More then all this, I say, that of all that is said in _Rome_ concerning the Popes actions, and his kindred, there is none of it comes from the North, but from _Rome_ it self; but on the contrary, even all that is said in the North, springs from _Rome_, and is not born in the Protestants Country. The Romans make the Pasquins in _Rome_, and then to excuse themselves lay them upon the Protestants: thus the Pope is abused and deceived by the Romans themselves; so that then we may say with a great deal of reason, that out of _Rome_ it self springs the source of all the harm it receives. I wonder now no longer to see the change of stile which I have observed in Writers from age to age, since in the Court of _Rome_ they change their way of living and speaking from day to day. In the time that the Popes had golden consciences, and wooden walls, when with bare feet and clothed with sackcloth they went from door to door, accepting the charity of the faithful for their sustenance, and that full of zeal they administred themselves the Sacraments, exposing their lives for the safety of their flock. When the Popes applyed themselves only to their pastoral charge, without concerning themselves in Princes temporal interests: _Rome_ in those dayes knew nothing of other Princes Courts, neither did the Courts of Princes concern themselves for _Rome_; there was so little mention made of the Popes, that the Church-men and Bishops did scarce know where to find them in their most important necessities. It would have been indeed a great sacriledge to have spoken ill of a Pope, who from morning to evening did nothing but visit the sick, distribute the Sacraments, comfort the people, and serve the Altar with true zeal and piety. But when once the face of things was changed, and that the Popes, weary of serving to the Altars, resolved to be served by the Altars themselves, when thinking it too low an employment to visit the sick, they pretended to be visited themselves by the greatest Princes, and have their feet kissed by them; these _Popes_, who were at first the edification of whole Nations, became a scandal to all the Kingdoms, for both Princes and people being surprised with this sudden change, and wondring at this new scene of grandeur, gave themselves up to seek into the reason of this alteration, and as it often happens, that in the Enquiries into one defect we discover another, so the world found out in the Popes change so many new subjects for murmuring and discontent, that from thence ensued Schismes and Heresies, with an infinite prejudice to the Church of _Rome_.