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342 COUNT BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE
possessions. By this messenger, the Count sent the
following letter to his friend, Cardinal Trivulzio :
'Words fail me/ he wrote, 'to give utterance to
my distress and anguish of mind at the appalling
catastrophe which has overwhelmed Rome in universal
ruin, and heaped indignity on the person of the Holy
Father. Whenever I think of it, I feel that those
who lost their lives in this condict suffered less than
the survivors. But we must bow to the will of God
in patience, and endeavour to keep the little that
remains to us, and, if possible, recover the lost. I am
quite sure that V.S. will exert your wonted prudence
and goodness to bring these evils to an end, and will
need no incitement from me. . . . All that I can
do here is to try and foster the Emperor's kind
feelings towards His Holiness, which, indeed, have
never been alienated, and are rather the result of
His Majesty's own goodness than of my influence.
In the same way, the Prelates and grandees of this
kingdom have shown themselves to be true and
devout Christians, and have felt these misfortunes so
deeply, that the Pope and the Church have every
reason to be grateful to them. Don Domenico Pas-
torello, the bearer of this letter, whom I am sending
to give His Holiness fuller details, will tell V. S.
much more of the state of affairs here. I beg you to
believe my chaplain as if he were myself, and, leaving
all the rest to him, will say no more, but kiss Your
Reverence's hands.
' Your most affectionate servant,
' BALD. CASTIGLIONE.
F?'07M VALLADOLID, 22, 1527.'*
Cardinal Trivulzio, to whom Castiglione addressed
this letter, was himself given up to the imperial
i Corrispondenza segreta di G. M. Giberti ed Cardinal Agostine
Trivulzio, pubblicata dal Marchese Filippo Gualterio, 247-249-
possessions. By this messenger, the Count sent the
following letter to his friend, Cardinal Trivulzio :
'Words fail me/ he wrote, 'to give utterance to
my distress and anguish of mind at the appalling
catastrophe which has overwhelmed Rome in universal
ruin, and heaped indignity on the person of the Holy
Father. Whenever I think of it, I feel that those
who lost their lives in this condict suffered less than
the survivors. But we must bow to the will of God
in patience, and endeavour to keep the little that
remains to us, and, if possible, recover the lost. I am
quite sure that V.S. will exert your wonted prudence
and goodness to bring these evils to an end, and will
need no incitement from me. . . . All that I can
do here is to try and foster the Emperor's kind
feelings towards His Holiness, which, indeed, have
never been alienated, and are rather the result of
His Majesty's own goodness than of my influence.
In the same way, the Prelates and grandees of this
kingdom have shown themselves to be true and
devout Christians, and have felt these misfortunes so
deeply, that the Pope and the Church have every
reason to be grateful to them. Don Domenico Pas-
torello, the bearer of this letter, whom I am sending
to give His Holiness fuller details, will tell V. S.
much more of the state of affairs here. I beg you to
believe my chaplain as if he were myself, and, leaving
all the rest to him, will say no more, but kiss Your
Reverence's hands.
' Your most affectionate servant,
' BALD. CASTIGLIONE.
F?'07M VALLADOLID, 22, 1527.'*
Cardinal Trivulzio, to whom Castiglione addressed
this letter, was himself given up to the imperial
i Corrispondenza segreta di G. M. Giberti ed Cardinal Agostine
Trivulzio, pubblicata dal Marchese Filippo Gualterio, 247-249-