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PG-P.753.135
8 Nov 1753:11 (1298)
Leghorn [Italy], August 10. We learn from Algiers, that the
Pope's [?]elucca, which was lately taken by a Barbary
Corsair on the coast of Sicily, being arrived at that port,
the Dey ordered the slaves to be brought before him.
Amongst them were Signior Quintavelle and Signora Gallinare,
in company with a large band of musicians, who were going
from Rome to the opera at Palermo: But the Dey having an
ear deaf to the charms of Italian music, ordered the men to
be conducted to the Bagne (where the slaves are kept) and
the ladies to one of his own houses, to be employed in a
manner suitable to their sex.
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