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of the policy of Paul IV., induced that Pope, as well as France,
by means of falsehood and deceit, to wage the unhappy war
against Spain. All three accused were also charged with
having been guilty of great frauds in the administration of
the States of the Church. Carlo and the Duke would also
have to answer for grave misuse of their authority, especially
in the administration of justice, and Cardinal Alfonso for
imlawful personal enrichment at the time of the death of
Paul IV.
The trial of the accused began in the Castle of St. Angelo
on Juty 8th, and lasted for fully three months.^ While
^ The original documents of the proceedings against the Carafa
were burned after having been revised by Pius V. (detailed
account in a future volume of this work). No copies are in
existence. A summary, however, prepared under Pius V., has
been preserved under the title of *Scripta varia in causa card.
Carafa [e] in the Papal Secret Archives, Miscell. XL, 1T4 (copies :
Vatic, 7450, Barb, lat., 5752, and one in the Library at Cortona).
Besides these there is the *Liber iurium coram r°^° gubernatore
. . . contra ill. et r"^"^ dom. card. Carolum Carafam, Alphonsum
Neapolit., Leonardum de Cardine. Ferrant. Garlonium et com-
plices, Papal Secret Archives, Miscell. X., 197 (imperfect copies
in the State Archives, Rome), which contains the originals of the
compromising documents which were seized by order of Pius IV.,
and were used in formulating the accusation. The *Lettere
repetite pro parte card. Caraffe in eius causa contra Fiscum are
in the Cod. Ottob., 2348, p. 286-427, the *Acta of the defenders
of the Carafa and their records are preserved in the Papal Secret
Archives at the end of the Codex Miscell., XL, 1 14, ibid, in Codex I.
130, pp. 15-29 of the Fonds Borghese (Scritture dello studio del
s^*" Marc Antonio Borghese sulla causa Romana excessum a difesa
delli cardinal! Carlo et Alfonso Carafa e del duca di Paliano)
and in the Barb, lat., 3630 (Papers for the defence of Cardinal
Alfonso Carafa). Cf. Ancel, Secret., 41 seq. and Disgrace, 3-1 1,
and Nonciat. de France, I., x seq. Ancel was the tirst to give a
complete survey and a clear description of the material and
sources, which substantially completes and corrects the very
incomplete statements of Gori (Archivio II.) Duruy (p. 413 seq.),
and Cristofori (II pontificate di Paolo IV. ed i Carafa suoi
nipoti ; Miscell. stor. Romana, 1883). The, discovery of the