Excerpt from Vittoria Colonna, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of Rome, in the Nineteenth Century
A great many of the higher ranks were ar rested as cognizant and accomplices of the late conspiracy. None of the cardinals were left at liberty many of them, after a week's con finement at the convent of the Convertite, were despatched, with an immense number of other ecclesiastics, to Civita Vecchia, and thence embarked for Corsica. The aged pre lates of the Church bore their misfortunes, for the most part, with serenity and patience Cardinal Borgia, amongst others, begged for his last opera ere he departed. It is a strong characteristic of the age, that the sacro-sanctity of the Popedom and its supporters were violat ed with consequences so trifling and that even in suffering degradation and dethronement, ban mots, mingled with the maledictions which these once powerful ecclesiastics flung upon their enemies.
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