23/63 I told him I could not undertake to make any such proposition, because I did not know whether it would satisfy your Majesty's conscience. I made this answer because I know that the Imperialists have this in view, and are urging it; but why, I know not."[580] Ghinucci and Benet were equally cautious, and thought the Pope's suggestion was only a ruse; whether a ruse or not, it is (p. 208) a curious illustration of the moral influence Popes were then likely to exert on their flock. to Knight in Corpus Christi College, Oxford, MS., 318, f. 3, printed in the _Academy_, xv., 239, and _Engl.Hist. |