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hprints-00683151, version 2 - 19 Mar 2013 [15] De duce vero Mediolani, quamvis multa 225 Isidorus, orator vester diligentissimus, explicaverit 226 , neque sufficienter 227 mea sententia dictum videtur, neque admiratione dignum est, si ducales oratores, viri gravissimi episcopus albiganensis 228 ac Christophorus de Velate 229 , cetera subticuerunt. Satis namque 230 duxerunt ad illum principem pertinere, si requisitus responderit, si petita concesserit, si se ipsum et quidquid habet obtulerit. Locorum vero comparationem facere vestrum esse dixerunt. Certi enim sunt illum ducem, quidquid eligatis, contentum 231 fore, cupere tamen, ut bene vobis concilioque 232 succedat. [16] Vestrum esset igitur, patres reverendissimi, ducalium terrarum investigare commoditates, quod onus, postquam alii rejiciunt, ego non minus vestra quam ducis causa suscipio 233 , de Venetorum Florentinorumque terris omnino silens, quos adeo promptos paratosque in necessitatibus ecclesiae 234 comperitis, ut laudare ipsos et amplissimis commendare testimoniis 235 teneamini. 225 omit. C 226 explicavit Z 227 neque convenienter add. Z 228 Albinganensis C 229 Vallate Z 230 Satis namque : satisque C 231 contemptum B 232 consilioque C; quocumque Z 233 suspicio C 234 ecce M 235 praeconiis Z 60
hprints-00683151, version 2 - 19 Mar 2013 0.5. The offer of the Duke of Milan [15] As concerns the Duke of Milan, your diligent envoy, Isidoro, had much to say. But in my opinion, he did not say enough, and it is not very impressive that the duke’s own ambassadors, the Bishop of Albenga 236 and Cristoforo da Velate, both serious men, remained silent about the rest. For they considered it sufficient if the prince responded to the solicitations of the council, if he granted its petitions, and if he offered himself and his possessions to it. As for the comparison of the various locations, they said that this is your business, and they are sure that the duke will be content with whatever choice you make and just desires that you yourselves and the council be successful. [16] So, it is your own responsibility, reverend fathers, to assess the advantages of the ducal territories. Since the others 237 do not assume this charge, I shall take it on both in your cause and in the duke’s. I shall say nothing about the territories of Venice and Florence: you have already heard how eager and ready they are to provide what the Church needs, and we must praise them and commend them in grateful testimonials. 236 Matteo del Carretto: Bishop of Albenga in Liguria from 1429 to 1448. Cf. Pius II: Orationes, p. 37, n. 17 237 i.e. the envoys of the council and of the duke 61
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