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MG-A(G.774.005
10 Feb 1774:12 (1483)
London. . . By a gentleman just arrived from Rome, we are
informed, that the Pope, having the rights and interests of
humanity much 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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