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tions.^ Hosius was immediately to inform the Emperor that
the Pope, in order to comply with the latter's wishes, was
prepared to proceed to the Council, together with the whole
College of Cardinals, as soon as he considered it fitting and
necessary. As this, however, was not possible at the present
moment, he proposed that after the opening of the Council
he himself should take up his residence at Bologna, and the
Emperor at Innsbruck, so as to be nearer to the seat of the
Council, and to support it. Canobio handed this proposal to
the Emperor in writing. In his answer on May 6th, Ferdinand
referred to his efforts with the Protestants, and declared that
he had neglected nothing in the matter which was incumbent
on him as Emperor ;
that he had already appointed envoys
for the Council, whom he would send to Trent as soon as
possible. In the event of the Pope going to Trent, he promised
that he would not only proceed to Innsbruck, but that he
would even go himself to the seat of the Council. By- this
Ferdinand had declared his acceptance of the conciliar bull.
The untiring eloquence of Hosius had been to a great extent
decisive in overcoming the objections of the Emperor, and in
gaining his agreement to the appointment of the envoys.^
Encouraged by the success he had already met witn, the
nuncio made an impcrtant request on May 8th and i8th,
namely that Ferdinand should send a representative to Trent
immediately. The Emperor, however, would not agree to
this, although he promised that his representatives should be
the first to appear at Trent, but that he would not send his
envoys until the other powers had given orders to their repre-
sentatives to start. ^ The Emperor was strengthened in this
resolve by a report from Arco, which arrived on May 25th,
and conveyed to him the Pope's wish that he should act in
this way, withodt paying attention to the piessure of Hosius.*
^ See Steinherz, I., ciii. seq., 251 seq.
^ Cf. SicKEL, Konzil, 191 seq., 194 seq. ; Steinherz, I., civ.,
252 ; Ehses, VIII., 200, 204 seq.
^ See Steinherz, I., civ., 249, 254 seq.
* See Steinherz, I., civ. seq. For the Pope's reasons cf. the
report of the Portuguese ambassador of May 2, 1561, in the Corpo
dipl. Portug., IX., 236.