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CONTENTS.
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| Bull of Pius IV. forbidding Wagers—The improvised Stock Exchange in Rome in seasons of Conclave—Inadequacy of the Bull to stop the public gambling— Riot in 1590—Governorship of Leonine City abolished—Office of Marshal of the Conclave—Obsequies of the Pope—Scene at the Funeral of Alexander VI.—Deathbed of Gregory XVI.—Congregations preliminary to Conclave—Position and Influence of Conclavists—Intrigue of the Conclavist Torres—Election of Marcellus II., | 30 |
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| Question how far Preliminary Ceremonial can be dispensed with—Various precedents in point—Provisions made by Pius VI., and by Gregory XVI., | 79 |
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| Present Site of Conclave in the Quirinal—Description of former locality in the Vatican—Ascetic Regulations of Gregory X.—Turning-wheels invented—Imperfect observance of prescribed secrecy in Conclave—Last moments previous to proclamation of Conclave,. | 103 |
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| Conclave—The Cardinals first prove their Identity—Real nature of a Cardinal's dignity—Remarkable instances of Dispensations accorded—The Lay Cardinal—A Cardinal cum ore clauso—Nomination in petto—Nomination in secret in former times—Absolute sacredness of Cardinal's right to vote Degradation of the | |
