Note 036
In the treatise delle Materie Beneficiarie of
Fra Paolo, (in the ivth volume of the last, and best,
edition of his works,) the papal system is deeply studied
and freely described. Should Rome and her religion be
annihilated, this golden volume may still survive, a
philosophical history, and a salutary warning.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 66