The life of Joseph Balsamo, commonly called Count Cagliostro ... / Translated from the original proceedings published at Rome by order of the Apostolic Chamber.

  • Alessandro Cagliostro
Date:
1791
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Credit: The life of Joseph Balsamo, commonly called Count Cagliostro ... / Translated from the original proceedings published at Rome by order of the Apostolic Chamber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    work, faithfully extracted from authentic cords depofited with us—records that the cen- fures of the critic cannot reach. The authority of the Sovereign Pontiff has on this occafion been employed in difpenfing with the law that, with as much juftice as pru- dence, enjoins inviolable fecrecy refpe&ing all the procedures of the Holy Inquifition. We beg leave to conclude with obferv- ing, that we would much rather have pre- ferred eternal filence on this fubjeft, than now report a fingle circumftance as a faft, the exiftence of which was not founded on moral certainty.