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HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

ambassadorial credentials, <strong>the</strong> Pope thought <strong>of</strong> forcing <strong>the</strong><br />

Duke to present himself personally in Rome, and <strong>of</strong> deposing<br />

him if he did not appear. ^ In Mantua <strong>the</strong> Inquisition had<br />

to bear <strong>the</strong> brunt <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> displeasure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> prince, whose<br />

irritation was shared by <strong>the</strong> whole city. When in 1567 <strong>the</strong><br />

Inquisition imprisoned some Mantuan citizens, <strong>the</strong> Duke's<br />

representative, Francesco di NoveUara, made a protest<br />

against any fur<strong>the</strong>r action being taken by <strong>the</strong> tribunal until<br />

<strong>the</strong> prince had had satisfaction. ^<br />

Pius V. had no intention <strong>of</strong> quietly allowing any such<br />

violation <strong>of</strong> recognized ecclesiastical rights. On May 31st<br />

he had recourse to <strong>the</strong> Duke with a request that, for <strong>the</strong><br />

sake <strong>of</strong> peace and quiet, he would refrain <strong>from</strong> any such<br />

usurpations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rights <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church, and would allow <strong>the</strong><br />

guilty parties to be punished. He informed him at <strong>the</strong> same<br />

time that he had removed <strong>the</strong> Inquisitor, Ambrogio Aldegati,<br />

as being too easy-going, and had appointed in his place <strong>the</strong><br />

Dominican, Camillo Campeggio.^<br />

<strong>The</strong> irritation felt both at <strong>the</strong> court and in <strong>the</strong> city<br />

was by no means allayed by this appointment, <strong>the</strong> more so as<br />

Campeggio made some fur<strong>the</strong>r arrests, and arranged auto-<br />

dafes for August 3rd and October 26th, at which several<br />

persons made <strong>the</strong>ir abjuration.* Besides this, several <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

^ Requesens to Philip II., September 18, 1566, Corresp. dipl.,<br />

I., 346 ; cf. 388.<br />

^ Davari, loc. cit. 774, 788.<br />

^ Ibid. 775. <strong>The</strong> *brief <strong>of</strong> nomination. May 31, 1567, in <strong>the</strong><br />

Archives <strong>of</strong> Briefs, Rome.<br />

* " Si dice che hoggi i frati de S. Domenico doppo il vespero<br />

fanno ahiurare dieci di queUi loro prigioneri et che si faranno<br />

saUre in pulpito imitrati a chiamarsi in colpa " (L. Rogna, August<br />

3. 1567, Gonzaga Archives, Mantua). So runs <strong>the</strong> text, as I am<br />

assured by <strong>the</strong> keeper <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Archives, A. Luzio. Davari, who<br />

published it, loc. cit. 790, besides unimportant changes, has read<br />

abbrucciare instead <strong>of</strong> abiurave ! On October 26, 1567, L. Rogna<br />

wrote : " Oggi su un palco eminente fatto in S. Domenico si<br />

abiureranno alquanti di quelU reputati eretici. " Even here Davari,<br />

loc. cit. has changed abiureranno into abbruciarono. According to<br />

<strong>the</strong> records that have so far come to Hght no heretic died at <strong>the</strong><br />

stake in Mantua.

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