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AWM.721.004
24-31 Aug 1721:11, 12 (89)
Rome, April 8 . . . [34 lines on death of Pope Clement IX]
Soon after the great bell of the capitol was toll'd, to give
certain notice of the Pope's death; and immediately all
goals were open'd and the prisoners set at full liberty. On
Thursday March 9, the body, disembowl'd and embalm'd, was
carryed in a sort of an open bed from the Place (after
having been exposed for above half the same day to publick
view) to the Chapel of Sixtus V. in the Place of the
Vatican, attended by the Papal Light-Horse, the Swiss
Foot-Guards, the late Popes menial servants, and the Jesuit
Penitentiaries of St. Peter's Church, all singing solemnly
with wax-lights in their hands: Behind followed cannons
reversed, drums and trumpets in mourning. . .
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