persecuted to the death if it be not permitted to any body to put his hand to the Plough and discover the calamities of the people if the most able Preacher be not allowed to reprehend Sin either in the Pope or his Nephews if iniquity that runs like a Torrent through the Streets of Rome and the Chambers of the Vatican must be wink'd at and past by if the wicked must be adored and the holy man despised if those must be clapt in Prison that were worthier to be Judges if the ignorant be advanc'd and the learned be banish'd if the Thefts of the Priests be more numerous than their Masses and if there be no distinction betwixt good and evil Miracles How whilst they who come to complain of the hourly oppressions of the Popes Ministers cannot be admitted into the Gate of the Vatican if the Cardinals Horses be fed with more care than the poor of Jesus Christ if the walls of Churches be left naked to adorn the Palaces of the Nephews if the Inheritances left by Religious persons for pious uses be imploy'd to buy Principalities to satisfie the pomp and pride of the Popes kindred If the Clergy spend more time at Playes and Brothel-houses than they do at Church or at Prayers But how would he that should dare to give these informations to the Pope be welcom'd in Rome with Kindness and Love 'T is madness to imagine it Chains Manicles Prisons and Fagots would be the recompence of his Zeal and his entertainment sooner with the Hangman than with the Pope In Rome in the Vatican those Divines are well look'd upon that write great Volumes in defence of the infallibility and impeccability of the Pope that Canonize the actions of his Nephews that cry up the Glory of his Family to the Skyes pronouncing him one of the greatest Monarchs in the World that insinuate into his ear the satisfaction of the people with his Government and what necessity they had of such a Pastor that make comparisons in their writings and parallels between God and the Pope with a thousand other extravagant flatteries enough to â—urn the stomach of all Religious Men. Oh how sweet are these notes in the Ears of the Popes How harmoniously do they Eccho within the walls of the Vatican In this manner are things now carried at Rome he that doubts it had best go see for my part I am satisfy'd with what I have seen already I am no flatterer of that Court and therefore not like to be so welcome as to take a new Journey However I may perhaps do better service to the Church by blaming and pointing out the Corruptions of its Ministers than the false Priests do with all their Adulation and Oratory But whether do my thoughts wander He who makes the Pope equal with God may be a favourite of Pope but he that compares a Prince to the Pope shall be laid by the heels He which maintains the dignity of a Prince to be inferiour and subordinate to a Popes may be rewarded but he that says Princes are independent is sure to be persecuted He that asserts the Decrees of a Councel to be of more Authority than the Pope's may be Excommunicated for his pains but he that affirms all Councels subject to the Pope shall receive his Benediction he that affirms the Popes power to be Monarchical and depending of God alone may be a favourite but he that pronounces him inferiour to the Church shall be sure to be hated he that holds the Pope to be infallible shall have a Bishoprick whilst he that holds the other side is sent a Slave to the Galleys he that preaches up the Popes power of Excommunicating and deposing of Kings shall be sure to be protected from receiving punishment from his Prince but he that sayes that Doctrine is false shall be hang'd in spight of the intercession of Kings Thus you behold the present State of Rome the Corruptions of this Age the Iniquities in the Church and the pernicious degeneracy of the Popes Those very Divines that think to make the Popes holy by declaring them infallible render them guilty even to their own Consciences whilst the innocent Popes trusting to the flatteries and adulations of these Divines walk on careless and inconsiderate of what they do mistaking even evil for good Pope Sextus the fifth caus'd the Bible to be printed and by a very severe Bull requir'd not only that it should be read but that it should be used in perpetuum In a few years after Clement the seventh succeeds him and with another Bull as rigid as the former suppress'd Sextus's Edition and commanded all the Copyes that could be found to be burnt in the Inquisition John the two and twentieth with his own hands writ and publish'd That the Souls of the Saints injoyed not the Beatifical Vision till after the day of Judgement This opinion being contrary to the formulary of the Church and his Holiness being advis'd of his errour he disclaim'd it himself and publish'd a Bull which is at this day to be seen in the 15th Tome of the Ecclesiastical Annals against the erroniousness of that Opinion Boniface the eight in that wild and extravagant Bull which begins Vnam Sanctam pronounc'd it as one of the principal Articles of Faith that Kings in Temporals as well as Spirituals are absolutely dependant upon the Pope But his Successor Clement the fifth finding the ill effects it had upon the people revok'd that Bull some few years after as pernicious and publish'd another in favour of the Soveraignty of Princes And now let that Reverend Father Diana tell me that Diana who in hope to have been Worshipp'd like an Idol hath made himself ridiculous by his works I mean that great Diana that was Examiner of the Bishops and took more pains than all of them to defend the impeccability of the Pope let him tell me whereas he writes the Pope cannot err these Popes Sextus Quintus or Clement the seventh Boniface the eighth or Clement the fifth did err it cannot be deny'd but one of them did err and iâ— that be clear why must the people be deluded any longer with so false an opinion but that which is of most importance is that they deceive the Popes themselves whom they cry up for Infallible and of this Innocent the tenth in an instance who when the people complain'd to him of the Oppression and ill Government of his Ministers reply'd That his Officers must of necessity be just because he that was infallible â—ad chosen them whereupon the oppressed people return'd home cursing that opinion and those Divines that had perswaded them to 't Paul the fourth was not of that Judgement for being supplicated by a person of great quality in the year 1557. to dissolve a Contract that had been made by words de presenti he refus'd it absolutely and declar'd That his Predecessors had many times deceiv'd themselves in matters of that Nature but for his part he
those without in the custody of two principal Prelates so that neither these nor the other can open either gate or window unless they come all four together and when they are open'd there is a cloath drawn at some distance from the gate that they which are without can see nothing within The Captain of the first Guard is to have a care there be no insult or attempt made upon the Pallace and he sends Petrols of Souldiers constantly about to secure every place The Barons of the second guard suffer not any body to enter but at feeding times and then they are very curious that no intelligence be conveyed in The third are to obviate and oppose any outrage that may be made and the Prelates and those of the fourth Guard do see that there be nothing wanting which is necessary that no Letters nor Notes be sent in or out and examine the meat and the drink As soon as the Cardinals are shut up the Chamberlain with two Cardinals which he pleases to choose having lighted their Torches shall make diligent search through all places in the Conclave whether there be any remaining in the Conclave who are not deputed or allowed No person can enter into the Conclave upon the most urgent occasion whatsoever without license from the Colledge nor can a Cardinal that goes out come back again No body can go out as he pleases a Cardinal may be constrained by the Colledge not to go forth and if he does go without leave he must not be receiv'd again if he be not admitted de novo by the whole Colledge If a Cardinal arrives when the rest are enter'd he puts himself in the same condition in which he finds the Conclave and his Servants are to be sworn by the Chamberlain as the Servants of the other Cardinals were And last of all every body withdrawing this first day of the Conclave which is the 11th after the death of the Pope in the Chappel of Saint Nicholas which is at the upper end of the Royal Hall as aforesaid on the left hand towards the entrance the Chairs being plac'd and all people put at a distance by the Governour of the Conclave the Dean makes an Exhortation to these Lords and afterwards reads the Bulls of Julius the 2d and Pius the 4th which treat of this Election prescribe the order thereof and prohibite all Simoniacal and undue practises as also the Bull of Pius the 5th that the Goods of the Church cannot be alienated and which every Cardinal swears that if it happens he shall be created Pope he will observe strictly and confirm as soon as he is Crown'd There are other Orders made as they please they swear to keep secret the transactions and argumentations they promise their Conclavists their Priviledges they enter into discourses about the person they think proper for a Charge that makes even the Angels tremble at the weight of it And almost alwayes the first day of the Conclave is spent in these kind of things without coming to an Election which is perform'd afterwards with more leisure and opportunity for the most part by Scrutiny or Adoration There are many other Ceremonies and particularities partly hinted and partly omitted by me as well because they have been described by several Authors already as also to avoid being tedious to the Reader in obvious things and such as are common to every body that make profession to enquire into the interests of the Court of Rome It is sufficient that I have selected the most curious matters seeing that many are moved by their meer curiosity in that which regards their information of the affairs of Rome and particularly of the interests of the Conclaves in general and of this Conclave in particular Il CARDINALISMO di Santa Chiesa OR THE HISTORY OF CARDINALS In III. Parts PART III. BOOK III. The Contents In which is discours'd of the difference betwixt the Election of the Pope and of the Emperor Of some particulars which render the Election of the Pope difficult in the Conclave Of the time the Papable Cardinals had to negotiate their interests in the long languishing of Alexander the 7th Of the great fear some Cardinals were in of not arriving time enough in Rome for the Election of a new Pope Of Cardinal Rosetti's distrusting the infirmities of Alexander the 7th and the cause Of an answer which Alexander gave to Cardinal Barbarino after his recovery from his infirmity Of the Reasons that moved the French Cardinals to mend their paces to come in time to the Conclave Of the arrival of the Marquiss di San Romano the Catholick Kings Ambassador Of the diligence used by the French in sifting and investigating the transactions of the Spaniards Of the arrival of Cardinal Grimaldi in Rome Of the great broyls and contests amongst the Cardinals about obtaining the Papacy whilst the Pope was yet alive Of the Spyes the Spanish Ambassador kept Of the apprehension Chigi had that his Creatures would be perverted by the French and Spaniard Of a Letter writ by Chigi to the Cardinal Gabriele Of the great fault the Court found with Chigi for alienating Cardinal Nini from his devotion Of the reconciliation of these two persons by the mediation of Cardinal Rasponi and Corsini Of the Assembly that was in the House of Cardinal Albici to treat of the Papacy Of the great train of Followers that was most eminently visible in the Houses of Cardinal Rospigliosi and Farnese as persons which were esteem'd nearest to the Papacy Of the practises which Cardinal Imperiale began in the behalf of Bonelli his Kinsman Of the death and funeral of Pope Alexander Of the passage of the Chamberlain to the Apostolical Palace Of certain villanies committed at the windows and doors of Chigi's Palace Of the great number of Gabels impos'd by Alexander Of the Obsequies perform'd for the said Pope Of the difference betwixt certain Cardinals for place Of the Conclave Of the number of Lodgings in the Palace of the Vatican Of the great silence and taciturnity which was observ'd in Cardinal Chigi Of an Oration made in a Congregation by the French Ambassadors and the Venetian Of the alienation shew'd by Alexander from the French interest towards his latter dayes Of several persons which believ'd that Cardinal Chigi to gain the favour of the King of France would condescend to the Election of a French Pope Of the number of Cardinals enter'd into the Conclave Of those Cardinals who remain'd without Of the qualities merits and adherences of the Papable Cardinals Of the answer one Cardinal gave to another who ask'd him his judgement about the Election of a new Pope Of the facilities and contradictions in the Election of Rospigliosi Of the division of the Cardinals in the Conclave Of the great Faction the Barbarini had after the death of Urban the 8th Of the weakness of the Faction of the Barbarini Of the number of Urban's Creatures which were present in the Conclave
stopt by the mediation of the Venetian who taking up arms likewise constrain'd the Emperour to acknowledge Pope Alexander the true Successor of Saint Peter and after he had restor'd all those Cities and Lands which he had illegally usurp'd with all humility to kiss his Holinesses foot To the Articles of agreement betwixt the Pope and the Emperor there was one annext in which the Emperour renounc'd all the right of Election to which he pretended in the vacancy of the Chair obliging himself by Oath to leave the Election free to the Cardinals for the future For all this Alexander fail'd not to chastise some of those who had been of that schism so that some of those nine Cardinals which follow'd the interest of the Emperour dyed in despair seeing themselves bitterly persecuted by the Pope and those who had stuck to his party rewarded abundantly But Alexander besides that endeavoured what he could to ingrandize the Title of Cardinal and that they might more strongly preserve their faculty of Election he constituted a new form of Elections contrary to what was formerly by the majority of voices for till the time of this Pope it was sufficient to create one Pope if he had the advantage but of one voice But Alexander declar'd that no body should be admitted for Pope who had not two thirds of the votes of all the Cardinals then present at the Election which custome continues to this day After the death of Alexander the Cardinals continued in the creation of Popes for above sixty years that is from the creation of Lucius the 3d. who was Alexanders Successor to the time of Gregory the ninth in great quiet and tranquility and without any obstruction either from Emperour or people But the said Gregory being at wars with the Emperour Frederick about the year of our Lord 1239. the greatest part of the Cardinals were taken prisoners by the Emperours Army for which reason after the death of Gregory which happen'd in the year 1241. the Church was necessitated to remain without a Pastor the space of twenty months till that the Cardinals being by the intercession of several Princes discharg'd of their imprisonment assembled themselves as formerly for the creation of a Successor which was Innocent the 4th a Genoese call'd Simbaldo Fieschi before he was a person very well qualify'd chosen by common consent without any discrepancy of voices at all This Innocent was no sooner crown'd but he began to think of revenging the injury the Emperour had done to the Cardinals in keeping them prisoners so long In order to this he ordain'd a Councel should meet at Lyons and commanded that Frederick should be there present within so many days and because Fredericks Embassadors insisted upon longer time making it appear by good reasons that it was not possible to perform such a journey in the time that was assign'd The Pope being inraged at their answer declar'd the Emperour a contumacious and disobedient son of the universal Father and accordingly he Excommunicated him depriv'd him of his Imperial dignity declar'd him a Schismatick and having absolv'd them from their Oaths of Fidelity which they had given to the Emperour he excited all the Princes to depose him from his Empire and chose another in his place as it follow'd in effect Henry Landgrave of Turingia being elected presently after Frederick prepar'd himself both for defence and revenge but he dying the next year made an end of that quarrel In that Councel the Pope gave the Cardinal the Cap and red Mantle in token of their readiness to spend their blood in the service of the Church But to say the truth before they received the Red Cap there were several Cardinals that suffer'd Martyrdom But since the time they received it to this day there has not been so much as one so that we may believe the Cap took away their desire to be Martyrs The Lord Cardinals proceeded with great freedom and liberty in the Election of Popes being become absolutely soveraign in that affair They created several Popes with great satisfaction to all Christendom because they were chosen with great unanimity But by the death of Clement the fourth who dy'd at Viterbo the face of things was alter'd the Church to the great scandal of all Christians remaining two years without a Pastor because the Cardinals could not agree in the election of a Successor The Causes of so long a dissention are variously represented by several Historiografers but the chief were as follow The first and most forcible of all was the contrariety in the Natures of the Cardinals which were present at the Election at Viterbo who were 18 in number all obstinate and untractible and had sworn each of them never to yeild to his Companion in the least All of them believ'd themselves worthy of the Papacy and which was of most importance and gave the greatest delay to the Election every one negotiated for himself without speaking a word of other Pretenders so that it was not possible amongst eighteen several Competitors that they should come to any resolution But that impediment being remov'd in which the Cardinals continued obstinate for above ten months there arose another which lasted above a year and was the second occasion of the tediousness of the Election and that is the Cardinals were divided into two factions one of them Italians the other French these would have a Pope of their own Nation and the Italians would have him of theirs neither of them complying with the other and the number of the French being equal to the Italians there being no way to be found of gaining the two thirds of their Votes they remain'd whole weeks obstinate and doing nothing unless it were heaping dissention upon dissention The other reason was that this delay growing redious to the Princes and in particular to Philip King of France and Charles King of Sicily these two Princes resolv'd to come in person to Viterbo and sollicite the Cardinals to expedite the creation of the Pope upon this occasion the Cardinals which were adherents to these two Crowns having notice of their resolutions would do nothing till they were arriv'd who when they did come serv'd for nothing but to protract the Election though their desire was to hasten it each of them recommending different persons But the Cardinals being resolute not to depend upon any body whatsoever lest they should again reduce themselves into subjection the Princes finding all their intercessions ineffectual return'd as they came leaving the whole business to the Cardinals In the first Assembly after the Kings were departed John Cardinal of Porto observing the pertinacity of the Cardinals whilst they were together inv 〈…〉 the Holy Ghost cry'd out publiquely and with a loud voice Let us uncover my Lords the 〈…〉 Chamber perhaps the holy spirit will not come where we are thorow â—o 〈…〉 it would be necessary to have a Holy Ghost for every one seeing there is no two will agree The Holy
Italy By the way he met great numbers of Soldiers design'd for Asia but more for their pay and profit than to gain glory by the design These kind of people were not at all welcome to his Holiness he caus'd a Muster to be made and selecting those he lik'd best he sent the rest back again loaden with indulgences and Pardons as judging them fitter to pray to God in a Cell than to draw a sword against the Turk This Holy and Zealous Pope being arrived at Aâ—cona but tyr'd with the length of his journey was receiv'd with great demonstrations of affection whilst he lay in expectation of his forces which was dispatch'd from several Ports of Italy being worn out with a tedious feaver he saw his end approaching and calling therefore all the Cardinals together who were then present in his Court he exhorted them not only to the hastning of a Successor but that they should give the Keys to such a one as would zealously pursue the design against the Turk In short he departed this life earnestly recommending this honourable enterprize in which he did resolve to have imploy'd his whole force and to have spent the whole Treasure of the Church And here would I have those Popes to reflect upon themselves whose thoughts reach no further than their recreations at the Castle of Gondolfo and the Promenades of Monte Cavallo But what do I say I would have this Pope be an example to all those who contrive more to destroy the Treasure of the Church for the accommodation of their Nephews than to ruine the Turk by incommoding their Nephews or themselves Asia laughs Europe mourns and both the tears of the one and the exsultation of the other will be judg'd and rewarded in Heaven because they are regarded so little by the Popes and the Cardinals on Earth Il CARDINALISMO di Santa Chiesa OR THE HISTORY OF CARDINALS In III. Parts PART III. BOOK II. The Contents Wherein is discours'd of a Decree of Paul the 2d which forbids the Creation of the Pope without the whole body of the Cardinals Of the death of Pius the second and Cardinal Barbi his assumption to the Papacy Of the name of Formoso refus'd by the Cardinals to the said Barbi and why Of the reasons why he would be call'd Paulus the second Of the time he was Pope and the number of Cardinals which were present in the Conclave Of the creation of Sixtus 4th and of his death Of the assumption of Cardinal Cibo call'd Innocent the eight of his death and of the time of his Papacy Of the detestable courses us'd by Cardinal Roderigo Borgia to obtain the Pontificate Of the Cardinals suborn'd and of his ingratitude to those who Elected him Pope Of the violent death of Alexander the 6th and the disturbances his Son Duke Valentino gave to the Church Of the Election of the Cardinal of Siena call'd Pius the third of his death and the time he was Pope Of the assumption of Julius the second and of what he did for Duke Valentine who was against him of the time he was Pope and of the Vacancy of the Chair after his death Of the number of the Cardinals in the Conclave of Julius the second in which Pope Leo the tenth of the house of Medici was Elected Of the creation of Adrian the sixth and of the differences amongst the Cardinals about the names of other pretenders of his life and of his death Of the factions of the Cardinals of the house of Medici and Colonna and of the disputes which hapned in the Conclave before the Election of Clement the seventh Of the sacking of Rome in the days of this Pope Of the assumption of Paul the third of the house of Farnese Of the introduction of the factions of the Nephews and the Crowns into the Conclave How the interests of Princes were brought into the Conclave How the liberty of the Cardinals was reduc'd to a slavery and servitude to the Nephews of the Popes Of the Cardinals which do adhere to the faction of the Nipotismo and of the reasons which mov'd them to it Of the opinion of a certain Roman Abbot concerning the Debates of the Conclave Of certain reasons which make the Popedom appear not Elective but hereditary to the Nephews Of the death of Paul the third and the controversies which follow'd in his Conclave Of the French exclusion of Cardinal Polo and of the endeavours of the Imperials for his creation Of the creation of Cardinal di Monte by the name of Julius the third of his death and the time he lived Of the great but short differences which arose at the creation of Cardinal Caraffa who took upon him the name of Paul the fourth of his death and the barbarity the people us'd to his Statue Of the Exaltation of the Cardinal di Medici who was call'd Pius the fourth Of the number of Cardinals and of the factions in the Conclave wherein Pius the fifth was created Of the time he was Pope and of the Cardinals which entred into the Conclave after his death Of the creation of Cardinal Boncompagno call'd Gregory the thirteenth of his life death and the ingress of the Cardinals into the Conclave Of the course Sixtus the fifth us'd to compass the Papacy some particulors about his Government and the time he was Pope Of the creation of Cardinal Castagna with the name of Urban the seventh Of the good will Sixtus the fifth had always that Castagna should succeed him in the Papacy Of the promotion of the Cardinal of Cremona under the name of Gregory the thirteenth Of the peaceable Conclave in which Cardinal Facchinetto was created with the name of Innocent the ninth and of the shortness of his life Of the creation of Cardinal Aldobrandino and the differences which hapned in his Conclave by the inclusion and exclusion of other persons Of the name of Clement the eight which he assum'd and of the time he was Pope Of a Report in Rome that the Cardinals were fighting in the Conclave of Leo and of the resolution taken to choose the Cardinal Borghese who would be call'd Paulus the fifth Of the life and death of Paul and of the creation of Cardinal Ludovisio with the name of Gregory the fifteenth Of the number of Cardinals present in the Conclave of Gregory where Urban the eighth was created Of many particulars hapning at the creation of Innocent the tenth Of his death and the exaltation of Alexander the seventh Of the form of the Scrutiny used in the Conclave and the difference between Adoration and Accession Of the manner of the Engagement wherewith the Pope was sometime Elected and of several other particulars of all Conclaves in general THUS far we have spoken of the Election of the Popes in a general way for till the Pontificate of Paul the 2d who succeeded Pius the 2d the Cardinals had liberty to choose persons out of the Conclave which being look'd upon by Paul
that in case he would joyn with either of the factions it ought not to be with the Emperors for his reputation sake because every body knew that Caesar was consenting to the death of Lewis Farnese and for that reason he ought to incline to the French but privately and handsomly lest the Emperor being provok'd should attempt something in his passion to the prejudice of him and his Family Others advis'd him to declare openly for the French faction and that to frighten the Emperor who would not probably be provok'd to any violence seeing him protected by the King of France who would not fail to recover the States of Parma and Placenza for Octavio Farnese which were in the possession of the Emperor and by him illegally usurp'd from the said Octavio who was the true Proprietor To this others reply'd that the Emperor was by no means to be abandon'd for the French that the Emperor who was at that time very successful would be able to ruine the whole Family of the Farnese before any remedy could be brought yea though the Pope himself was of his side that the nature of the Emperor was such that the more opposition he saw and the stronger the Princes were confederate the more was his indignation and magnanimity excited it having been found by experience that neither 〈…〉 Pope nor the King of France have been ever able to give him the least apprehension Thâ—y added that no notice was to be taken of the death of Duke Lewis for the Emperor haâ—â—â—sâ—iciently expiated that by giving Margaret his natural Daughter to Octavio Farnâ—â—â— in Marriage But the greatest part were of opinion that seeing their faction was potent of it self and stronger than both the other there was no reason to joyn with either of them but that they should proceed to the Election of their Pope out of their own number for the glory of Paul his Unkle and the encrease of his own reputation whereby he would 〈…〉 a point the Nephews of other Popes have not been able or have not known how to obtain Farnese hearing all these arguments and many more like them resolv'd to stand neuter and to make a Pope in spight of all opposition after his own mind that is out of his own Creatures The Imperialists who did not willingly consent to make any of the Cardinals Pope who were created by Paul being desperate of success by the old men began to promote the interest of Cardinal Poole a Creature of Pauls 'tis true but very well affected to the Emperor and because the said Poole had many friends in the faction of Farnese they look'd upon the business as done The Cardinals Sforza and Maffei great friends to Poole both of them but one an Imperialist and the other a Farnesian were of opinion that they ought not put in their designs so suddenly for Poole but that it was better to let the fury French spend it self in the Conclave to the end that his enemies might tyre themselves out in the Exclusion of other persons This way would have doubtless been the best and the Imperialists confess'd it when it was too late for they making no account of the Frenches excluding of Poole would needs have it brought to a Scrutiny and to make the business yet worse the same day they enter'd into the Conclave there arriv'd two French Cardinals more who were not there when the rest enter'd In short the French oppos'd him might and main charging him with Heresie and so uncapable of the Popedome But Pooles friends knew well enough how to clear him of that so they came to a Scrutiny in which with the Access there were found 26 votes in favour of Poole who ought to have had 33 of the 49 Cardinals and thus all Poole's hopes vanish'd though the Emperours Faction attempted it again The Exclusion of this person proceeded not so much from the opposition of the French as from the envy of the antienter Cardinals who could not endure to see themselves excluded from a concurrence in that dignity esteeming it a great injury to give their consents to Poole and be themselves past by and rejected they opposed him therefore very vigorously making great practices against him drawing away from their side certain of the younger most furious Cardinals and most desirous of Novelties which were they that made the greatest noise In this manner they went up and down contriving new designs now for this Cardinal anon for another every one endeavouring to try his fortune under the protection of his friends amongst the rest Cardinal Salviati upon the exclusion of Poole conceiv'd some hopes but it was not long before he met opposition Cardinal Farnese not enduring him as he was an enemy to the Emperour the said Salviati having amongst all the Imperialists only Sforza of his side The Cardinals Sfondrato of Lorrain of Ferrara San Macello Ridolfi and even the young Fry put themselves forward one after another but they were all excluded some for one reason some for another The Election being so tedious the chief of the three Factions met to consider of some way of finishing the Conclave and the rather because the people suffer'd much by so long a Vacancy of the See They made an agreement therefore amongst themselves that nine Cardinals should be named of each Faction three but that the nomination should be made by two only of the Faction of France and that afterwards it should be lawfull for the Imperialists to take one of the said nine at their pleasure and that the rest should be oblig'd to concur Of the French Faction accordingly were named the Cardinals of Lorrain Tornone and Bellai Of the Imperial Faction Theatino Monti and San Marcello and three others of the other Faction Salviati Ridolfi and Trani and so the said nomination was publish'd to the Imperialists by Cardinal Sforza who would not only not except of any of the nine but finding they could not succeed in the person of Cardinal Poole they began to have new designs in the behalf of Cardinal Sfondrato but they were as ineffectual as Pooles or the French designs for the Cardinal of Lorrain The Imperialists refusal of the nine persons which were named gave great offence to the two other Factions insomuch that it was propos'd by the French to the Farnesians to unite amongst themselves and to choose a Pope in spight of the Imperialists but they could not agree in the choise of their persons because there were several Cardinals amongst the Farnesians who were oblig'd to the Emperour and much afraid of his displeasure In the mean while several Cardinals joyn'd with Cardinal Sforza and endeavour'd what they could possibly in favour of Salviati a creature of Leo the tenths and after many turnings and windings to affright Cardinal Farnese who was resolute in his adhaerance to his own creatures they spread abroad a report one night in the Conclave that Salviati the next morning should be made Pope on whose side they