be then no such vigorous making of parties, and buying of Votes in the Conclave upon a vacancy of that See; And those who by Bribery, or other indirect courses, should get themselves elected, would never secure their sitting firm in the Chair by pistol, poyson, force, and violence. How much of their pleasure would be abated, if they were but endowed with one dram of Wisdom? Wisdom did I say? nay, with one grain of that Salt, which our Saviour bid them not loose the savour of: All their Riches, all their Honour, their Jurisdi∣ctions, their Peter's Patrimony, their Offices, their Dispensations, their Licenses, their Indulgences, their long Train, and Attendants, (see in how short a compass I have abbreviated all their mar∣keting of Religion,) in a word, all their Perqui∣sites will be forfeited, and lost; and in their room would succeed Watchings, Fastings, Tears, Pray∣ers, Sermons, hard Studies, Repenting Sighs, and a thousand such like severe Penalties: Nay, what's yet more deplorable, it would then follow, that all their Clerks, Amanuenses, Notaries, Advo∣cates, Proctors, Secretaries, the offices of Grooms, Ostlers, Serving-men, Pimps, (and somewhat else, which for modesty sake I shall not mention,) In short, all those troops of Attendants, which depend on his Holiness, would all loose their se∣veral Employments. This indeed would be hard, but what yet remains, would be more dreadful: The very Head of the Church, the Spiritual Prince, would then be brought from all his splendour to the poor equipage of a Scrip, and Staff. But all this is upon the Supposition on∣ly,