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THE HOPES OF FARNESE. 3I<br />

<strong>the</strong> leadership had passed to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r parties, and it was <strong>the</strong>y<br />

who put forward <strong>the</strong> candidates, and if <strong>the</strong> proposals <strong>of</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

party were displeasing to him, he had no o<strong>the</strong>r course open to<br />

him than to take <strong>the</strong> defensive and work for <strong>the</strong>ir exclusion.<br />

Farnese thought that his time was come at last.^ He made<br />

great efforts to win over Borromeo, but in vain. Nor were <strong>the</strong><br />

Spaniards favourable to him, and it was even rumoured, and<br />

it would seem that Pacheco lent his support to <strong>the</strong> rumour,^<br />

that <strong>the</strong> Spanish ambassador had handed in a veto against<br />

him. It is true that Requesens denied <strong>the</strong> rumour, and sent<br />

for Farnese's secretary to tell him that he was ready to declare<br />

it false in a public audience in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole<br />

conclave,^ but when <strong>the</strong> Florentine agents called upon him,<br />

and pointed out to him that, as was only to be expected <strong>from</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> whole <strong>history</strong> <strong>of</strong> his house, Farnese could not be an<br />

acceptable candidate to Spain, he asked his king for exact<br />

instructions as to <strong>the</strong> attitude which he was to adopt, saying<br />

that, though he was bound to support Farnese in pubHc, he<br />

could not be blind to <strong>the</strong> fact that his election to <strong>the</strong> Papacy<br />

would give very little guarantee <strong>of</strong> peace for Italy. * Requesens<br />

seems to have let himself be frightened by fictitious statements<br />

as to <strong>the</strong> great number <strong>of</strong> votes which Farnese and o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />

were supposed to have obtained in <strong>the</strong> scrutinies.^ Moreover,<br />

^ *L. Conosciuti reported concerning his efforts on December 19,<br />

1565, adding that Farnese's hopes were vain. State Archives,<br />

Modena.<br />

* Diary <strong>of</strong> Delfino, December 30, 1565, in Wahrmund 267;<br />

HiLLiGER 133, n.2.<br />

' Requesens to Philip II., December 30, 1565. Corresp. dipl.,<br />

I., 66.<br />

* Requesens to Phihp II., December 31, 1565. Corresp. dipl., I.,<br />

72 seq.<br />

* Including <strong>the</strong> w-cessi <strong>the</strong> following figures were supposed to<br />

have Deen reached : Farnese, 32 votes ; Ippolito d'Este in <strong>the</strong><br />

same scrutiny, 26 ; Morone, 28 ; Ricci, 29 ; Pisani, 30 ; Dolera,<br />

31 ; Corgna, 25 ; Saraceni, 23 (Corresp. dipl., I., 72). An<br />

*Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> December 29, 1565, gives similar figures (Urb.<br />

1040, p. 160, Vatican Library) :<br />

Fqrnesc<br />

and Morone, 24 each,

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