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tion, the reform of the head of the Church, and the representation
of all the nations at Trent. He encountered so much
opposition, especially with regard to the first point, that on
May 6th he asked for instructions from Rome regarding the
right of proposition, as to which the Pope had been prepared
to give way at the time of his departure.^
While Morone was successfully endeavouring, from his sick
bed, to prevent the Imperial theologians from the treatment
of new and dangerous questions, as for example, that of the
supremacy of the Council, ^ his attempt to deal with the
Emperor by word of mouth alone failed.
On May 7th, the Emperor again honoured the legate with
a personal visit. He handed him, as the result of the delibera-
tions of his theologians, a written answer to the discourse
which Morone had delivered after his arrival, together with a
supplement on the reform and election of the bishops.^ Con-
trary to all expectations, the Emperor's reply was favourable ;
Morone, nevertheless, found in it three points to contest,
which had from the first appeared to him to be most important :
the right of proposition by the civil powers, the formation of
national deputations for the preliminary discussion of con-
ciliar questions, and, above all, the reform of the head of the
Church by the Council. He laid his counter-observations,
especially on the last point, before the Emperor, at an audience,
which lasted three hours, granted to him on May 8th.'* He
had brought notes with him,^ which formed the basis of his
speech. The Emperor begged him to leave these notes with
^ See Morone's report to Borromeo of May 6, 1563, in Stein-
HERZ, III., 285 seq.
^ See Morone's final report of May 17, 1563, in Steinherz, III.,
304 seq.
' Published by Planck, Anecdota, II., 3 seq., III., 3 seqq.,
IV., 2 seq. Cf. SicKEL, Konzil, 498 ; Sagmuller, Papstwahl-
bullen, 148 seq.
* See Morone's report to Borromeo of May 13, 1563, in Stein-
herz, III., 295 seq.
' Published under the title " C. Moronis replica ad S-CM*-'^
responsum in materia concilii," by Planck, loc. cit., V., 3 seq.
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