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 The Bull of Pius IV. was not sufficient to arrest the Letting propensities of the inhabitants of the Banchi; and in spite of Papal fulminations, the chances of an election were still made the subject of wagers that led to frequent breaches of the peace. Amongst the many valuable papers preserved in the Gaetani archives, there is one which is singularly illustrative of what used to occur in this quarter. It is the report by the Duke of Sermoneta, who, in the interregnum of 1590, was the Lieutenant of Holy