The Virginia Gazette

October 3. The last Letters from Italy bring an Account of a whimsical and foolish Affair, which, notwithstanding, is like to have very serious and fatal Consequences. Some Time ago Cardinal Doria, who is the Apostolick Legate, or Lord Lieutenant at Bologna, taking Offence at some indiscreet Expressions let fall by the Chevalier Catziolari, caused him to be seized; and not long after banished the Territory under his Jurisdiction. A little after the Chevalier obtained a Pair of Colours in the Service of the Duke of Modena, upon which he ventured to return into the Bolognese; and the Cardinal Legate was no sooner informed of it, than he caused him to be arrested and sent to Fort Urban, of which he gave immediate Notice to the Court of Modena, where seeming to meet with little Attention, the Cardinal, after some Weeks Imprisonment, dismissed the Chevalier, and banished him a second Time. A few Days after he was dismissed, the Commandant of Fort Urban had Occasion to go to Modena, but was no sooner within the City Gates, than he was seized and sent to Prison; from whence, after some Confinement, he was dismissed with a gentle Intimation, that if ever he let his Feet in the Dominion of Modena again, he should be shewn the shortest Way to the Gallows. This has so enraged the People of Bologna, that about the Beginning of last Month a Body of one hundred and fifty Men made an Irruption into the Villages of Campo Santo and St. Cesarin, destroying all before them, and not sparing even the Inhabitants; of whom fourteen were killed upon the Spot, and a great many more desperately wounded.