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as an only too greatly interested party, was not settled until
the spring of 1562.^ After the Pope's nephews had been
satisfied, the restoration of Paliano to the Colonna took place
on July 17th, 1562,"^ and it remained henceforth in their
hands. ^ The former political power, however, of the family had
disappeared, and their wealth had also been seriously diminished.
In order to enable Marcantonio to liquidate the immense
burden of debt which he found in existence, the Pope dissolved
for him the entail, with the result that Nemi was sold to the
Piccolomini, Citta Lavinia and Ardea to the Cesarini, and
Capranica, Ceciliano, Pisciano and S. Vito to the Massimi.'*
" An unheard of affair, and an example of Divine justice
that one should always have before one's eyes "—so wrote
Seripando in his journal after he had heard of the execution
of the Carafa.^ The scandalous administration of the family
during the period of their unlimited power under Paul IV., was
still so fresh in the memory of the people, that many thought
no punishment could be too severe, while they shut their eyes
to the injustice and tyranny which had been displayed during
the trial, and the political interests and the personal hatred
which had played their part in it. Pius IV. himself, does not
appear to have realized that, conducted by such bitter enemies
of the Carafa as Federicis and Pallantieri, the trial was bound
to be of a thoroughly prejudiced character. Onofrio Panvinio^
relates that Pius IV. had himself said to him that nothing in
1 C/. SusTA, Kurie, I., 206 seq., 287 seq., II., 423 seq. ; Angel,
Disgrace, 164 seq.
2 See GoRi, Archivio, II., 315., Atti Mod., 3., Ser. II. (1883),
152 seq.
3 C/. ToMASSETTi in the Arch. d. Soc. Rom., XXIX., 336 seq. ;
Campagna, III., 551 seq.
* Cf. Reumont, Beitrage, V., 95, 103 and Rom. III., 2, 541.
5 Merkle, II., 464.
« Vita Pii IV. (;/. Appendix No. 37). Compare with this the
brief in Raynaldus, 1561, n. 80, and the *letter to the Viceroy
of Naples, dated April 13, 1561, in which, in connection with the
" Molestis-
release of Cardinal Alfonso, it says of the other Carafa :
simum tulimus, in aliis nimiam atrocitatem criminum et divini
honoris ac iustitiae zelum obstitisse." (Papal Secret Archives).