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with the Pope nor at the Curia. ^ The Florentine ambassador
announces at the same time the great zeal shown by Pallan-
tieri in collecting evidence against the Carafa, " As the
Imperialists," he adds, "show neither in deeds nor in words
any consideration for Cardinal Carafa, one cannot but fear
for his future. "2
The Cardinal himself feared nothing. He was fully per-
suaded that the Pope would arrange that he should be fully
compensated, for he owed to him his election. Cardinal
Carafa, announces Mula, rejoices that Philip II. lent no willing
ear to his enemies ; he dined with Borromeo on June 3rd,
and appears in very good spirits.^
Cardinal Carlo Carafa 's answer to his brother Giovanni,
dated June ist, when he had consulted him about his return
to Rome, also expresses great confidence. In this letter
the Cardinal thinks that although Philip II. has given no
decisive answer, they may nevertheless hope that the matter
of compensation will be satisfactorily settled, all the more
because the Pope shows the greatest desire for this ; the
Duke is quite at liberty to come to Rome.*
The feeling of confidence entertained by Cardinal Carafa was
not even shaken when Pius IV., after the arrest on May
zyth of Cardinal del Monte, who had stained his purple with
blood, made the remark : " We have not yet come to the
end."^ This hint inspired Cardinal Carafa with as little
1 **Letter of June i, 1560 (Court Library, Vienna).
^ *Letter of G. B. Ricasoli to Cosimo I. of May 30, 1560 (State
Archives, Florence), translated in Ancel, Disgrace, 82. On
June I, 1560, Ricasoli *announces that Gabrio Serbelloni has told
him :
" che il papa e stato come resoluto quando fu carcerato
Monte di darli Carafa in compagnia et che di questo era certo,
ma di poi a intercessione non sa di chi li pare si sia poi miitato "
(that in italics is in cypher). State Archives, Florence.
3 **Report of Mula of June 7, 1560 (Court Library, Vienna).
* See the actual text of the letter (Papal Secret Archives) in
Appendix No. 4.
^ See the *reports of the Florentine ambassador of May 30
and June 6, 1 560 (State Archives, Florence) . Cf.
Ancel, Disgrace,