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MORONE AT INNSBRUCK. 317
April loth, the vigil of Easter, he arrived in Trent. ^ At that
time the work of the Council was almost at a standstill. The
joy that was felt at the arrival of the new legate was increased
when the new envoy of the King of Spain, the Count di Luna,
appointed to succeed Pescara, arrived quite unexpectedly on
April 12th. 2
The importance and ability of Morone at once became
apparent in the negotiations upon which he entered with the
envoys of the powers who were at Trent, and with Guise and
other distinguished persons, scarcely any of whom believed
in the Pope's real desire for reform.^ These negotiations,
however, could only be provisional, as everything depended on
the attitude of the Emperor. After Morone had entered upon
his new ofhce at the General Congregation of April 13th,'*
he set out at once for the Imperial court on April i6th. After
a journey which was rendered very difficult by the cold and
rainy weather, he reached Innsbruck on April 21st. The
Emperor had been awaiting his arrival with impatience ;
he
went to meet the Pope's representative some distance beyond
the gates of the city, and accompanied him in his entry.
Negotiations were commenced on the following day. In a
conversation which lasted for four hours, Morone gave to the
Emperor answers on all the points contained in his two letters
of March 3rd. The slow progress of affairs at the Council was
discussed in detail, as were the true causes of the evil and the
means of obviating it, together with the question of the sus-
^ See BoNDONUS, 567 ; ihid. 568, for the arrival of Cardinal
Navagero, which only took place on April 28. For the departure
of Morone and his letter of credential, see Steinherz, III., 277-8 ;
for the course of his journey see Susta, III., 287. The autograph
letter of Pius IV. to the Emperor, dated March 25, 1563, which
was sent after the legate, in Raynaldus, i 563, n. 60 ;
Le Plat, V.,
774 seq.
^ See BoNDONUs, 567.
» Pallavicini, 20, II and 12. Cf. the Relatione in the Zeitschr.
fiir Kirchengesch., III., 654 seq.
* See Raynaldus, 1563, n. 63 seq. ; Theiner, II., 262 seq.
5 See Steinherz, III., 278,
^