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The life of Sixtus Quintus, Pope of Rome in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. : Containing an account of his parentage; his education; how he became an ecclesiastick, and by what surprising steps he arriv'd first to be a cardinal, and afterwards Pope. : In which we have also (by pleasant digressions) A view of the transactions of the Romish Church; and particularly, their intrigues of chusing their popes; and of the most considerable affairs of Europe in that age. : An history very diverting and entertaining