To prevent this type of action, people made objects out of limestone obtained from St. Paul’s Grotto in Malta. A person who became famous for performing this action was denounced in Thomas Overbury’s poem “A Wife” for her affair with Robert Carr. Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie (“duh lah reh-NEE”) established a “burning court” to prosecute a figure who performed this action as the leader of a fortune teller network. This action was done using a semi-legendary substance supposedly created by suspending a dying pig from its hind legs and collecting its froth. Madame de Montespan’s reputation was severely damaged by an “affair” named for things used to perform this action. This action, which could be done with cantarella, was thought to be prevented using narwhal tusks. For 10 points, the Borgias performed what action using rings containing arsenic? ■END■
ANSWER: poisoning [accept “Affair of the Poisons”; accept poisoning Thomas Overbury or poisoning children; accept poisoning with arsenic or poisoning with cantarella; prompt on killing, murder, assassination, or infanticide by asking “in what manner?”] (The first clue refers to “anti-poison” goblets from Malta. The second clue refers to Frances Howard, who poisoned Thomas Overbury.)
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