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

SEVERITY OF PIUS V. IO3
rather have led him to disband all his troops.^ The rival
factions made use, not only of those who had fled from Rome
or been exiled, but also of soldiers who had deserted and of
unworthy monks who had come into conflict with the reforming
activities of Pius V., and even, in some parts of the March
and in the Romagna, of heretics. When the Pope learned
that Faenza was full of heretics, he thought of proceeding to
the very limits of severity ; he wished to destroy the city,
and transfer the inhabitants to some other place. ^ At the
end of the pontificate, however, there was for the most part
greater tranquillity in the Papal States than there had been
before.^
On February 12th, 1572, the orders which Pius IV. had
issued against the carrjdng of arms, and which applied to
1 From the *report of Cusano of January 26, 1566 (State
Archives, Vienna) it is clear how unwillingly the Pope made up
his mind to take proceedings against Ascoli. In an *Avviso di
Roma of February 2, 1566, it is stated that Pius V. had disbanded
the cavalry with the exception of two companies, *" et dice che i
pontefici sono guardati dalla man di Dio et non da archibugi.
Non vuol guardia o cavalleria per esser necessitato a pagarli
metter impositione of popolo." (Urb. 1040, p. 173) ; cf. supra
p. 69. But as early as February g, Torquato Conti had to be
sent to Ascoli with " 150 fanti " to suppress the rising [ibid., 169,
Vatican Library). Cf. Brosch, I., 241 for the disturbances at
Citta di Castello. For others at Anagni, see *Avviso di Roma
of May II, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 225. Ibid. 1041, p. 127b, an
*Avv]so of August 27, 1567, on the disturbances at Perugia, which
annoyed the Pope very much. For Ascoh, see Saggio di cose
Ascolane, Teramo, 1766, App. ccxcvi. On January 24, 1567.
*" Alex. Pallanterius, gubernator Marchie," obtained " facultates
contra bannitos Asculi et Firmi." Archives of Briefs, Rome.
2 See Tiepolo in Mutinelli, I., 79 ; cf. infra p. 313 seq.
An *Avviso di Roma of September 19, 1571 (Urb. 1042, p. 117b.
Vatican Library) reports the banishments which had taken place
in the territories of Cardinal Farnese.
'This is proved from *Tiepolo in 1.569 ; see Cod. 6624, p. 320,
Court Library, Vienna.