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 tumult, that wrested as much power as it could, without any warrant for the peculiar pretensions advanced. The nominal police of Rome was vested in two officers, who, to add to the confusion, were traditionally jealous of each other's authority—the Bargello, who was the ordinary head of the regular city police, the Sbirri; and the Lieutenant of Holy Church, who, as commander-in-chief of the soldiery, and special governor of the Leonine city, held