Judge — May 11, 1918 — page 35: what you’re looking at

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ave a seems “7 | 1A GLASS OF WINE WITH THE BORGIAS | : ele The youth hesitates, hand on glass. Will, he obey the imperious look of command in the eyes of the beautiful Lucre: | things the magnet that has drawn him to this supper in the pontifical apartment? Will he yield to the ingratiating advances of Cw never and partake of the proffered cup? Or will he be warned before it is too late by the sinister glance shot from the cruel eyes of the old Pontiff, as he coldly calculates the destruction of the young gallant? rd all To comply or refuse is equally hazardous. If he decline the poisoned draught will he escape the knife of the hired assassin § even now lurking in the shadows of the Papal Palace? » thit Rodrigo Borgia (Alexander VI), Lucrezia and Cxsar formed the diabolical trinity which sat for eleven years upon the papal , You throne in Rome, an impious parody of the Holy Trinity—the most perfect incarnation of evil that ever existed on earth. 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