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BNL.708.010
15-22 Nov 1708:41 (240)
Vienna, Jan 30. N.S. To day the Duke of Mantua was put to
the ban of the Empire. The ceremony was in this manner; the
Emperor being seated on his throne, and having the Great
Marshal of the Court on his right hand, with the sword of
justice drawn, his Great Chamberlain on his left, and all
his other ministers standing around the throne; the Vice-
Chancellor of the Empire made a speech, setting forth the
reasons which induc'd his Imperial Majesty to proceed to
this act of justice against the offender. . . [4 lines] The
sentence being read, the Emperor declar'd his approbation &
ratification of it by the mouth of the Vice-Chancellor; and
then his Imperial Majesty tore in pieces the letters of
investiture which had been formerly granted to the Dukes of
Mantua by his predecessors and having a trampl'd them under
foot, the heralds gather'd the pieces up, and threw them out
at the window. Then the sentence was proclaim'd by sound of
trumpet in the court of the palace, and afterwards in all
the public places of the town. . . [3 lines]
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