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6 HISTORY OF THE POPES.
be followed on the tenth day by the opening of the conclave,
was once more not exactly observed on this occasion. The
solemn services for the repose of the soul of Paul IV. were only
begun on August 23rd, and lasted, with breaks on the inter-
vening Sundays and holidays, ^ till September 4th. On the
following day, after the Mass of the Holy Ghost and the usual
sermon, preached on this occasion by the well-known humanist,
Giulio Pogiano,^ the Cardinals went into the Vatican for the
conclave,'^ although no one had the least idea that this was
to last for three months and twenty-one days.
Many of the Cardinals who were not present in Rome
arrived in the Eternal City^ even before the conclusion of the
obsequies, so that on the morning of September 5th thirty-
five voters, and on the evening of the same day, yet another
five were able to repair to the conclave^ ; Armagnac and
Capizuchi remained in the city on account of illness.^ After
the beginning of the election proceedings several more Cardinals
arrived in Rome. The original number of forty electors had
1 On August 25, 27 and 29, and Sept. 3 (Panvinius, 336 seqq.).
A payment for " Michele Greece Luchese pittore per pitture
per le esequie di Paolo IV," is entered on August 21 in the *Conto
delli Olgiati depositarii de denari spesi in sede vacante di Paolo IV.
(State Archives, Rome).
2 BoNDONUs, 518. The oration is printed in Pogiani Epistulae,
I., 310 seq.
* See the plan of the conclave (contemporary print of A. Bladus)
in the Papal Secret Archives, XL, 122 (also in the State Archives,
Florence, C. Strozz., I., 229, see Susta, Pius IV., 116).
* On August 18, Carlo Carafa, on the 21, Corgna, on the 24,
du Bellay and Crispi, on the 25, Alessandro Farnese and Simoncelli,
on the 28, Rovere, on the 29, Cicada, Innocenzo del Monte,
Gaddi and Armagnac, on the 30, Mercurio (Mamertinus, cf.
Merkle, II., 628, 38). Cristoforo del Monte, Madruzzo and
Este, on the 31, Gonzaga ;
Capodiferro. Panvinius in Merkle, 335-7.
on an unknown date, Lenoncourt and
^ Namely Cueva, Medici, Cristoforo del Monte, Ricci and
Capodiferro. Panvinius, loc. cit., 339 n.
« Ibid.