Cardinal _Imperiali_ being thus set aside, _Corsini_ was proposed for Pope; but his Eminence fearing he should be excluded by the _Germans_, pretended an Unwillingness to accept of the Pontificate, and desired his Brethren to cast their Eyes upon some other Person. _Davia_ was proposed, and would undoubtedly have been in St. _Peter_’s Chair, if Cardinal _de Bissi_, a _Frenchman_, had not excepted against him, on pretence that he was a _Jansenist_. ’Tis true, that Cardinal _Davia_ was never a great Friend of the _Jesuits_, and that M. _Bissi_ is a Man after their own Hearts: The Society, indeed, is accused of having put the _French_ Cardinal upon it; but this is what I won’t swear. Though, be it as it will, I think, if the Society were convinced that _Davia_ was their Enemy, they did very wisely to set him aside. During this, Cardinal _Corsini_, who still kept the triple Crown in View, and had only declined it for fear of being opposed by the Imperial Cardinals, wrote to the Great Duke, and to the Grand Princess _Violante_, desiring the former to intercede for him directly with the Emperor, and the latter with the _Bavarian_ Family; to the end that Family might do him good Offices at _Vienna_. His Wishes were accordingly answered; for the Great Duke earnestly desired the Emperor to consent to the Election of _Corsini_, and he obtained for Answer, that his Imperial Majesty would order his Cardinals not to oppose him. _Corsini_ having this favourable Answer, engaged his Friends to bring him again upon the Stage. And the Cardinal Chamberlain _Albano_, the Head of the Cardinals, made by _Clement_ XI. his Uncle, spoke for him to all of his Party, who accordingly gave their Votes for him; but Cardinal _Barberini_ hearing that _Corsini_ was going to be proposed a second time, declared openly against him; and said, he would never consent to his Election. The Chamberlain was in no great Pain for this Opposition; for he was much more apprehensive of the Imperialists, and particularly of the Cardinal _Cienfuegos_, who was very earnest for the Election of _Colonna_, or some other Subject of the Emperor. The Chamberlain therefore went at Midnight to the Cardinal _Cienfuegos_, and proposed the Choice of _Corsini_ to him; and not finding him intirely for it, he threw himself at his Feet, and conjured him for God’s sake not to oppose the said Cardinal’s Advancement. ‘You see, said he, that we cannot agree in the Choice of a Pope. Will you end your Days here? ’Tis now four Months that we have been shut up. What have you to say against _Corsini_? He is old, and, according to the Course of Nature, cannot live longer than the Time it will take us up to destroy the Factions that are among us. If you have a Notion that he is not in the Interests of the Emperor, you perceive that it can’t be long in his Power to hurt him. Moreover, if you consent to his Advancement, he will be obliged to own his Obligation to the Emperor for the Pontificate, and