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PIUS V. AND THE CARDINALS. 67
his reign also helped to allay these fears. The conclavists
and auditors of the Rota received gifts of money, as did the
poorer Cardinals, among whom 20,000 scudi were distributed.
Hannibal von Hohcncms, to whom Pius IV. had promised
100,000 scudi before he died, received at least half that sum,
and was confirmed in the offices which he had held.^
If, in spite of all this, the fears of the Romans were not
quite allayed, the reason lay in the fact that, side by side with
these proofs of his benevolence, Pius V. also displayed great
severity. He refused all the petitions presented for his
signature after his election \^ the Conservatori were not
allowed to kiss his foot, because, during the vacancy they had
taken from Paulus Manutius the house which contained his
printing press. The fact that, at the distribution of offices,
the friends of Paul IV., and not those of Pius IV., were selected,
also pointed to increased severity.^
The allocution which the Pope addressed to the Cardinals
at the first General Congregation on January 12th, 1566, was
full of significance ; he said that he did not intend to treat
them as his servants, but as his brethren, remarking at the
same time that the evil life led by many ecclesiastics had played
no small part in the beginning and spread of heresy. He
exhorted them to reform themselves and their households ;
if they would do that he would repay them by his favour and
his confidence. He declared that it was his intention to carry
^ Cf. the *report of Cico Aldrovandi of January 9, 1566 (liberaUtk
degna di principe), State Archives, Bologna ;
the *letter of Serris-
tori of January 11, 1566, State Archives, Florence, and the *report
of Arco of January 12, 1566, State Archives, Vienna. The *con-
firmation of the gift to Hannibal von Hohenems, of January 11,
1566, in the Archives of the Museum at Bregenz, n. 109.
* *" Electus noluit signare ullam supplicationem." C.
FiRMANUs, Diarium, in Miscell., Arm. XII., 31, p. 36, Papal
Secret Archives.
' See the two *reports of Arco of January 12, 1566 (in Latin and
Italian), State Archives, Vienna. For the question at issue
between the Romans and P. IManutius see Rodocanachi, Capitole,
iiS seq. ; cf. Mel. d'avckeol., III., 269 seq.