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THE CASK OF CARRANZA. 353<br />

king, liowever, must remember that his warnings concerned<br />

matters which ei<strong>the</strong>r formed part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trial or did not ;<br />

if <strong>the</strong>y did not, <strong>the</strong>y could not influence <strong>the</strong> decision, while<br />

if <strong>the</strong>y did, <strong>the</strong>y were quite well known to <strong>the</strong> Pope.^<br />

Some time after Zuiiiga had thus communicated to <strong>the</strong><br />

Pope <strong>the</strong> principal points <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> king's memorial, he read to<br />

him <strong>the</strong> complete document. This time, too, <strong>the</strong> Pope<br />

remained perfectly calm. He even condescended to reply<br />

to <strong>the</strong> accusations : some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> complaints, he said, rested<br />

on a false basis, while o<strong>the</strong>rs were <strong>of</strong> no importance. <strong>The</strong>n<br />

Zufiiga touched upon <strong>the</strong> matter which had specially wounded<br />

<strong>the</strong> sensibilities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spaniards, namely that <strong>the</strong> opinions<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>the</strong>ologians had been set aside in Rome. With<br />

regard to this, Pius V. openly told <strong>the</strong> ambassador that he<br />

did not think very highly <strong>of</strong> those opinions, and that in <strong>the</strong><br />

matter <strong>of</strong> Carranza's Catechism, which had been so violently<br />

attacked, <strong>the</strong> book indeed contained many things that were<br />

not suited for <strong>the</strong> populace, and that for that reason it had<br />

quite rightly been prohibited, but he let it be understood<br />

that he considered it quite orthodox as far as its doctrine was<br />

concerned. God knows, he said, that <strong>the</strong>re was no pre-<br />

disposition in favour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> archbishop on his part. If<br />

Carranza were guilty he could not have fallen into worse hands.<br />

<strong>The</strong> king might rest assured that <strong>the</strong> Pope would be guided<br />

by <strong>the</strong> dictates <strong>of</strong> justice alone. If <strong>the</strong> archbishop should<br />

be reinstated, that would not prevent <strong>the</strong> king <strong>from</strong> banish-<br />

ing him if he feared disturbances for his kingdom <strong>from</strong> his<br />

return. <strong>The</strong> Pope would consent to this if <strong>the</strong> fear were shown<br />

to be well grounded. Zufiiga replied that <strong>the</strong> king did not<br />

fear disturbances, but was only afraid <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> scandal that<br />

would be caused by Carranza's return, and that his fear sprang<br />

<strong>from</strong> his zeal for religion.<br />

While <strong>the</strong> ambassador was doing his best in Rome to avert<br />

1 " que si las advertencias que de alia pueden venir son fuera<br />

del pro9esso de la causa, que no pueden servir a la deterrninacion<br />

della ; y que si estan eo el pr<strong>of</strong>esso, nos son notissimas." Letter<br />

<strong>of</strong> April 19, 1570, ibid. III., 295.<br />

- Corresp. dipL, IV., xiv. seq.<br />

VOL. XVII. 23

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