Decline of Public Morals.--Papal Court.--Nepotism.--John
XXII.--Sextus IV.--Alexander VI.--Effect of the Reformation.--
Poem of Fracastoro.--Benvenuto Cellini.--Beatrice Cenci.--Laws
of Naples.--Pragmatic Law of 1470.--Court of Prostitutes.--
Bull of Clement II.--Prostitution in Lombardy and Piedmont.--
Clerical Statute.--Modern Italy.--Laws of Rome.--Public
Hospitals.--Lazaroni of Naples.--Italian Manners as depicted
by Lord Byron.--Foundling Hospitals.--True Character of
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