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CANDIDATURE OF PACHECO. 51<br />

Even a Frenchman, Cardinal Reumano, took part in this<br />

rendering <strong>of</strong> homage, and when he was asked why he gave his<br />

vote to a man who had lately refused to give him his, he<br />

replied : " Pacheco acted quite rightly in not supporting a<br />

man who was unworthy, whereas he had no reason for refusing<br />

his vote on that account to one who was worthy. "^ Savelli,<br />

on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, took no part in this paying <strong>of</strong> homage, as<br />

he thought it was unfitting for a Roman to assist in elevating<br />

a foreigner without necessity.-<br />

In <strong>the</strong> meantime a loud knocking was heard at <strong>the</strong> door <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> conclave ; it was said that Cardinal du Bellay had come<br />

back and was demanding admission. This was, however,<br />

only an unworthy and quite unnecessary attempt to disturb<br />

<strong>the</strong> election,^ for when Pacheco 's adherents were counted,<br />

<strong>the</strong>y were found to number only twenty-seven, three votes<br />

being still wanting for <strong>the</strong> necessary majority <strong>of</strong> two-thirds.^<br />

Four Cardinals, on whom <strong>the</strong> Spaniards had counted with<br />

certainty, Corgna, Mercurio, Cornaro and Savelli, withdrew<br />

at <strong>the</strong> critical moment. Vargas was especially angry with<br />

Corgna, as he believed that if he had voted for Pacheco, <strong>the</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs would certainly have followed him.^ Corgna thought<br />

it necessary to justify his and Mercurio 's attitude towards <strong>the</strong><br />

election <strong>of</strong> Pacheco, in a letter to Philip 11.^<br />

1 GuiDus, 629.<br />

^GuiDus, 628. Thurm, loc. cit., 264.<br />

3 BONDONUS, 529.<br />

* According to Bondonus, 529, Pacheco received 27 votes<br />

(Pacheco to Philip II. on December 19, in Muller, 214 n.) and<br />

28 according to Giulio de Grandis, Bishop <strong>of</strong> Anglona, in Petru-<br />

CELLi, 157. Vargas, on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, writes on December 21<br />

" le adoraron hasta veinte y seis de modo que le faltaban tres "<br />

(in DoLLiNGER, Beitrage, I., 318). Alessandro Farnese writes<br />

to Spain on December 29 that <strong>the</strong> Cardinals <strong>of</strong> Phihp's party<br />

had not all voted for Pacheco because he was not an Italian<br />

(oltramontano). Caro, III., 269.<br />

5 Vargas on December 20, 1559, in Dollinger, I., 318.<br />

^ Corgna to Philip II., on December 20, 1559 (Borghese Archives,<br />

now in <strong>the</strong> Papal Secret Archives in Rome, Ser. i, n. 206, p. 123

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