Note 33 — THE HOME-RULE CANDIDATE. A STORY OF “NEW IRELAND.” CHAPTER III. THE RIVALS. (continued 3)
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Arnulfus of Seez apud Muratori, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, tom. iii. p. 429, says that on this occasion the cardinals told the elect of their choice: Si acquiescis, exhibemus obsequium; si recusas, exigimus de inobedientia pœnam; and on his still hesitating parabant excommunicationis præferre sententiam.