The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages : drawn ...

100 HISTORY OF THE POPES.
affectionately.^ In October the wife of Federigo was expected
in the Eternal City, and apartments were prepared for her in
the Belvedere, which were so sumptuous that they might
have served for a king.^
The Duke of Urbino himself appeared in Rome on November
4th, before the arrival of Virginia, and two days later Cosimo
I.^ The stay of the latter prince in Rome, which was prolonged
until December 28th, and the striking marks of honour
paid to him by the Pope,'* gave rise to all sorts of lumours. It
was believed that the Duke had come to receive the title of
" King of Tuscany," but such an elevation was opposed both
by Philip II. and Ferdinand I.^ and the diplomatists of .the
Hapsburgs in Rome were fiUed with all the greater misgivings
as Cosimo's dealings with the Pope were kept very secret.*
The most various rumours were current,' but at last events
proved that Cosimo had completely deceived himself in believ-
1 *Avviso di Roma of August 31, 1560 (Urb. 1039, p. 194,
Vatican Library). C. Gonzaga afterwards lived in the Palazzo
San Marco.
^ *Avviso di Roma of October 19, 1560 (Urb. 1039, p. 210b,
Vatican Library).
* The arrival of both princes is described by Fr. Tonina in his
*report of November 6 (Gonzaga Archives, Mantua) and an
*Avviso di Roma of November 9, 1560 (Urb. 1039, p. 214, Vatican
Library). According to the latter the Duke of Urbino was lodged
in the " stanze nuove del palazzo, che fece fare Julio III.'' ;
Cosimo I. and the Duchess " nelle stanze d' Innocenzo VIII.
e di Sisto, restaurate di questo papa con molto ordine."
* Cf. Massarelli in Merkle, II., 348 ; Bondonus 5S5 seq. ;
Reumont, Toskana, I., 230 seq. ; Palandri, 98 seq.
^
Cf. SiCKEL, Konzil, 83 ; Voss, 95 ; Venetian Despatches, III.,
159, 166. Cf. also Le Bret, Gesch. Italiens, VIII., 159 seq. ;
even before Cosimo I. appeared in Rome the most various con-
jectures were made as to the reason for his arrival ; see the *report
of Fr. Tonina of October 30, 1560 (Gonzaga Archives, Mantua).
8 See Mula's *report of November 16, 1560 (State Library,
Vienna).
^ Cf. SiCKEL, Konzil, 91, 93, 96, 121, 133. See also the cor-
respondence of Card. O. Truchsess, 229, 231 seq.