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152<br />

HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

In o<strong>the</strong>r respects Pius V. honoured <strong>the</strong> Cardinals as <strong>the</strong><br />

greatest princes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church, and his natural advisers.<br />

" <strong>The</strong> Pope," writes Cusano, " informs <strong>the</strong>m <strong>of</strong> everything<br />

that concerns <strong>the</strong> Apostolic See, he listens to <strong>the</strong>ir opinions,<br />

honours <strong>the</strong>m, and shows that he values <strong>the</strong>m greatly. At<br />

audiences he treats <strong>the</strong>m with <strong>the</strong> greatest consideration.<br />

Unless things change very much," he adds, " Pius V. will be<br />

<strong>the</strong> best-loved Pope we have had for many years."' A few<br />

weeks after his election Pius V. said that <strong>the</strong> poorer Cardinals<br />

must turn to him for help without hesitation, ^ and at <strong>the</strong> end<br />

<strong>of</strong> January, 1566, he distributed forty purses, containing in<br />

all 20,000 scudi, to <strong>the</strong> poorest Cardinals.^ All were made to<br />

hand in a list <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir revenues, and those who had more than<br />

6,000 scudi had to give up a fifth part for <strong>the</strong> benefit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

poorer colleagues and for ecclesiastical purposes.* <strong>The</strong><br />

attempt on <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> Cardinal Borromeo gave <strong>the</strong> Pope an<br />

opportunity <strong>of</strong> making <strong>the</strong> constitution <strong>of</strong> Boniface VIII.<br />

against all acts <strong>of</strong> violence against a Cardinal more severe.^<br />

At <strong>the</strong> same time this zealous champion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> purity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

1 *" Buono che S. S*^ h risoluta di far participi d'ogni cosa<br />

pertinente alia Sedia Apostolica alii cardenali con pigliar nelle<br />

risolutioni il veto lore, i quali honora at mostra tenerli in molta<br />

stima perche quando li vanno a parlar, li fa coprir et sedere, cosa<br />

ch'era stata messa in abuse da Pic IV, che li strapazzava come<br />

ogni altro huomo." Cusano on January 26, 1566, State Archives,<br />

Vienna, see supra, p. 53.<br />

* *Arco, January 19, 1566, ibid. Cf. supra, p. 72.<br />

3 *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> January 26, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 171b,<br />

Vatican Library.<br />

* *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> February 6, 1566, ibid. 182b. Cf. *Arco,<br />

February 6, 1566, State Archives, Vienna. According to a<br />

report <strong>of</strong> Arco <strong>of</strong> February 9, 1569, at <strong>the</strong> consistory <strong>of</strong> February<br />

6, pensions <strong>of</strong> 1,000 scudi Mere granted to Santa Croce, Orsini,<br />

Lomellini and Boncompagni ; ibid.<br />

* Bull <strong>of</strong> December 19, 1569, Bull. Rom., VII., 792 seq. For<br />

<strong>the</strong> motuproprio <strong>of</strong> 1567 revoking all enactments contrary to<br />

<strong>the</strong> " capitula conclavis iurata," see Quellen und Forschungen,<br />

XII., 227.

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