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EG.774.004
8-15 Feb 1774:1132 (6/290)
London, November 10. By a gentleman just arrived from Rome,
we are informed, that the Pope, having the rights and
interests of humanity at heart, was determined to put a stop
to the further qualifications of Italian singers (by
castration) but that, just as he was upon the eve of
carrying the same into execution, he received so many
petitions from all orders of people, "complaining of such an
edict ruining the trade of the country," that his Holiness,
through policy, was obliged to desist from so laudable an
undertaking.
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