The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages : drawn ...

CANDIDATES FOR THE TIARA. 3
In the meantime Rome was gi\'mg itself up to speculation as
to the result of the coming conclave. " Many are hoping for
the tiara/' Arco wrote on the day of Pius IV. 's death, " but
generally speaking onl}' eight or nine names are commonly
mentioned, namely, the t^vo rehgious, Dolera and Ghislieri,
Morone, Ippohto d'Este, Ricci, Ferreri, Boncompagni, Sirleto
and Grasso ;
it is the general opinion that whoever is supported
b}' the nephews of the dead Pope and the Duke of Florence
will be the successful candidate."^ Andrea Caligari- gives
the same names, but adds five others, Famese, who was working
for his own election, Mula, Scotti, Saraceni and Crispi, each
of whom had several supporters. A few days later Caligari
gives a longer list,^ adding to the above named Pisani, Ciisto-
foro Madruzzo, Reumano and Sal\iati as aspirants to the
tiara ;
he could feel fairly sure of ha^^ng hit the mark, since
his list of eighteen names included all the possible candidates.
He saj-^ of Ghislieri that many well informed persons enter-
tained great hopes of his success, for secret reasons which he
had not been able to fathom.* Cahgari himself places Boncompagni,
the Cardinal of Bologna, first ; all eyes are upon
him, he 5a}-5, and nothing but the fact of his absence in Spain
stands in his way ;
his compatriots of Bolc^na have therefore
sent messengers to recall him with all speed, and are prepared
to pa}' all the expenses of his journey.^ In other letters
1 *" Moiti aspirano al pontincato, ma qcelli che sono piii nomi-
nati sono otto o nove, i due frati Araceli et Alessandrino, Morone,
Ferrara, Montepniriano, Ferereo, Bnoncompagni, Sirleto et
Crasso." Arco to the ArchdtLke Ferdinand, Dec. 9, 1565, State
Archives, Innsbruck, Ambraser Akten.
* *Letier to Commendone of December 12, 1565, Lettere
di princ. XXIII 56 ^now 121;, Papal Secret Archive.
*Letter to Commendone of December 19, 1565, ibid. 61 (now
* *" Alcmu homeni di giudicio fanno gran caso di AlessaTidrino
per cerd lispetti occulti che io no ho pwtuto sapere." Caligari
to Commendone, Decem^ber 12, 1565, ibid.
* Among the friends of Boixomeo* " \Tene messo in gran
consjderatione Boncompagno ; ma perche e absente, si dubita.