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wrote on January 22nd, 1560, that he was well in health, in
spite of the " endless strain," but that he found it hard to save
as much as five or six hours for sleep. ^ Entirely giving up
his own inclinations and plans, he placed himself altogether
at the disposal of the Pope, ^ keeping as much at his side as
possible the whole day long, and going every morning to the
secretary of the State Chancery, Tolomeo Galli,^ for a con-
ference two or three hours in length, concerning the reports
and suits which had to be settled.^ The documents which
arrived every day in great numbers at the office of the Secre-
tary of State had immediately to be summarized and entered
on short narrow octavo sheets. These extracts served
Borromeo and Galli as the basis of their report to the Pope.
The decisions, to which Pius TV. came very quickly, were often
noted in short expressive notes in pencil on the reverse side
of the extracts, and were then made use of for the replies.
The minutes which had been prepared in the office of the
Secretary of State were again revised, either by Charles or,
perhaps, the Pope himself, before a fair copy was finally made,
352 seq.) : " Resta al presente tanto occupato nelli negocii ch'
apena ci avanza tempo per poter comodamente mangiar e dormire.
n che a noi altri servitori suoi e di grandissimo scontento per la
temenza tenemo che . . . finalmente non caschi in qualche
grave infirmita. ... Si mostra talmente infiamato del ben publico
et tanto inamorato del negocio che pare in effetto unico." Cf.
also the *letter of Fr. Tonina of May 14, 1561 (Gonzaga Archives,
Mantua). The appointment of Paolo Odescalchi as " assistente
delle audientie " points to some slight relief for Borromeo. *Non
havera, says an Avviso di Roma of January 31, 1562, tanti
fastidii che certo non haveva troppo. (Urb. 1039, p. 335b
Vatican Archives).
1 Sylvain, I., 50.
- Ha lasciato tutti gli altri suoi pensieri e piaceri per compiacer
la Santita Sua. Girol. Soranzo, 91.
* Concerning Tolomeo Galli (born 1526 or 1527 at Como) and his
position as " secretarius intimus," see Sickel, Berichte, I., 44 seqq.;
SusTA, Kurie, I., xxxiv, and Torne, Ptolomee Gallio, 55 seq.
See also Richard in the Revue d'hist. eccles., XL (1910), 521,
* Cf. GiROL. Soranzo, 77; Giac. Soranzo, 135.