The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages : drawn ...

SPIRITUAL ARMS OF THE POPE. 79
Vitelli had become troublesome to the Pope because he
wished to interfere in everything, and also because he was
too intimate with Cardinal Boneili.^ He and Farnese were
both of them too different in character from the Pope ever
to be trusted advisers ;
an example of the great divergence
of their points of view may here be given.
At the beginning of his pontificate Pius V. understood in
such a literal sense the protection which Our Lord had promised
to his Vicar on earth, that he would have hked to have
done away with all human means of defence. When Vitelli
and Farnese pointed out to him that a fortress of such im-
portance to the safety of the Papal States as Anagni ought
to be put into a better state of repair, the Pope repUed that
the Church had need of neither cannon nor soldiers. Her
arms were prayer and fasting, tears, and the Holy Scriptures,
and he would prefer to follow in the footsteps of those Popes
who had defended the dignity of the Holy See by spiritual
arms. Moreover, there was no reason to fear that the
Spaniards would seize Anagni, since Philip H. was allied to
both the Emperor and France, and all three would defend
comincia ad havere tutte le facende o poco manco." (Gonzaga
Archives, Mantua). Cf. as to this the already quoted *report of
Serristori, of April i, 1566. *" II card. Alessandrino fa hora le
facende come fanno li nepoti de Papi et e in caj)ite et il card.
Reumanio sta mal alia morte." (Awise di Roma of April 27,
1566, Urb. 1040, p. 2i8b, Vatican Library). Bonelli received a
monthly stipend of 100 ducats (see ibid. p. 235b.). Later on his
revenues were greatly increased, so that he was able to help his
brothers, towards whom the Pope showed himself very reserved
(see TiEPOLO, 177). On December 12, 1568, BoneUi became camer-
lengo, but resigned the office on May 10, 1570, in favour of L.
Cornaro for 70,000 scudi, which Pius V. seized for the Turkish
war ; the nephew was compensated with the abbey of S. Michele
at Chiusi, and the priorate of the Knights of Malta. See
Cakdella, v., Ill ; cf. Garampi, 269.
1 Thus *reports Cusano on March 16, 1566, State Archives,
Vienna. When, a year later, VitelU's schemes to obtain the tiara
for Este were discovered, Vitelli fell into complete disgrace ; see
thft *report pf Arco of May 3 and June 7, 1567, ibid.