(Lambertini) received from Voltaire the dedication of "Mahomet." The Cardinals _Passionei_ and _Quirini_, in their correspondence with Ferney[6],--Rome, in its bulls, preached tolerance for dissenters, and obedience to princes.

The pope disavowed and reformed the company of Jesus: he soothed the spirit of the age.
Clement XIV.

(Ganganelli) shortly after secularised the Jesuits, confiscated their possessions, and imprisoned their superior, Ricci, in the castle of Saint Angelo, the Bastille of papacy.

Severe only towards exaggerated zealots, he enchanted the Christian world by the evangelical sweetness, the grace of his understanding, and the poignancy of his wit; but pleasantry is the first step to the profanation of dogmata.

The crowd of strangers and English whom his affability attracted to Italy and retained at Rome, caused, with the circulation of gold and science, the inflowing of scepticism and indifference, which destroy creeds before they sap institutions.
Naples, under a corrupt court, left fanaticism to the populace.
Florence, under a philosophical prince, was an experimental colony of modern doctrines.