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406<br />

HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

fessionem et tantum in ea pr<strong>of</strong>ecit quod magister merito dici<br />

poterat.^<br />

[Diarium <strong>of</strong> C. Firmanus XII. 31, p. 265'^ Papal Secret<br />

Archives.]<br />

52. NiCCOLO CUSANO TO THE EmPEROR MAXIMILIAN II.*<br />

1568, December 18, Rome.<br />

Pius V. is irritated with Card. d'Este on account <strong>of</strong> his<br />

quarrel with <strong>the</strong> people <strong>of</strong> Tivoli,^ " ove ha fabricato un<br />

palazzo regio pieno d' infinite dilitie et di rarissime fontane che<br />

li costa piu di cento miUa ducati et certo io vedo non ne sia un<br />

altro in tutta la cristianit^."*<br />

[Orig. State Archives, Vienna, Romana.]<br />

53-57. avvisi concerning <strong>the</strong> purification <strong>of</strong> morals in<br />

Rome in 1568.^<br />

June 5 . Beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reform <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> " camere locande "<br />

in Rome, so that <strong>the</strong>y shall not be let to prostitutes. Urb.<br />

1040, p. 524b, Vatican Library.*<br />

August 21 : On Wednesday a young man was burned on<br />

account <strong>of</strong> " brutezze " : in consequence <strong>the</strong> order was given<br />

for <strong>the</strong> closure at night <strong>of</strong> many " porte false." <strong>The</strong> " donne<br />

pubbhche " are to be watched over hke <strong>the</strong> Jews. " Si vererano<br />

altre riforme piu strette e piu rigorose." Ihid. 567.<br />

September 4 : " Questi di frustata una bellissima corteg-<br />

iana," who was imprisoned : she tried to commit suicide.<br />

Ihid. 573.<br />

September 25<br />

: Noble Roman ladies condemned to im-<br />

prisonment for life for adultery. Ihid. 585.<br />

October 20 : " Ogni giorno si frusta qualche meretrice<br />

uscendo del seraglio et si fanno altre giustitie rigorose per ogni<br />

piccolo delitto et tutti vivono con timore." Ibid. 589.<br />

' In <strong>the</strong> margin is <strong>the</strong> folJowin^ remark : " Fiiit legatus Campaniae : fecerat<br />

soribi in diversis pr<strong>of</strong>essionibus libros 280 pulcheirimos, quos voliut Papa<br />

liabere, eo mortuo, in sua guardaroba."<br />

' See supra, p. 115 n.<br />

'After Ills disa

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