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NYJ-N.774.019
17 Feb 1774:22 (1624)
[news from London] Nov. 10. 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 qualification 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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