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AND HIS COURT
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courtesy with which he doffed his black velvet cap to
the ladies on the balconies and at the windows along
the route. Isabella, who alone among them all had
been present at the siege and sack of Rome, must have
watched the meeting between Pope and Emperor
with strangely-mingled feelings. The Pope, it was
noticed, turned pale when Charles knelt before him,
and the tears streamed down his cheeks as he bent
down to salute the monarch. And when the Em-
peror inquired after his health, Clement replied that
he had felt distinctly better since he left Rome—a
remark which made some of the Spanish courtiers
smile. But these sad days were over, and Cardinals
and princes looked forward, like Isabella, with high
hopes to the conferences that were to close the long
tale of warfare and misery, and bring back peace and
prosperity to distracted Italy.
303
courtesy with which he doffed his black velvet cap to
the ladies on the balconies and at the windows along
the route. Isabella, who alone among them all had
been present at the siege and sack of Rome, must have
watched the meeting between Pope and Emperor
with strangely-mingled feelings. The Pope, it was
noticed, turned pale when Charles knelt before him,
and the tears streamed down his cheeks as he bent
down to salute the monarch. And when the Em-
peror inquired after his health, Clement replied that
he had felt distinctly better since he left Rome—a
remark which made some of the Spanish courtiers
smile. But these sad days were over, and Cardinals
and princes looked forward, like Isabella, with high
hopes to the conferences that were to close the long
tale of warfare and misery, and bring back peace and
prosperity to distracted Italy.