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THE REPORT OF REQUESENS. * 15
Pius IV., Mula and Correggio would have to be reckoned with.
Mula, trained as a humanist, a man of prudence and experience
of public affairs, is wished for by the nephews of Pius IV. ;^
Correggio is not personally known to the ambassador, though
he has never heard anyone so highly spoken of by the world
in general ; if Famese should be unable to effect his own
election at the next conclave, he will put forward Correggio.
It is necessary, too, to keep a watchful eye upon Vitelli,
appointed by Paul IV. ;
his youth precludes him from aiming
at the tiara himself, but he is a clever man, who knows how to
make himself agreeable everj^vhere, has unbounded energy
and possesses many friends. He will have to be reckoned
with at the next conclave. Philip would do well to try and
win him over, the more so as he is much courted by the
French.^ The remaining Cardinals need not be taken into
consideration, either because they are too young, or for some
other reason.
As the result of this review of the Cardinals, Requesens
advises the king to reco.gnize as acceptable candidates, Morone,
who cannot be omitted from the former list without offence,
Ricci, Ghislieri, Dolera, Farnese, Madruzzo, Cicada and
Correggio, or, if this be too many, to omit the last three names.
Among them Phihp should really exert himself on behalf of
none but Ricci, GhisHeri and Dolera,'* though the ambassador
himself was of opinion that it was impossible to effect anything
in the case of Ghislieri. ^ Only Ferrara and the Frenchmen
should be excluded. Philip would do well to send Cardinal
Granvelle to Rome to act as the leader of his party. ^
Granvelle received orders to proceed to the Eternal City,'
^Ihid. 581.
^ Ibid. 584 seq.
' Ibid. 583 seq.
* Ibid. 586.
^ " . . . Alejandrino, aunque salir este postrero lo tengo por
imposible." Ibid. 586. Cf. 579 : " Pienso que no tendra veto
para ello, porque lo tienen por riguroso."
* Ibid. 586 seq.
' October 22, 1565, in Hilliger, 75,