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THE CONCLAVE BEGUN. 5<br />

Pacheco thought that Este would be able, by his scheming,<br />

to keep <strong>the</strong> electors in conclave for a whole year.^ <strong>The</strong><br />

Venetians <strong>the</strong>refore took advantage <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir audience on<br />

December 28th to urge <strong>the</strong> hastening <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> election by caUing<br />

attention to <strong>the</strong> ever increasing Turkish danger and <strong>the</strong><br />

approaching Diet in Germany.<br />

In spite <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se anxieties <strong>the</strong> question was debated in <strong>the</strong><br />

College <strong>of</strong> Cardinals whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y ought not spontaneously to<br />

postpone <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conclave, and with it any<br />

prospect <strong>of</strong> completing <strong>the</strong> election, so that <strong>the</strong> French<br />

Cardinals might have time to be present. Only a short time<br />

before, Pius IV. had confirmed <strong>the</strong> old regulation which<br />

ordered that <strong>the</strong> Cardinals should enter <strong>the</strong> conclave ten days<br />

after <strong>the</strong> death <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pope, and Cardinal Borromeo successfully<br />

resisted <strong>the</strong> proposal to make an exception to this rule on <strong>the</strong><br />

very first occasion that <strong>of</strong>fered.^<br />

<strong>The</strong> solemn funeral <strong>of</strong>fices for Pius IV. were completed on<br />

Wednesday, December 19th ; <strong>the</strong>y had been celebrated with<br />

greater magnificence than for any Pope since <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> Paul<br />

III.'* In <strong>the</strong> evening <strong>the</strong> electors went into conclave, which,<br />

however, was not 3'et <strong>close</strong>d.^ On Thursday, December 20th,<br />

in considerazione al Papato sono Morone, Ferrara, Araceli,<br />

Montepulciano, Ferrerio et Buoncompagno et alcuni vi aggiungongo<br />

anco Pisani et Trani, et si stima, che si tardara ad havere<br />

il Papa." (Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> December 15, 1565, loc. M. p.<br />

153b). *Tosabezzo expected a long conclave, especially on account<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> Cardinals (to <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Mantua, December 10,<br />

1565. Gonzaga Archives, Mantua).<br />

1 Corresp. dipl. I 54.<br />

* Requesens on December 30, 1565, ibid, 67.<br />

' HiLLiGER, no.<br />

* *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> December 22, 1565, loc. cit. p. 156. *Giov.<br />

Amadori, Decem.ber 19, 1565, State Archives, Modena. *Spesa ler<br />

il funerale . . . fatta nella sede vacante di Pio IV, Papal Secret<br />

Archives, Arm. XXXV., 79.<br />

* *" Ali XIX di decembre 1565 a hore XXII entrarono in con-<br />

clave 48 cardenali." On <strong>the</strong> 20th, as <strong>the</strong> infirm Cardinal Pisani<br />

was unable to do so. Cardinal Morone said <strong>the</strong> Mass <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Holy<br />

Ghost, which was followed by <strong>the</strong> reading <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> various bulls

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