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* Platina ™&pear, that ever Pope John had such a Concubine.
him the most truej they both cjte ijU'ltpranil to confirm their
SXS/2Hypothesis, but they cite him falssy. The Name
tbs*Popes that of the Widow mention d by Mr. Chevreau was
precetded him. Ann, not Joan; and without doubt he was ig-
&me Writers norant that our illustrious t Du Plejfis had already
rLt z/X/wr discover’d the Forgery which Onuphrius made use
That he was’ of to strengthen his Conjecture. Besides, it may
jlaininthe^s be observ’d, that this Pope John was advanc’d to
A s- £^e ^aPa^ C'hair a hundred Years after Pope Joan,
fa Mornay - which is another Absurdity that attends Mr. Che-
vreaus Opinion.
He adds, That the Story of the pretended bor’d
., r j t Chair is not better grounded, and that the Chair is
tmPorohyrv not ®ut’ his 'eavC I have seen it more
Chairs that than once, and if I may believe my own Eyes,
are bor'd, it is bor’d, and that after the usual manner of
tkm isuit] Close-Stools. I have already told you that it is
thatservdsor Porphyry ; but there are two or em, one
another Cere' broken, and the other entire, and they are both
wony, mid is ma<3e of the same Matter, and after the same
bofd. fastion.
Piorovante
Martinelli gives the Name os Stercoraria to the latter. ■ But this is not a pro-
per place to enter upon such Enquiries.
Laonicus Platina assirms positively, after Chalcondylas
Chalcondt lasan(j other approv’d Authors, That the new eleCt-
e<^ P°Pe is plac’d on the bor’d Chair, and that the
about ihc w/W-youngest Deacon thrusts his Hand thro’ the Hole,
die of the Ftf- ro feel whether he has the surest Marks of Virility.
Such,probably, was the primitive use of this Chair;
for, what Reason cou’d have prompted these
fame. Authors to invent such a Fable i lis true, this
Custom was by degrees laid aside, but they conti-
nu’d for some time to set the Popes on the same
Chair, to put ’em in mind, as Mr. Cbevreau af-
sirms after Fauches, that they were Bill subjeCt to
the common Infirmities of Humane Nature.
Howevc ,
* Platina ™&pear, that ever Pope John had such a Concubine.
him the most truej they both cjte ijU'ltpranil to confirm their
SXS/2Hypothesis, but they cite him falssy. The Name
tbs*Popes that of the Widow mention d by Mr. Chevreau was
precetded him. Ann, not Joan; and without doubt he was ig-
&me Writers norant that our illustrious t Du Plejfis had already
rLt z/X/wr discover’d the Forgery which Onuphrius made use
That he was’ of to strengthen his Conjecture. Besides, it may
jlaininthe^s be observ’d, that this Pope John was advanc’d to
A s- £^e ^aPa^ C'hair a hundred Years after Pope Joan,
fa Mornay - which is another Absurdity that attends Mr. Che-
vreaus Opinion.
He adds, That the Story of the pretended bor’d
., r j t Chair is not better grounded, and that the Chair is
tmPorohyrv not ®ut’ his 'eavC I have seen it more
Chairs that than once, and if I may believe my own Eyes,
are bor'd, it is bor’d, and that after the usual manner of
tkm isuit] Close-Stools. I have already told you that it is
thatservdsor Porphyry ; but there are two or em, one
another Cere' broken, and the other entire, and they are both
wony, mid is ma<3e of the same Matter, and after the same
bofd. fastion.
Piorovante
Martinelli gives the Name os Stercoraria to the latter. ■ But this is not a pro-
per place to enter upon such Enquiries.
Laonicus Platina assirms positively, after Chalcondylas
Chalcondt lasan(j other approv’d Authors, That the new eleCt-
e<^ P°Pe is plac’d on the bor’d Chair, and that the
about ihc w/W-youngest Deacon thrusts his Hand thro’ the Hole,
die of the Ftf- ro feel whether he has the surest Marks of Virility.
Such,probably, was the primitive use of this Chair;
for, what Reason cou’d have prompted these
fame. Authors to invent such a Fable i lis true, this
Custom was by degrees laid aside, but they conti-
nu’d for some time to set the Popes on the same
Chair, to put ’em in mind, as Mr. Cbevreau af-
sirms after Fauches, that they were Bill subjeCt to
the common Infirmities of Humane Nature.
Howevc ,