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

200 HISTORY OF THE POPES.
ambassadors, with the exception of the representative of
France/ to meet him, and then he communicated to them
the news he had received from Tournon, and declared that
he was now obhged to remove the suspension of the Council
of Trent, without making any reference to the validity or
non-validity of the decrees already issued. Should Trent
not prove a suitable place, the Council could be moved later
on to Vicenza, Mantua, or Monferrato. Although he wished
to deal with those who had fallen away from the faith in a mild
and friendly manner, they must not be suffered to issue commands
to the Holy See in such a matter, but must be prepared
to receive them from him. The ambassadors were instructed
to communicate this to their princes, and to exhort them to
support the Pope. Prospero d'Arco, the representative of the
Emperor, was the only one to raise objections, but the Pope
rebuked him sternly, and the others acquiesced in a greater
or lesser degree.^ In accordance with this decision a new
commission was sent by Cardinal Borromeo to the nuncio,
Delfmo, on September 24th, by which he was to induce the
Emperor to agree to the removal of the suspension of the
Council of Trent. ^ Pius IV. on the same day sternly re-
proached the French ambassador, Bourdaisiere, for the attitude
of France. He promised, however, at the ambassador's
request, to wait for another fortnight or month, until Francis
II. should have spoken to Cardinal Tournon, and conferred
further with him.^ The Pope gave the Imperial ambassador,
Arco, on September 25th, the calming assurance that nothing
but necessity had forced him to his declaration of the 23rd.
If the Emperor thought that he could procure a delay of the
national council from France until he had found out the views
of the Protestants, he would alter his decision in accordance
1 On account of the dispute about precedence with the Spanish
ambassador.
2 See Arco's report of September 24, in Sickel, Konzil, 95
seq., and the supplementary report of Vargas of the 25, in
Voss, 98-9.
^ Steinherz, L, 115.
* See Voss, 101-2.