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HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

want <strong>of</strong> unanimity among his party. At <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> conclave he actually made over <strong>the</strong> duty <strong>of</strong> leading <strong>the</strong><br />

Cardinals <strong>of</strong> Pius IV. to Mark Sittich, though he resumed it<br />

when Morone pointed out to him that this would result in<br />

<strong>the</strong> election <strong>of</strong> Famese or Este.^<br />

On his death-bed Pius IV. had advised his nephew to<br />

procure <strong>the</strong> election <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cardinals created by himself<br />

if this should prove impossible he should give his support to<br />

those recommended by <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Florence, and in that case<br />

he should lean in <strong>the</strong> first place to Morone, <strong>the</strong>n to Ricci, and<br />

lastly to Dolera.- As a matter <strong>of</strong> fact, as he said in a con-<br />

versation with Pacheco before <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conclave,<br />

Borromeo would gladly have seen one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cardinals to<br />

Pius IV. elected Pope,^ probably because for <strong>the</strong> most part he<br />

sav/ in <strong>the</strong>se younger members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sacred College more<br />

pious dispositions than in <strong>the</strong> older ones. In this conversation<br />

1 *" Egli ha represo Tassonto et il maneggio del voti in se,<br />

i quali havea gia renonciato ad Altemps, et questo per la co-<br />

scienza glien'ha fatto Morone, dicendo che sarebbe causa, che<br />

come pecore smarrite si venderebbero a Ferrara o a Farnese,<br />

a chi pill de lore <strong>of</strong>ferisce." Federigo Cattaneo to <strong>the</strong> castellan<br />

<strong>of</strong> Mantua, December 29, 1565, Gonzaga Archives, Mantua. <strong>The</strong><br />

sam.e report is also substantially found in <strong>the</strong> *Avvisi di Roma,<br />

January 19, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 167b, Vatican Library. " [Morone]<br />

ha rivolto Borromeo a ripigliar li suoi voti, li quali pareva che<br />

havesse posti in sua liberta, con raostrarle che altramente questo<br />

era un tirarsi sopra le spalle il Pontificato di Farnese o Ferrara,<br />

<strong>of</strong>fesi I'un I'altro dal Papa suo zio, del quale egli poi portarebbe<br />

sopra di se gli odii et le inimicitie." *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong><br />

December 20, 1565, Urb. 1040, p. 155b, Vatican Library. Cf.<br />

HiLLiGER, 116.<br />

^ *" Perche finalmente il Papa nell'ultimo della sua morte ha<br />

iasciato per ricordo a Borromeo, che non potendo far venire al<br />

Pontificato niuna delle sue creature, debba concorrere con cui<br />

vorra il duca di Firenze et confidarsi nelle promesse di S. Eccel-<br />

lenza." *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> December 22, 1565, Urb. 1040,<br />

p. 167b, Vatican Library.<br />

'Pacheco to Philip IL, December 20, 1565. Corresp. dipl..<br />

I-. 53-

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