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

8o HISTORY OF THE POPES.
the rights of the Apostohc See. Neither would Pius V.
hear of keeping up the artillery, leaving this matter to the
care of the citizens of Anagni. After this the Cardinals,
as Cusano wrote, were convinced that if the Pope lived a long
time he would get rid of all his troops, and would even do
away with the Swiss Guard.
Pius V. was but ill-satisfied with the way in which the
Commission of State, which was at first composed of Farnese,
Reumano, Rebiba and Vitelli, carried out its duties, and he
added Granvelle to their number, which did not at all please
the other four, Vitelli at once resigned, and Farnese thought
of doing likewise ; it was generally thought that he would
leave Rome so as to avoid an open quarrel.^
The importance of Bonelli's position was externally mani-
fested by the fact that in May, 1566, he took possession of the
apartments in the Borgia Tower vacated by the death of
Reumano, and which were usually occupied by the Cardinal
nephew.^ Cardinal Bonelli familiarized himself with his
duties more quickly and far better than most people had
expected.'* He was not, however, a personality of any great
weight, for which reason the Pope did not allow him to do
anything of importance without his consent.^ The same
thing held good throughout the pontificate. The influence
of the Cardinals tended to grow less as Pius V. realized that
many of them were dependent upon the princes, and were
^ *Report of Cusano of March 23, 1566, ibid. Cf. supra p. 69.
^ *Reports of Cusano of March 30 and June 15, 1566, State
Archives, Vienna. For the complete disgrace into which Vitelli
fell, see Herre, Papsttum, 152 seq.
3 See the *report of Cusano of May 11, 1566. State Archives,
Vienna.
* According to the *report of Cusano of March 2, 1566 (State
Archives, Vienna), Pius was in doubt, even then, whether Bonelli
was fit for the duties of Secretary of State. Cf. Torne, 50.
* See Tiepolo, 175-176 ; cf. Corresp. dipl., IV., 377. According
to the *report of Strozzi of November 15, 1566, Bonelli said in com-
plaint : " gh altri [nipoti] havevano autoritk dal Papa et ia
non n'ho alcuna." State Archives, Vienna.