His Holiness was so overjoyed, to see such princely inclinations in his kindred, that he did nothing but study night and day, how he should enrich them more and more. ’Tis true, he needed not to trouble himself much; for his Cardinal _Borghese_; who had the Popedom at his disposition, took all the incomes for himself, and the Family of the _Borgheses_, allowing the Pope a small matter, to please himself with the mending of a Street, or a Church, or some publick Edifice; this Pope having surpassed all his Predecessors, in erecting new Edifices, and procuring by all wayes the ornament of the City. In those dayes the _Nipotismo_ was most triumphant, all the former Popes Nephews having never been invested with so absolute an authority, as that of the Cardinal _Borghese_, and the rest of his Nephews. _Paul_ lived sixteen years in the Chair of the Popes, so that the _Nipotismo_ had time to give root and foundation to their greatness, as indeed they did, but forgot to strike a nail into the Wheel of Fortune, to hinder it from turning about; and therefore not long after, it began to slide downwards, as we shall declare in time and place. At last, in the year 1621. _Paul_ dyed, to the great grief of the _Romans_, who lamented very much his loss; and indeed he was a very good Pastour, though he were a little too liberal of the Wool of his Flock to his Kindred; for he left to the Prince of _Salmona_ alone his Nephew, above a hundred thousand Crowns yearly revenue; to the Cardinal as much, besides the vast sums of money layed out in those Buildings we have mentioned; they were thought also, to have vast sums of ready money, unknown to their Uncle; the Cardinal alone being supposed to have above a million in _specie_: So that _Paul_ left not a farthing to the Church. * * * * * His Successour was _Gregory_ the fifteenth, of _Bologna_, of the noble Family _Ludovisio_, pretty rich, but very abundant in Relations and Kindred. This Pope, before he began to mannage the publick Affairs of _Christendom_, resolved first to establish the particular Interest of his House and Family; therefore having seen the example of _Leo_ the tenth, who by reason of the shortness of his life, could not bestow the dignity of Cardinal upon any of his Relations; three dayes after his creation, he made _Ludovico Ludovisio_, his brothers son, Cardinal; and the same day he made _Ocatio Ludovisio_, his brother, General of the Church, though he were absent; and as soon as he came to _Rome_, he made him Duke of _Fiano_, and assigned him other Lands bought with the Churches money. The same day he distributed amongst some other Nephews, many considerable Offices, both within and without _Rome_, though most of those, upon whom they were conferred were absent, so that it may be said of the _Nipotismo_ of this Pope that it was great almost before it was born, or at least in its cradle, entring into power and command before it entred into _Rome_.