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PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF THE COUNCIL. 313<br />

abuses in <strong>the</strong> election <strong>of</strong> archbishops and bishops by <strong>the</strong><br />

ca<strong>the</strong>dral chapters should be abolished.^<br />

Towards <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> 1562, Pius IV. would have been very<br />

willing to suspend <strong>the</strong> Council,- on <strong>the</strong> proposal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Em-<br />

did not, while <strong>the</strong> Council was sitting, feel safe in <strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Church, thought it well to seize upon every opportunity <strong>of</strong> placing<br />

at least <strong>the</strong> Itahan princes under an obhgation to himself (see<br />

Steinherz, III., 178 seq. ; Susta, III., 157 seq., 161, 193 seq.).<br />

For <strong>the</strong> creation <strong>of</strong> January 6, 1563, see Petramellarius, 73 seq. ;<br />

CiAcoNius, III., 943 seq. ; Cardella, V., 53 seq. ; Herre, 68).<br />

<strong>The</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong> Cardinal Ferdinando is well described by <strong>the</strong><br />

author <strong>of</strong> an account <strong>of</strong> a journey <strong>of</strong> Duke Ferdinand, third son <strong>of</strong><br />

Duke Albert V. <strong>of</strong> Bavaria, in <strong>the</strong> year 1 565, printed in Freyberg,<br />

Sammlung historischer Schriften, IV., 317 seq., Stuttgart, 1834. As<br />

early as January 30, 1563, Tonina *reports that people were speaking<br />

<strong>of</strong> a fresh creation <strong>of</strong> Cardinals (Gonzaga Archives, Mantua)<br />

iQn <strong>the</strong> same March 3, 1563, <strong>the</strong> Emperor addressed a letter<br />

to Guise (Le Plat, V., 690 seq.), and a fresh instruction to his<br />

envoys at Trent, printed in Sickel, Konzil, 446 seq. ; ibid.,<br />

456 seq., and 463 seq., <strong>the</strong> fur<strong>the</strong>r instructions <strong>of</strong> March 21 and 23,<br />

1563. Cf. as to this Helle, 42 seq.<br />

2 Before <strong>the</strong> arrival <strong>of</strong> Guise <strong>the</strong>y were prepared for <strong>the</strong> Cardinal<br />

to propose <strong>the</strong> removal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council to Besan^on or Constance ;<br />

<strong>the</strong> Cardinal himself had spoken <strong>of</strong> this to <strong>the</strong> nuncio, Santa<br />

Croce (see <strong>the</strong> report <strong>of</strong> Santa Croce <strong>of</strong> June 26, 1562, in Susta, II.,<br />

492). On <strong>the</strong> strength <strong>of</strong> this, on July 8, 1562, Borromeo sent<br />

instructions to <strong>the</strong> legates to hurry on <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council<br />

as much as possible [ibid., II., 239 seqq.). On July 18 Borromeo<br />

wrote to Delfino, who had (June 29) made <strong>the</strong> proposal that <strong>the</strong><br />

Council should be suspended : "If <strong>the</strong> Emperor, in agreement<br />

with Philip II. makes a proposal for <strong>the</strong> suspension <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Pope is inclined to accept it." (Steinherz, III., 94 seqq.).<br />

On July 22 Borromeo again wrote to Delfino that <strong>the</strong> Pope was<br />

agreeable to a conference on religion, <strong>the</strong> Council being first<br />

suspended or <strong>close</strong>d, but that <strong>the</strong> Emperor must win over <strong>the</strong><br />

King <strong>of</strong> Spain to this plan {ibid., 100), On August 8 <strong>the</strong> legates<br />

received orders <strong>from</strong> Borromeo to bring <strong>the</strong> Council to a <strong>close</strong><br />

with all possible speed, and <strong>the</strong> same order was repeated on<br />

August 22 (see Susta, II., 308, 325 seq.). Pius IV. himself wrote<br />

to <strong>the</strong> legates in <strong>the</strong> same sense on August 26 (Susta, II., 327 seq.).<br />

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