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THE CASE OF CARRANZA. 345<br />

convey him to Rome, so that it was only on May 28th, that<br />

Carranza reached <strong>the</strong> Eternal City.^<br />

<strong>The</strong> Spanish Inquisition had a bad name with <strong>the</strong> Roman<br />

people." <strong>The</strong> archbishop was universally looked upon as<br />

innocent,^ and it was commonly said that <strong>the</strong> trial would be<br />

over in a few weeks, and that Carranza would go back to<br />

Spain a Cardinal. His supporters hoped that he would have<br />

entered Rome amid popular acclamations, and would be<br />

received by <strong>the</strong> Pope before <strong>the</strong> trial commenced. In reality,<br />

<strong>the</strong> day after <strong>the</strong> arrival <strong>of</strong> Carranza at Civitavecchia, <strong>the</strong><br />

Spanish ambassador, Requesens, set out to go <strong>the</strong>re to receive<br />

him accompanied by two companies <strong>of</strong> cavalry under <strong>the</strong><br />

command <strong>of</strong> Paolo Ghislieri, but <strong>the</strong> latter had had orders to<br />

receive <strong>the</strong> archbishop merely in <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spanish king,<br />

and not <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pope, and when on <strong>the</strong> return journey <strong>the</strong><br />

cavalcade neared <strong>the</strong> gates <strong>of</strong> Rome <strong>the</strong> great crowd <strong>of</strong> people<br />

sought in vain for <strong>the</strong> archbishop. Requesens took him<br />

secretly, accompanied only by a few horsemen, in a litter as<br />

far as <strong>the</strong> gates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Castle <strong>of</strong> St. Angelo, where, to Carranza's<br />

disgust, his former jailor. Lope de Avellaneda, took charge <strong>of</strong><br />

him in Rome as he had done in Spain.*<br />

In <strong>the</strong> composition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tribunal <strong>the</strong> Pope had every<br />

consideration for <strong>the</strong> Spanish king. If among <strong>the</strong> assessors<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four Cardinal Inquisitors <strong>the</strong>re were to be found <strong>the</strong><br />

Master <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sacred Palace, Tommaso Manriquez, and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

declared friends <strong>of</strong> Carranza, <strong>the</strong>re were also Giulio Santori<br />

1 Corresp. dipL, II., vi, xviii. Pogiani Epist., IV., 262.<br />

^ " Todo el pueblo esta mal con la Inquisicion de Espana de<br />

gracia, 6 per mejor decir, malicia 6 de falta de celo de la fe y<br />

religi6n." Dr. Simancas to Busto de Villegas, November 5,<br />

1568, Corresp. dipl., IV., vi.<br />

^ Zuniga to Philip II., March 9, 1568, ibid. v.<br />

* Requesens to Phiiip II., May 31, 1567, Corresp. dipl., II.,<br />

124 seqq., cf. xix. seq. *B. Pia, May 31 and June 4, 1567, Gonzaga<br />

Archives, Mantua. Cf. also <strong>the</strong> volumes, <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> legacy left<br />

by Santori, bearing <strong>the</strong> title " Processus in causa Toletana," in<br />

Miscell. Arm. X., 1-4, Papal Secret Archives, <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> which<br />

would be <strong>of</strong> value for a special work on <strong>the</strong> subject.

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