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PHILIP II. AND THE COUNCIL. 249<br />

sentations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ologians were Hstened to <strong>the</strong> more favour-<br />

ably by Philip II. as relations between <strong>the</strong> Pope and <strong>the</strong> king<br />

had been somewhat strained since <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> 1560, and <strong>the</strong><br />

favourable opportunity <strong>of</strong> bringing pressure to bear on Pius<br />

IV. could not be foregone by <strong>the</strong> Spanish privy council.<br />

After Philip had refrained <strong>from</strong> giving a decisive answer<br />

in <strong>the</strong> month <strong>of</strong> February, he at last declared to <strong>the</strong> nuncio<br />

on March 12th, that he had decided not to accept <strong>the</strong> bull<br />

immediately nor to send his prelates, but to wait and see how<br />

things turned out in Germany and France, and that in <strong>the</strong><br />

meantime he would lay his wishes for <strong>the</strong> alteration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

bull before <strong>the</strong> Pope.^ For this purpose Don Juan de Ayala<br />

was sent to Rome in March. He was ordered to ask <strong>from</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Pope an express declaration that no new Council, but a<br />

continuation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council <strong>of</strong> Trent was convoked by <strong>the</strong><br />

bull <strong>of</strong> November 29th, 1560, as <strong>the</strong> king had taken this for<br />

granted all through his negotiations.^ De Ayala arrived in<br />

Rome on April i6th, 1561, and had an interview with <strong>the</strong><br />

Pope on <strong>the</strong> following day.*<br />

As <strong>the</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spanish bishops was impossible<br />

before an understanding had been arrived at with Philip II.,<br />

and a delay in <strong>the</strong> opening <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council had thus become<br />

imperative, Hosius received fresh instructions on April i6th,<br />

no longer to urge <strong>the</strong> Emperor to <strong>the</strong> immediate dispatch <strong>of</strong><br />

his representatives to Trent, but only to hold <strong>the</strong>m in readiness<br />

to go as soon as <strong>the</strong> Spanish bishops should have started for<br />

Trent. ^ Canobio, who was again sent to Vienna with similar<br />

instructions on April i6th, was entrusted with fur<strong>the</strong>r negotia-<br />

172.<br />

1 C/. Reimann, Unterhandlungen, 619 seq. ; Susta, I., 15 seq.,<br />

- DoLLiNGER, I.. 355 seq.<br />

^ See <strong>the</strong> Instrucion secreta a D. J. de Ayala <strong>of</strong> March 13, 1561,<br />

in DoLLiNGER, I., 358 seq. ; cf. Coleccion de docum. ined., IX., 94.<br />

* See *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> April 18, 1561 (Urb. 1039, p. 268,<br />

Vatican Library). Cf. Cal. <strong>of</strong> State Papers, Foreign, 1 561-1562,<br />

64 ; Susta, I., 16.<br />

^ Borromeo to Hosius, in Steinherz, L, 243 seq. Cf. <strong>the</strong><br />

letter <strong>of</strong> Borromeo to E. Gonzaga in Susta, I., 14.<br />

^

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