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SG(H.782.032
15 Aug 1782:11,12,13 (1/44)
[In long essay entitled "Dr Moore's Character of the Present
Pope," the following in the middle of 2nd column:]
. . . I was present at the shutting up of this Holy Door.
The Pope being seated on a raised seat, or kind of throne,
surrounded by Cardinals and other ecclesiastics, an anthem
was sung, accompanied by all sorts of musical instruments.
During the performance, his Holiness descended from the
throne, with a golden trowel in his hand, placed the first
brick, and applied some mortar; he then returned to his
seat, and the door was instantly built up by more expert,
though less hallowed, workmen; and will remain as it is now,
till the beginning of the nineteenth century, . . .
[In the middle of the 3rd column:] After mass, the Pope
gave the benediction to the people assembled in the Grand
Court, before the Church of St. Peter's. . . [12 lines] The
instant he appeared, the music struck up, the bells rung
from every church, and the cannon thundered from the castle
of St. Angelo in repeated peals. . .
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