If there was ever a charitable Cardinal in _Rome_, certainly ’tis Cardinal _Francisco_, who is indeed the most Eleemosynary person in the world: which I know, as not only having seen his publick, but his private Alms. And yet notwithstanding, there is not a _Roman_ but believes this to be a meer design, to gain the hearts of those who may be able to advance him to the Papacy. And to say the truth, The principal vertue that shined in _Alexander_, when he was Cardinal, was the great charity he shewed to the poor, giving them almost his whole Revenue; which was mention’d in design of his advantage in the Conclave. But he was no sooner chosen _Pope_ but that humour left him, and ever after he held for the height of Charity, what he did to enrich his Kindred, who were indifferently poor, and stood in need enough of the Alms of the _Vatican_. I conclude this Book with affirming, that the mischiefs which the _Nipotismo_ have occasion’d, and still do continue to the Church, are more easie to be seen with the Eye, than writ with the Pen; and therefore those who have been at _Rome_ will have more satisfaction in the reading it, than those to whom it will be very difficult to be believ’d, nay, even to be conceiv’d in their imagination. * * * * * The THIRD BOOK. The Contents. _OF the difficulty which the Ministers of Princes meet with in treating with the Nephews of the_ Pope. _Of those things that prevail most in the_ Nipotismo. _Of the policy of the Church-men_. _Of the way the Court of_ Rome _useth to make others to conform to their designs_. _What Graces are hard to be found in_ Rome. _Of what they ought to be provided of_, _that would dispatch their business well with the_ Pope. _Of the_ Roman _Climate_, _subject to variation_. _Of the causes why some Ministers lose themselves in_ Rome. _Of the manner how the_ Pope _calls the Cardinals_. _Of the_ Popes, _who understand not Court-affairs_. _Of the Papacy of_ Gregory _the fifteenth_, _troublesome to those who were to negotiate with him_. _Of __some Ministers_, _who play their State-affairs at hazard_. _Of the Assembly of the Cardinals_, _which serves the_ Pope _for false pretext_. _Of the intricacy that was found in the time of_ Urban _the eighth_. _Of the manner of the_ Pope’s _Negotiations with the Ministers of Princes_. _Of Negotiations never to be concluded_. _Of the Answer of_ Seigneur de Lion _to his Friend_. _Of the Policies of the_ Barbarini. _Of the disgust_, _the Republick of_ Venice _receiv’d from the_ Barbarini. _Of the dissatisfaction of the_ Lucheses, _the Crown of_ Poland, _and the_ Bollougneses. _Of the cheats put upon the two Crowns of_ Spain _and_ France. _How the_ Barbarini _serv’d the King of_ Portugal, _in reference to the Bishop of_ Lamego _his Embassadour_. _Of some Examples of the Contrivances of_ Pope Innocent. _Of the Duke of_ Parma’s _Army going into the Field_. _Of the