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the 4 r ^ e- qraclei mayi > e sought , and w ^ ch : c qataind the genuine relies of the saints . " The festival was
approaching at which these relics were to be carried in procession . Curio , well knowing the consequences he had to apprehend from the discovery , of his imprudent fraud , withdrew jjrivately to Milan . During his residence in this city he
employed himself with great repi ^ tation in the education of youth . Shortly after his settlement here , the devastations of the Spanish troops , which occupied the district ^ produced a severe famme , accompanied by the plague ; which committed dreadful
ravages . In the midst of the general panic , when most who had the means of escaping were endeavouring to provide for their personal safety by flight , Curio , with exemplary fortitude and humanity , remained among the sufferers , ' and assiduously exerted himself
to administer food to the destitute , and to mitigate , as far as his kind attentions could avail , the sufferings of the sick and the dying . In numerous instances he performed the last offices
of humanity for those who had fallen victims to the pestilence , and who , in the general consternation , had been deserted by their friends and relations . His benevolent and important services on this occasion recommended him to
the notice and esteem of the noble family of Isacii , in the Milanese , of -which he obtained in marriage the eldest daughter , Margaretta Blanca , > an elegant und accomplished female .
When the plague had subsided , Ourio , being weary of the inconveniences and privations occasioned by the presence of the emperor ' s soldiers , removed to Caaale , where he
remained for a few years . At this period , the death of the last of his brothers induced him to remove to his native place , with the view of recovering the family property , to which he had now become the lawful heir .
Me had still one married sister living in Piedmont , by whom , and her husband , he was on his first arrival received with great kififkiess and hospitality . . When , however , he disclosed the object af his ^ jtetrney , avarkte prevailed over their affection ; their conduct toytfards ^ him changed , and they took effiecttral measures to frue-
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fc £ was nat Is ^ e ^^ i ^ id ^ i ^^^ rf ; on account of his suspected heresy , they easily prevailed lip . on htm to te ± move to another towctat samfe distaiufe , there to remain till they should inform him that he might return in safety . Au pecurreope which took place here , however , prevented his troubling them again , and ultimately drove him from the province .
A Dominican friar from Turin had dome to preach in the rieighbourho ^ d , whom Curio and several of his friefids were drawn by curiosity to hear . The monk took occasion in his discourse to rail against Luther and his writings , charging him with maintaining that Christian liberty allowed the
unrestrained pursuit of everypleasfure , and that Christ was neither Grod , nor born of the Virgin Mary . Curio , being anxious td repel these calumnies , obtained permission to speeek ia reply . He Remanded of the preacher m what parts of Luther ' s works such tenets were inculcated ? The monk answered
that he could not then inform him , but promised to satisfy him if he would accompany him to Turin . Curio then said that he would immedi ^ ately point out where Luther maintained tenets which were directly the reverse of those he had specified ; apd accordingly read some passages in confirmation of his statement from
the Commentary on the Galatians . When the populace perceived how grossly the monk had endeavoured to deceive them , they attacked him with great violence , ana forced him to quit the town . On his return to Turin he
related the affair to the Inquisitor , who immediately dispatched his emissaries to take Curio into custody . When Curio was brought before the Inquisition , he was instantly recognized as an pbje&t of their former suspicions , and as the sacrilegious profaner of the relics at St . Be * ilkfrno .
It was now determined to visit all his heretical cf&tt&auenGiefe with condign punishment . After his examination he was committed to cl < Me custody ; but to prevent all risk of his being forcibly rescued by bis friends , he was secretly conveyed by night from the prison to & private house . Here he Ufes Btroxigly fenced ¦ in ; the doors wer e * secured by tlttck bats of ttfbod \
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130 Italian Meftirmatiori
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/2/
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