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io6 Sienna* Leghorne* 'Pisa.
turn’d all his Thoughts upon the little
Port which he made at Antium* near
Nett uno. The chief Work-men that were
to have convey’d the Water to Civita
Vecchio, were bought off, and when a
poor Capucin* that was thought Proof
against: all Bribes, had undertaken to
carry on the Work, he dy’d a little!
after he had enter’d upon it. The pre-
fcnt Pope however, who is very well
acquainted with the Secret History, and
the Weakness of his Predecessor, seems
resolved to bring the Project to its Per-
fection. He has already’ been at vast
Charges in finiihing the AqueduCt, and
had feme Hopes thar, if the Warshould
drive our Englijh Merchants from Sicily
and Naples* they would settle here. His
Holiness has told some Englijh Gentle-
men, that those of our Nation should
have the greatest Privileges of any but
the Subjeds of the Church. One of
our Countreymen, who makes a good
Figure at Rome* told me the Pope has
this Design extremely at his Heart, but
that he fears the Englijh will suffer no-
thing like a Resident or Consul in his
Dominions, tho’ at the same time he
hoped the Business might as well be trans-
a&ed by one that had no publick Cha-
racter. This Gentleman has so busied
himself
turn’d all his Thoughts upon the little
Port which he made at Antium* near
Nett uno. The chief Work-men that were
to have convey’d the Water to Civita
Vecchio, were bought off, and when a
poor Capucin* that was thought Proof
against: all Bribes, had undertaken to
carry on the Work, he dy’d a little!
after he had enter’d upon it. The pre-
fcnt Pope however, who is very well
acquainted with the Secret History, and
the Weakness of his Predecessor, seems
resolved to bring the Project to its Per-
fection. He has already’ been at vast
Charges in finiihing the AqueduCt, and
had feme Hopes thar, if the Warshould
drive our Englijh Merchants from Sicily
and Naples* they would settle here. His
Holiness has told some Englijh Gentle-
men, that those of our Nation should
have the greatest Privileges of any but
the Subjeds of the Church. One of
our Countreymen, who makes a good
Figure at Rome* told me the Pope has
this Design extremely at his Heart, but
that he fears the Englijh will suffer no-
thing like a Resident or Consul in his
Dominions, tho’ at the same time he
hoped the Business might as well be trans-
a&ed by one that had no publick Cha-
racter. This Gentleman has so busied
himself