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The infernal work had therefore proved successful, the vengeance was

coanelli was no more, and upon the papal throne sat Braschi,

the friend of the Jesuits and of Cardinal Albani, to who of the i to the miserly Pope Pius, he this ti his sacred proh not so promptly as

Corilla and the passionate cardinal desired

Not until 1776, almost two years after Braschi hadof the improvisatrice in the capitol at

Rome

She had therefore attained the object of her wishes She had finally

reached it by bribery and intrigue, by hypocritical tenderness, by the

resignation of her maiden modesty and womanly honor, and by all the arts

of coquetry

But this triumph of hers was not to be untroubled The nobili shouted

for her, and the cardinals and princes of the Church, but the people

acco Poe down on all sides; the first that fell upon Corilla's head,

Cardinal Albani eagerly seized and unfolded for the purpose of reading

it aloud But after the first few lines his voice was silenced--it was

an abusive poem, full of mockery and scorn

But nevertheless she was crowned She still stood upon the capitol, with

the laurel-crown upon her brow, cheered by her respectable protectors