Il nipotismo di Roma, or, The History of the Popes Nephews: from the time of Sixtus IV. to the death of the last Pope, Alexander VIILeti, Gregorio
History
Il nipotismo di Roma, or, The History of the Popes Nephews: from the time of Sixtus IV. to the death of the last Pope, Alexander VII
Leti, Gregorio
Nepotism; Papacy -- Early works to 1800; Papacy -- History
humour of_ Urban _the eighth_, _to deny favours to all_. _Of the
affronts_, _which Princes do receive from the Court of_ Rome. _Of the
nature of the Ecclesiasticks_. _Of the Catholick Crown_, _that admits in
their State none but of the_ Roman _Faith_. _Of the damage_ the
Spaniards _receive_, _by suffering themselves to be governed by the Court
of_ Rome. _Of the displeasures that do arise betwixt_ Rome _and_ Spain.
_Of the Northern Policy_, _and of_ Italy, _which laughs at the Spanish
Zeal_. _How many Princes are disgusted_, _to see the_ Spaniards _humble
themselves so to the_ Pope. _How many Ministers are deceiv’d_, _who
confide in Cardinals_. _Of the effect of the Protection of Cardinals to
Princes_. _Of the interest of the Cardinals to advance the Papacy_. _Of
the Corruption of the Colledge of Cardinals_. _What qualified persons
they chuse to be Cardinals_. _Of the_ Pope, _how he shews himself a
Monarch_, _when he __pleaseth_, _and Head of a Commonwealth when he
listeth_. _Of_ Alexander _the seventh’s applying himself to publick
business_. _Of his Ambition to undertake more than his constitution
could endure_. _Of the answers which Embassadours receive from the
Cardinal_ Padrone. _Of the secresie and craft of the Court of_ Rome.
_How Cardinals use to reveal secrets to Princes their Friends_. _How
little the_ Pope _trusts the Cardinals_. _Of Papal Excommunications_.
_Of the fear of the Church-men_. _Of the Title of_ Universal Father _in
the person of the_ Pope. _Of a pleasant Example of_ Paschal _the
second_, _applied to his Successors_. _How_ Popes _treat Leagues with
Princes_. _Of the sudden change of the Nephews of the_ Pope, _from a low
to a high degree_. _Of the effects which that produceth_. _What the
Kindred of_ Alexander _did in_ Sienna. _Of the disgust which Ministers
receive by treating with unexpert persons_. _Of the time that is lost in
studying the nature of the_ Nipotismo. _Of a strange example which befel
an Embassador who negotiated with Cardinal_ Capaccino, _Brother to_ Urban
_the eighth_. _Of a_ burlesque _and biting Answer_, _given by the same
Embassadour_, _to the same Cardinal_. _Of the answer of the Embassadour_
Justiniani, _made to one who asked him_, _if he went to negotiate with
Cardinal_ Astalli. _Of some Examples of the Covetousness of_ Pope
Boniface, _prejudicial to the Negotiators of the Court_. _Of_ Clement
_the seventh_. _Of_ Paul _the fourth_. _Of_ Sixtus _the fifth_. _Of_
Urban _the eighth_. _Of the names_, _the Nephews give the hours they
spend in publick business_. _Of a Reproof that_ Gregory _the fourteenth
gave to his Nephew_. _Of that Peevish way wherewith the_ Pope’s _Nephews
negotiate with Embassadours_. _Of the __Reason_, _why the Family of the_
Popes _do not continue long in Grandeur_. _Of a similitude of Trees
applied to the Nephews of the_ Pope. _Of the wonder that ariseth in the
world_, _to see the houses of the_ Popes _decay_. _Of some Families that
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