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and himself. Both nuncios appeared before the Emperor on
October 9th, when they declared to him the Pope's resolve to
remove the suspension of the Council of Trent, and called upon
him for his support. Ferdinand handed them his written
answer to the Pope, adding thereto a declaration concerning the
whole question of the Council, which was couched in vigorous
and decided terms. He then pointed out that he gave no orders
to the Pope, but only wished to fulfil his duty as Emperor,
when he put forward his views on such important matters.
As far as he personally was concerned he was prepared to
accept any decision of the Pope, but he could not fail to say
clearly and distinctly to His Holiness that, in the event of
the continuation of the Council of Trent, the participation of
the Protestants could in no circumstances be counted on, and
that they would even rise up in arms against it. As France
and the other powers also refused to accept the continuation,
the difficulties of Christendom could only be removed by the
convocation of a new Council, to which the Pope was, more-
over, bound by the decisions of the Council of Constance.
He wished to support this good work, and left the question
of the time to His Holiness ;
as far as he himself was concerned,
he was quite agreeable to Trent, which place was very con-
venient for him, but as this name was hated in Germany, he
proposed Innsbruck. The Emperor also referred to the
necessity for the personal attendance of the Pope at the
Council. Finally he expressed his astonishment that the
work of reform in Rome was so slow, and carried out with so
little thoroughness ;
he also especially touched upon the abuses
in the appointment of Cardinals, by which he referred to the
decisions of the Council of Basle. ^ The satisfaction expressed
^Concerning the audience of October 9, two reports were sent
to Borromeo on October 14 and 15, one from Delfino, and the
other from Delfino and Hosius together (see Steinherz, I., 132
seq., 135 seq). Cf. also the instructions of Ferdinand I. to Arco
of October 18, 1560, in Sickel, Konzils, 109 seq. See Eder, I., 60
seq. Concerning the deUvery of the Emperor's speech and the
author of the instruction. Eder comes to the following conclusion
: The influence of the Spanish Franciscan, Francisco dj