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Cardinals Plot to Elect Pope and Exclude Ultramontanes
May 19 to May 21 reports from Rome Liege and Leghorn describe Cardinal Carfini's election hopes, a plan at the Sacred College to abolish the ball before election, and the aim to exclude Ultramontane cardinals to influence the papal succession. Endings note reports from Florence and Palermo of executions and public punishments ordered by Inquisition, plus Edinburgh and London items on church, state, and appointments.
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