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THE INQUISITION AT MANTUA. 32<br />

<strong>The</strong> same bull <strong>of</strong> Pius V. met with similar opposition at<br />

Mantua as well ; it was thought by <strong>the</strong> priests and monks<br />

that it would lead to malicious accusations, and pave <strong>the</strong> way<br />

for <strong>the</strong> Inquisition. <strong>The</strong> publication <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Latin text<br />

occasioned a great deal <strong>of</strong> murmuring, and efforts were made<br />

to induce <strong>the</strong> Duke to protest against <strong>the</strong> proposed Italian<br />

version.^<br />

At that time Duke William was alread}' annoyed with Rome<br />

because <strong>the</strong> Pope was disputing <strong>the</strong> right <strong>of</strong> presentation<br />

to <strong>the</strong> bishopric <strong>of</strong> Mantua which had been granted to him<br />

by Pius IV., and which had been finally taken away <strong>from</strong> him<br />

by a decree <strong>of</strong> December 23rd, 1566.- <strong>The</strong> Pope had gone<br />

so far as to send <strong>the</strong> Duke a citation ; when, subsequently<br />

<strong>the</strong> citation was taken away <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> envoy toge<strong>the</strong>r with his<br />

suspicione che si cerchi di mettere in questo stato rinquisizione<br />

alia foggia di Spagna, non tanto per zelo di religione qiianto per<br />

interessi di stato et per voracita di qualche ministro o consigliere<br />

che per questa via disegnasse di arricchirsi colle facolta di questi<br />

gentilhuomini e cittadini " (in Verga 31). At Milan <strong>the</strong>re were<br />

hardly any condemnations to <strong>the</strong> stake for Lu<strong>the</strong>ranism. Fumi,<br />

L'inquisizione Romana, 301.<br />

1 Stefano Davari in Arch. stor. Loinb., VI. (1879), 773 seqq.,<br />

787 seqq. <strong>The</strong> Spanish Inquisition was feared and hated at that<br />

time not only in Italy. When in 1569 <strong>the</strong> Jesuit, Antonio Posse-<br />

vino, returned to Rome <strong>from</strong> a journey to Avignon, <strong>the</strong> report<br />

that he had been charged by <strong>the</strong> Pope to introduce <strong>the</strong> Spanish<br />

Inquisition <strong>the</strong>re caused a riot and an attack on <strong>the</strong> Jesuit college<br />

(Laderchi, 1569, n. 180 seq. Sacchini, P. III., i. 5, n. 139 seq.<br />

FouQUERAY, I., 443-446). <strong>The</strong> energetic measures taken by<br />

<strong>the</strong> Pope, however, were successful in keeping Avignon safe <strong>from</strong><br />

Protestantism in spite <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dangerous proximity <strong>of</strong> Orange<br />

(Laderchi, 1566, n. 414 seqq. ; 1567, n. 163 ; 1568, n. 171 ;<br />

1569, n. 176 seqq. ; GOUBAU, 133, 135, 169, 179, 184, 217).<br />

<strong>The</strong> Pope himself in a letter to Philip II. <strong>of</strong> October 26, 1569<br />

(Corresp. dipl.. III., 168 seqq.) had to defend himself against <strong>the</strong><br />

charge that he did not pay enough respect to <strong>the</strong> privileges <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Spanish Inquisition.<br />

"Laderchi, 1566, n. 197 ; c/. 1567, n. 22. Tiepolo in Alberi,<br />

II., 4, 180, 190.<br />

VOL. XVII. 21

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