Excerpt from Historical and Philosophical Memoirs of Pius the Sixth, and of His Pontificate, Down to the Period of His Retirement Into Tuscany, Vol. 2: Containing Curious and Interesting Particulars, Derived From the Most Authentic Sources of Information

But, to produce thofe beneficial efi'eéts which fhe {till enjoys, Leopold had to overcome many obltacles, to thwart many int'erefis, confequently to create many mal-contents. During feveral antecedent ages, the court of Rome, with her pretenfions confecrated by the credulity of man kind, and the abufes introduced by her ambi tion cloked under the facred veil of religion, ¿ood in the way to oppofe all thofe who at tempted to illuminate and regenerate any por tion of the human race. Leopold combated her with a perfevcrance which was finally crowned with the mof't complete fuccefs.

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