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The Pope himself, on another recorded occasion, admitted that it would be a pernicious precedent for a subject to negotiate terms of accommodation through a foreign prince.
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Sumner cites the Pope's warning against allowing subjects to negotiate with foreign powers, highlighting the risks of such actions.
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