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 7E N K A S. 5,3 citv to the pope, who received them in the name ' liurch., . i ,-, ' --it, ot Kome, and lent them a jnurrnor. I-,, Pius, in the latter part ot his pontificate, in re- n:ira ions a^ainil the Turks, for which jv ::oncd the afliitancc of the fcvcral princes in hurope ; an 1 lu.ing railed a considerable number oi croill. :. :uui oth.vi:., he went to Ancona fo fee them embarked, vvhi -j !:. f i with a fever, and d ed the i.it.i of Atigulr, 1.^04, in the 59:11 yt.-ir of his age, having enjoyed the kc f ] eleven months, and tvveniy-leven days. Hi t-;;Jy was catma to Rome, and intcired in the Vatican. SponJanus, in AJ inn. his Ecclefiaftic Annals, fays, that he was inferior to none in M}*- 1 -- * learning, eloquence, dexterity, and prudence. The cardinal 1 of Pavia, in his fpeech to the conclave concerning the choice of a fucceflbr, gives this elogium to Pius JI, that he was a pope vi ho had all the virtues in his c,. .r.io.tcr ; and that he had deferved the utmoli commendation by his zeal for religion, his integrity of manners, his folid judgment, and profound learning. His fecretary, John Gobelin, published a hiflory of his life, which is fuppofed to have been written by this pope himfelf : it was printed at Rome in quarto, in 1584 and 1589; and at Francfort, in folio, in 1614. We have aa edition of /Eneas Sylvius's works, printed at Bali!, in folio, in I 55 i - Pius was famous for his wife and witty fayings, fome of which are as follow : That there were three perlons in the Godhead ; not proved to be fo by reafon, but by confider- ing who laid fo. That to iiiid out the motion of the fbrs, had more pleafuie than profit in if. That as a covetous man is never latisfied with money, fo a Lamed man fhould not be with knowledge. That common men (hould eileem learn- ing as filver; noblemen prize it as gold, and princes as jew Til at the laws had power over the commonality, but were feeble to the greater ones. A citizen ihould look upon h;s family as fubjecl to the city, the city to his country, thir country to the world, and the world to God. I ha: chief place with kitvjs was flip;xry. That as all rivers run into the iVa, fo do all vices into the court. That the tongue of a (ycophant was a king's greateft plague. That a who would truft nobody, was good for nothing j and he who believed every body, no better. That it is nccefiary that who governs many, fhould himfcl. r be ruled by nun thofe who went to the law were the birds, th court tlv the jud^e the net, and the lawyers the foal-r-. ought "to be prefented to iigniiics, n t :.