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352<br />

HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

but that as far as <strong>the</strong> king was concerned, he could not and<br />

would not cease to favour <strong>the</strong> Inquisition, as he had done<br />

all his life.<br />

At first ZuTiiga did not dare to comminicate <strong>the</strong>se rebukes<br />

and threats to <strong>the</strong> Pope ;<br />

Cardinal<br />

Pacheco, too, as well as<br />

Simancas, <strong>the</strong> Bishop <strong>of</strong> Badajoz, and later on Cardinal<br />

Granvelle, dissuaded him <strong>from</strong> doing so.^ Now that Philip<br />

—so ran <strong>the</strong> opinion <strong>of</strong> Granvelle—has handed over <strong>the</strong> archbishop<br />

and his trial to <strong>the</strong> Roman tribunals, and <strong>the</strong> Pope<br />

has examined <strong>the</strong> acta so carefulty, he will not be able to<br />

persuade <strong>the</strong> world that <strong>the</strong> royal tribunals, which do not<br />

possess <strong>the</strong> complete acta and have not heard all <strong>the</strong> parties,<br />

can still be better informed as to <strong>the</strong> true state <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> case.<br />

As far as he personally was concerned, Granvelle adds, he<br />

would never have given his approval to <strong>the</strong> king's allowing<br />

<strong>the</strong> case to be taken out <strong>of</strong> Spanish territory. This had<br />

proved a serious blow to <strong>the</strong> Inquisition, and it afforded very<br />

good grounds for a breach <strong>of</strong> relations if <strong>the</strong> Pope did not mend<br />

his ways ; such a breach would compel him to do so. Zufiiga<br />

did not dare to take Granvelle's advice and urge violent<br />

measures. He wrote to <strong>the</strong> king that as soon as he heard<br />

that <strong>the</strong>re must be no question <strong>of</strong> Carranza's going back to<br />

Spain, he would endeavour to win over <strong>the</strong> judges to consent<br />

to that.<br />

When, a little after Easter, 1570, <strong>the</strong> decision <strong>of</strong> Carranza's<br />

trial was thought to be imminent, Zuniga thought that <strong>the</strong><br />

time had come to inform <strong>the</strong> Pope <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> principal points in<br />

<strong>the</strong> royal instructions. In questions <strong>of</strong> smaller moment<br />

Pius V. had <strong>of</strong>ten felt it right to resist, even with considerable<br />

heat, <strong>the</strong> demands <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> princes, but now <strong>the</strong> strong-willed<br />

man remained outwardly calm. With characteristic brevity<br />

he assured Philip in a few stiff autograph lines, that he was<br />

always glad to receive <strong>the</strong> observations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ambas-<br />

sador and <strong>the</strong> king concerning <strong>the</strong> trial, and that if his <strong>of</strong>fice<br />

permitted even greater concessions in <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> trials <strong>of</strong><br />

bishops he would have been quick to make <strong>the</strong>m. <strong>The</strong><br />

^Ibid. Ubid. IV., xiii.

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