_Bartholdi_ cou’d not avoid giving an Account to the Elector his Master of what he thought of these continual Delays, and he told him there was no manner of Reason to hope that the Emperor would recognize him for King before he was sure of the Consent of the Pope, and of all the Princes of the Empire; that it was easy to see this was only a civil Excuse that the Emperor made use of for his Refusal, rather than to make him his Enemy; and that the Case was really so desperate, that he knew of but one Stratagem to make use of before he retir’d; and that was that he shou’d write with his own Hand to the Prince of ----, who, said _Bartholdi_, was the only Person in the World to induce the Emperor to be more favorable. His Dispatch was written in a Cypher, and the Secretary who decypher’d it, thought he met with the Name of the Emperor’s Confessor, instead of that of the Prince of ----. The Elector approv’d of his Minister’s Hint, and wrote immediately to the Confessor, who happen’d to be a Jesuit. This Reverend Father was overjoy’d to find himself courted by one of the greatest Protestant Princes, and promising himself that he should reap considerable Advantages for his Society, from the Success of a Negociation which the Elector had so much at heart, and in which two of his most able Ministers had already miscarried, he made no scruple to undertake it. As soon as he began to meddle with it, it assum’d a new Face; the Court of _Rome_ made but a faint Opposition to it: That of _Vienna_ being alarmed at the News they received from the Count _de Harrach_ their Ambassador at _Madrid_, of the bad State of the King of _Spain_’s Health, and of the _Spaniards_ Byass for the Duke of _Anjou_, became more tractable; and the very Reasons that _Bartholdi_ urg’d in vain, began to be relish’d when they were represented by the Confessor. This Jesuit convinc’d the Emperor, that as he was resolv’d to dispute the Succession to the Crown of _Spain_ with _France_, such an Ally as the Elector would give great Weight to either of the two Parties that he fell in with. The Confessor’s Arguments were applauded by some, and faintly rejected by others; so that the Father, by craftily taking advantage of the Good-Will of the latter, and of the Lethargy of the former, brought the Affair of _Prussia_ in less than two Month’s Time to the Point of a happy Conclusion. While such effectual Endeavors were us’d for the Elector at the Court of _Vienna_, his Interest was as successfully manag’d with the King of _England_. The Electoress, together with her Mother the Electoress of _Hanover_, went to pay him a Visit at _Aix la Chapelle_; and in that Interview, these two Princesses prevail’d on King _William_ of _England_ to recognize the Elector of _Brandenburg_ for King of _Prussia_, and to call the House of _Hanover_ to the Succession of the Crown of _England_.