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N AT L E X ijrz
sting several Courts of Justice, with a
very small Pension for such as sit at the
Head of them, so that they are tempted
to take Bribes, keep Causes undecided,
encourage Law-suits, and do all they
can to sseece the People, that they may
have wherewithal to iupport their own
Dignity. It is incredible how great a
Multitude of Retainers to the Law there
are 'at Naples. It is commonly said, that
when Innocent the Eleventh had desir’d
the Marquis of Carpio to fumiih him
with Thirty Thousand Head of Swine,
the Marquis answer’d him, that for his
Swine he could not spare them, but if
hisHoliness had occasion forThirtyThou-
sand Lawyers he had them at his Service.
These Gentlemen find a continual Em-
ploy for the fiery Temper of the Nea-
politans^ and hinder them from uniting
in such common Friendfllips and Allian-
ces as might endanger the Safety of the
Government. There are very few Per-
sons of Consideration who have not a
Cause depending 5 for when a Neapoli-
tan Cavalier has nothing else to do, he
gravely {huts himself up in his Closet,
and falls a tumbling over his Papers to
see if he can start a Law Suit, and
plague any of his Neighbours. So much
is the Genius of this People chang’d since
Statius's Time. Nulla
sting several Courts of Justice, with a
very small Pension for such as sit at the
Head of them, so that they are tempted
to take Bribes, keep Causes undecided,
encourage Law-suits, and do all they
can to sseece the People, that they may
have wherewithal to iupport their own
Dignity. It is incredible how great a
Multitude of Retainers to the Law there
are 'at Naples. It is commonly said, that
when Innocent the Eleventh had desir’d
the Marquis of Carpio to fumiih him
with Thirty Thousand Head of Swine,
the Marquis answer’d him, that for his
Swine he could not spare them, but if
hisHoliness had occasion forThirtyThou-
sand Lawyers he had them at his Service.
These Gentlemen find a continual Em-
ploy for the fiery Temper of the Nea-
politans^ and hinder them from uniting
in such common Friendfllips and Allian-
ces as might endanger the Safety of the
Government. There are very few Per-
sons of Consideration who have not a
Cause depending 5 for when a Neapoli-
tan Cavalier has nothing else to do, he
gravely {huts himself up in his Closet,
and falls a tumbling over his Papers to
see if he can start a Law Suit, and
plague any of his Neighbours. So much
is the Genius of this People chang’d since
Statius's Time. Nulla