bull-lislits), and *that <strong>of</strong> Strozzi <strong>of</strong> January 18, 1567<br />

(proliibition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> carnival in t!ie Borgo, " where <strong>the</strong> priests live "), State<br />

Arcliives, Vienna. Ihid. a *report <strong>of</strong> Arco <strong>of</strong> Febraary 21, 1588, concerning'<br />

<strong>the</strong> strict enforcement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se orders. Cf. also <strong>the</strong> *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong><br />

January 29, 1569, Urb. 1041, p. 11, Vatican Library.<br />

• See supra, p. 102 n. 3.<br />

' Cf. supra, p. 92 n. 1.<br />

• .See F'irm^inus, *Diarium " : Die sabbati XV. dicti mensis [martii 1567] ;:nte<br />

ecclesiam Sti Ambrosii ct per stratas omnes cin iimcii'ca fuerunt a carnilUo<br />

fustiaratae tres mere trices cjuonJam non paruerant ordinibus et edictis vicarii<br />

.Smi Domini Nostri, later quas fuit quaedaiu Arracri i Veneta, pulciierrima<br />

iuvenis et absque dubio puchrior omnibus aliis meretricibus Urbis : fuit efiaiu<br />

q.iaedam Nina de Prato, et elia dicta Isabella. ; et prosit." (Papal Secret<br />

Archives). Cf. also <strong>the</strong> *report <strong>of</strong> Arco <strong>of</strong> March 20, 1566, State Archives,<br />

Vienna.

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