the Intrigues of the _Anomeans_, or _Pure Arians_, who, finding the far greater Part of the Bishops either for the Orthodox Faith of _Nice_, or, the _Semi-Arian_, as established in a Council at _Antioch_, concluded, that there would be no Means to divert them, when assembled together, from condemning their Doctrine; whereas if they were divided, they did not despair of being able to manage both Assemblies, or at least one of the Two[871]. This Design of dividing the Council they privately imparted to the Eunuch _Eusebius_, their great Friend, and the Emperor’s chief Favourite, who, highly applauding the Scheme, took upon him to get it approved by _Constantius_. [Sidenote: _The Occasion of this Change._] And this he easily effected, by representing, that a General Council would put the Bishops to greater Trouble and Inconveniences than most of them could well bear, and, at the same time, the Treasury to an immense Charge; for on such Occasions their Expences were defrayed by the Emperor[872]. He therefore advised him to assemble Two Councils at the same time, one in the East, and the other in the West, which, he said, would be less troublesome to the Bishops, and less expensive to the Exchequer. To these Reasons _Constantius_ acquiesced; but, as he was a zealous _Semi-Arian_, _Eusebius_ kept him in the Dark, as to the true Motive of such a Change. Thus was _Constantius_, and thus have many Princes been, since his Time, led, as it were, hoodwinked, by some in whom they reposed an intire Confidence, into Measures tending to promote Designs quite opposite to their own. [Sidenote: Rimini _chosen for the Western Bishops_;]