"... up to the present day the seat is still in the same place and is used at the election of the pope. And in order to demonstrate his worthiness, his testicles are felt by the junior cleric present as testimony of his male .... When this is found to be so, the person who feels them shouts out in a loud voice "He has testicles!" And all the clerics present reply "God be praised!" Then they proceed joyfully to the consecration of the pope-elect."

Felix Haemerlein, De Nobilitate et Rusticitate Dialogus (c.1490)