Was ushered into the sick-chamber of the dying head of the Christian
church. Supported by attendants, the pope proceeded to pronounce, in a
feeble voice, the penitential discipline of Clotaire. He said that the
king could not expect pardon unless he gave the highest possible
satisfaction to the heirs of the murdered man: but here a fit of
coughing attacked and carried off his holiness, so that whatever penan
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