Selected quad for the lemma: daughter_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
daughter_n	die_v	son_n	succeed_v	10,853	5	9.7585	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47954	Il nipotismo di Roma, or, The history of the popes nephews from the time of Sixtus the IV to the death of the last Pope Alexander the VII in two parts / written originally in Italian in the year 1667 ; and Englished by W.A.; Nipotismo di Roma. English	Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.; Aglionby, William, d. 1705.	1669 (1669)	Wing L1335; ESTC R2244	180,003	346

Monastery the other was Julian son of Raphad de la Rovere brother to the Pope and had been first Bishop of Carpentras then was made Cardinal by his Brother and at last came to be Pope under the name of Julius the second as we shall relate in due place Sixtus gave to the Cardinal Peter Riario all that was in his power to give adding Abby upon Abby and revenue upon revenue till he had made him so rich in Church lands that he lived most splendidly and seemed to be born to waste a greater fortune Plays Balls Dances and such pastimes were the ornament which he bestowed upon his Ecclesiastical dignity being perswaded that pomp and vanity were becoming the majesty of a Cardinal He lived but two years in this loose life in which time 't is thought he spent in Treats and Balls and such like diversions above two hundred thousand Duckats of gold besides seventy thousand which he owed at his death and which were never payed He dyed at the age of 28. years to the great regret of his Uncle his disease having been caused by his debauchery as the Physitians rest●fi●d Six months before he dyed the Pope whose continual study it was how to make him great declared and proclaim'd him his Legat over all Italy not that any urgent business did require such a Function but only that he might give him an occasion of shewing his Grandeur and receiving more pleasure in those triumphs and receptions he was upon this score to have bestowed upon him by the Italian Princes who to humour the Pope forgot no honour they could think of towards the person of his Legat and could not indeed have done more to the Pope himself particularly in Venice Milan and Padua he was received with so extraordinary a pomp that it was almost incredible Great was the delight which he took in these publick honours but much greater were the pleasures which he tasted in secret having ordinarily amongst his Attendants five or six Russians whose business it was to satisfie his appetite though never so inordinate Being at last come back to Rome to the possession of his old Mistresses he ended his dayes amongst them and went to a new world whether of pleasure or of pain God knows But the Popes affection to his kindred was not buryed in his grave for he made his Brother Jerome succeed in his favour and fortune which he rather increased then diminished for he made him Lord and Soveraign of Inola and Forli and gave him the government of all the state of the Church besides other important Offices This Jerome was a quite contrary disposition to his Brother being naturally severe in words and deeds and averse from all pleasures but hunting He married Catharina natural daughter to Galeazzo Duke of Milan and Sixtus made Ascanius the son of the said Duke Cardinal into the bargain contrary to the young mans inclination which was rather to marriage then to a single life But the inordinate passion of this Pope did not rest in all this for his ambition of having kindred to advance was such that not being content with that great number of true Nephews that he had he substituted and adopted some that were no relation to him at all to whom he gave an infinity of places and commands He gave to Leonard his brothers son a natural daughter of King Ferdinand in marriage and made him Prefect of Rome And he being dead he immediately transferred that honour and place to another Nephew called John de la Rovere brother to the Cardinal Julian giving him besides the Propriety of the States of Sora and Sinigaglia This John had by Giovanna daughter to Frederick Duke of Vrbin a son who was Francesco Maria della Rovere who after the death of Guido Vbaldo his Uncle who dyed without male issue succeeded by adoption and in the right of his Wife to the Dukedom of Vrbin Besides these Sixtus made Cardinals the two brothers Christopher and Dominic de la Rovere who lived in Tu●in under the protection of the Duke of Savoy though they were Soveraigns of Vico Nuovo and other Estates in Italy Besides he made Jerome Batto his sisters Son Cardinal as likewise Raphael Samson son to a sister of Pictro Riario whom he promoted to that Dignity when he was but seventeen years old upon condition that he should change his name and take that of the Popes Family This Pope had so much kindred and was so inclined to advance them that he often granted the same thing to two different persons having forgot that he had granted it to the first But amongst all his inventions to enrich them this was one of the best In the beginning of his Pontificat he made as if he had a design to pay the debts left upon the Church by the precedent Popes Eugenius Nicolas Calistus Pius and Paul but pretending want of money to do it he compassed his design by this means Paul the second his predecessour had alwayes had a great inclination for the publick pomp and state of the Popedom and therefore strove to make the Ornaments of the Popes person and head the richest that was possible for him to which end in the Miter which serves at their Coronation and other publick ceremonies he had caused above the worth of a million in precious Stones to be set having bought up all the world over the best Diamonds Saphires Rubyes Emeraulds Chrysolites c. that could be had for money so that afterwards when he came out in publick he looked like another Aaron with a Majesty more divine then humane being himself very tall and of a comely port and presence Sixtus who having been brought up in the severity of a Monastick life did little esteem that outward pomp which Paul his predecessour so much prized caused these precious Stones to be sold under pretence of discharging such debts as the Church was lyable to for his predecessours The Jewels were soon sold and the money consigned into the hands of his Nephews but the debts were never payed though the Jewels had been sold to that end And that which is worth relating is that the Pope answered every one that came to demand any thing due to them that he had already payed the others that he was sorry it was not their fortune to come sooner and that the money had proved short to discharge so many debts So that the poor Creditors were fain to go away cheated and yet knew not whom to complain of The Romans murmured strangely against this greediness of the Pope and his kindred and so much the more because that they had not yet been accustomed to see a Popes passion for his kindred make him rob and plunder the Church They wondred what example Sixtus could have for his proceedings for none of his predecessours had hitherto shewed so little moderation but in providing for their kindred had kept some measures Neither could his education furnish him with this ambition and

his former poor condition insomuch that being puff'd up with pride and insolence he scornes to take notice of the civilities that the Gentlemen of Rome offer him when he goes through the streets whereupon he hath contracted the Names of haughty and arrogant and with them the hatred of almost all the Romans He never had any inclination to learning but he hath a good natural disposition for all those exercises which become a Gentleman and in which he behaves himself very handsomly he is about 30 years of Age of a jovial disposition loving company and mirth and little troubling himself to purchase riches and treasure being sure that there are enough to do it for him And indeed Don Mario and the rest of the kindred think of getting what they can every one for themselves but the Pope takes no care but for Don Agostino whose purse he has resolv'd to fill as full as he can and we may conjecture of the Popes tender affection for Don Agostino by three things which he hath done for him since his coming to Rome The first was that the Nipotismo had no sooner taken possession of the Vatican but it pretended to give Lawes not only to Rome but to the Pope himself and that in the dispensation of his favours to and thus it was Don Mario the Popes elder brother being the head of the Family did pretend that one being to marry to preserve the family it did belong to his Son Flavio and the rather because his inclination did lead him that way but the Pope who had a great affection for the memory of his brother Augusto refused to condescend to Don Mario's desire but declared Flavio Cardinal Padrone and resolved to marry Don Agostino little troubling himself at his elder brothers grumbling From hence sprung some dissention which from day to day encreases between the Family of Don Agostino and that of Don Mario to the Popes great discontent who to sweeten a little the bitterness of this Pill gave Don Mario leave to call his Daughters and their husbands to Rome where he desir'd they should be respected as his Relations and he accorded to Don Agostino that his brother Sigismond might also be sent for to whom he gave good Church Revenues This seem'd to have pleased them all and exteriourly they shewed content and satisfaction but secretly and in their hearts they do like right Italians that is preserve the memory of their injuries and a desire to be reveng'd And to begin The Cardinal Flavio little cares to get riches and if he do get he spends it most prodigally being resolved to leave Don Agostino as little as he can This dissipation which the Cardinal makes of his revenue cannot choose but displease Don Agostino seeing that it is not so much the Cardinals inclinations as a desire to offend him that causes this prodigality whereupon he infers likewise that that vast heap of treasure which Don Mario hath got together will not be for him but for his Daughters who are married into others Families and I believe in this he is not mistaken for Mario's affection to his Daughters is very great The Pope in the mean time can scarce show any kindness to any one of them but it is presently taken ill by the others Doth my Cozen sayes Don Agostino think it so inconsiderable a thing to be Cardinal Padrone and mannage all State affairs to have the disposal of all favours at Court to treat with Embassadours to have the keyes of the Popes Closet to govern the Chancery and Secretary at his pleasure What can he desire more then to be a second Pope But the Cardinal answers all this by saying that the care of business and the Title of Padrone are not things given him out of a design to honour him for they are his perpetual torment and keep him from rest in the day time and sleep in the night But doth my Cozen sayes the Cardinal think it little to have been made Prince of a Principality hereditary to his Family to have married a lovely Princess with the enjoyment of all pleasures the applause of the Court and the liberty of living as he pleases are these things to ●e compared to the weight of a Cardinals employment in whose death all dyes with him and hath not the satisfaction to see himself re-produced in this world In these duels of competition is the present Nipotismo perpetually engaged depriving themselves of the enjoyment of that happiness which their good fortune hath so liberally bestowed upon them 'T is true that these complaints are made but to their neerest friends and confidents Don Agostino to say true is much more in the right then the Cardinal the Pope being much more oblig'd to advance him then any of them for he is Son to that Augusto brother of the Pope who maintain'd the Pope at his expenses in the University supplying him afterwards with good summes of mony from time to time without which he had undoubtedly been stopt in his course and never been able to arrive to that pi●ch of Grandeur he is now in Therefore Don Mario is unjust and Don Agostino very just in his complaints for the kindness which the Pope receiv'd from his Father can expect no less then a Noble retribution to the Son whereas all that the Pope doth for Don Mario and his Son 't is out of pure favour without any desert These jealousies however they may be prejudicial to the Popes Family yet are they very advantagious to the Church for if they were all agreed woe would be to Rome and the Church such would be sucked by them all like so many Bees but being divided they stand in fear of one another and dare not do unbeseeming actions for while Don Mario would have all to himself and leave nothing for his Nephew and that on the other side the Nephew would have all for himself and deprive his Uncle and Cozen of their share they hinder one another and Rome and the Church fare the better for it The second demonstration of singular affection which the Pope bears to Don Agostino is his Marriage for as soon as he saw him he liked him so well that he resolv'd to match with the greatest fortune of Rome which was then the Princess Borghese daughter to the Princess of Rossano very rich and having but one sickly brother and therefore looked upon as an heiress but however her portion was two hundred thousand crowns in mony besides the hereditary estate which was in her brothers hands This match did not at first succeed with that easiness that was imagin'd though the Pope employed in the compassing of it the Jesuites Rhetorick for the Prince Uncle to the young Lady had a greater inclination for the Son of the Great Constable Colonna an accomplish'd young Gentleman and already much in the Ladies favour Therefore to avoid the match he pretended that indeed he did take it as a great honour to have his Neece

so allyed to his Holiness but did desire to see Don Agostino better provided for and in possession of some eminent rank in the world that his neece might still maintain the degree of Princess she had already Upon this the Pope did every day straine himself to make his Nephew appear greater and greater giving places of great profit and honour and endeavouring to buy him a Principality which at last he effected and though it were some disgust to him to see the Prince stand thus upon his termes and make no other account of the honour of his Alliance yet seeing that there was not in Rome such another match to be found out he did continually keep some Irons in the fire Above all others Father Palavicinio a Jesuite did bestir himself in it and as he was one day pressing the Prince who told him that Don Agostino was not yet sufficiently provided for he answer'd If the Pope should dye to day Don Agostino would have ready money enough to buy ten Principalities While things were thus treating the Prince Borghese Tutour to the young Lady died suddenly so that she fell into the Tutelage of the Princess her Grandmother a Lady of incomparable Piety and one who shames by her good life even the Nuns themselves she does so much outdoe them The Princess of Rossano is her Daughter and Mother to the young Lady and she to get the Popes favour and have some part in the Vatican which she hath alwayes been ambitious of accepted the Propositions and contributed much to the Conclusion of the Match which was almost broke off in which Don Agostino hath a great deal of reason to be happy having a lovely handsome Lady with two hundred thousand Crowns to her portion The Pope was transported with joy and being naturally v●●y generous he resolv'd that the wedding should be kept with all the magnificence imaginable having assigned to Don Agostino a hundred thousand Crowns for the expences of it which he accordingly layed out most nobly Besides this summe which was spent in Bals Feastings and Banquets he presented the Bride with Diamonds Pearls and the Rose which every year is given to some Princess to the value of 20000 Crowns and yet in this very time the Catholick Religion was much endanger'd in Germany Don Agostino after his wedding was over beame so arrogant that not being able to contain his passion he was heard to say these words That he had a greater joy to have got the better of his Rival Colonna then to have obtain'd so great a Princess for Wife which coming to the Colonnesses Ears the Constable the Father made answer That his Son had reason to have desir'd the Princess because he had merit enough to obtain her but that Don Agostino was beholding to his Vncles authority without which he had never had her And indeed the young Colonna lost nothing by staying three or four year after he married Cardinal Mazarines Neece the Princess Maria Mancini a most accomplish'd Lady and one who brought him above a hundred thousand Crowns to her portion As for the third demonstration of the Popes love to Don Agostino it appear'd in the great ardour and desire he showed to make him a Prince 't is true that the articles of Marriage carried that out of the Ladies portion there should be bought a Principality as if Don Agostino had not so much deserv'd the Princess as the Popes Nephew as in the consideration of his being a Prince which was a little infamous to the Pope And yet for all this the Pope would not suffer that the Principality should be bought out of the Princesse's portion but with a new generosity gave to Don Agostino seventy thousand Crowns with which he bought the Principality of Farneze in the Patrimony of St. Peter and was declared Prince not only by the Pope but by the Emperour the said Principality being a fees of the Empire To these three effects of kindness adde the desire that the Pope hath to gather riches for Don Agostino for whom he knowes that none of the rest will provide and certainly you will conclude him to be a very loving Uncle The other two Nephews are as I have said Sons to one of the Popes sisters married in the Family of Bichi one of whom is Cardinal and Bishop of Osimo and the other Knight of Malta and General of the Popes Gallies The Cardinal at his first coming to Rome was not very acceptable to the Pope as well because he thought he had done enough in promoting him to the dignity of Cardinal as because he wanted capacity for any high employment 'T is true that he had not been long at Court but he began to lay aside a certain simplicity which seemed natural to him and with which he govern'd very well his Bishoprick and endeavour'd to learn the Arts of Government and Negotiation whereupon his Cozen Floro gave a good Character of him to the Pope not out of any design to oblige him but out of a lazy principle which made him glad to find out any body upon whom he might lay a part of his burden and this recommendation was not without good effects for Cardinal Bichi for since that time the Pope hath admitted him into divers particular Congregations and does make use of him in some occurrences but very seldome the said Cardinal being not in truth a man of any great wisdome The other Brother who is Prior of his Order and General of the Popes Galleys seems to be more favourably looked upon for the Pope often calls him to him and grants him many more favours then to the other This Gentleman hath got a great reputation in the World of a very ingenious person and well versed in all Sciences but for my part I could never find out the root whence did spring so much desert for he never did any thing in the world worthy an applause he hath been sent above four times with his Galleys to the help of the Venetians in Candia where he never did any thing like a Knight of Malta for he was alwayes afraid of fighting even when he was cover'd by the Venetian Galleys who alwayes were the first that engaged their lives and honour And all this proceeded because he did not trust his people that he had aboard and he did not trust them because he knew they had reason to hate him as having defrauded them of their pay for he did appropriate to himself most of that mony which the Pope allowed for the entertaining of his Soldiers and Stewes who never were worse provided for then under this Noble Gentlemans command But I think that it is the complements which the prior Bichi makes to every body that deceives them and they are so taken with his Civility as naturally the Romans are that they in revenge give him those qualities which he is far from possessing His intention is to be Cardinal whereupon every time he goes to see his brother he puts