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have entailed the most disastrous consequences for the pro-
gress of the deUberations of the Council.
Pius IV., who was more cautious in deed than he was in
his words, refused to accept Gonzaga's resignation, and commanded
him to remain, and to continue to hold the presidentship
of the legates.^ The Archbishop of Lanciano who was
sent back from Rome to Trent on July ist, was the bearer of
a letter to the Cardinal, in which the Pope's fullest confidence
in him was expressed. Simonetta at the same time received
instructions to show every consideration to Gonzaga, and keep
on the best terms with him.- The complete reconciliation
between the two legates only took place on July 19th, when
Gonzaga was invited by Simonetta to dinner. The long
explanations which were made on this occasion resulted in
their mutual satisfaction and pleasure. Cardinal Gonzaga
displayed real magnanimity, demanding no other punishment
for the prelates who had fomented the strife, or who had
offended him, than their improvement. When Borromeo
wrote to him that the Pope was ready to remove the Bishop
of La Cava, who had expressed himself in particularly dis-
respectful terms, from his position as Commissary of the
Council, Gonzaga begged that he might be left at his post,
where he was doing most useful work.^
No less important for the successful issue of the Council
than the reconciliation of the two legates, to which Carlo
^ C/. Paleotto in Theiner, II., 567 seq. ; report of Vargas of
July I, 1562, in DoLLiNGER, Beitrage, I., 445 seq. ; letter of
Gonzaga to the Emperor on July 14, 1562, in Sickel, Konzil, 354.
2 See SusTA, II., 227 seq., 230. Cf. Pallavicini, 17, 5.
'See Pallavicini, 17, 13, i. The Pope was engaged at that
time, besides restoring concord among the legates, in settling
disputes among the envoys as to precedence. In order to put an
end to the quarrel between the Bavarian and Venetian envoys
Pius IV. called for the help of the Emperor. The Bavarian
envoy also demanded precedence over the Swiss and Florentine
envoys. It was a matter of greater difficulty to settle the dispute
about precedence between the representatives of Spain and France.
Cf. Pallavicini, 17, 4; Susta, II., 237, 242 seq., 249, 494 seq.