tinction. The advice of the Lutheran divines, however, swayed the elector, and he accordingly took his place in the procession, but remained erect before the altar when the Host was elevated.1

At this mass Vincenzo Pompinello, Archbishop of Rosano, and nuncio of the Pope, made an oration in Latin before the offertory. Three Romish historians-Pallavicino, Sarpi, and Polano-have handed down to us the substance of his sermon. Beginning with the Turk, the archbishop "upbraided Germany for having so meekly borne so many wrongs at the hands of the barbarian. In this craven spirit had not acted the great captains of ancient Rome, who had never failed to inflict signal chastisement upon the enemies of the Republic." At this stage of his address, seized it would seem with a sudden admiration of the Turk, the nuncio set sail on a new tack, and began to extol the Moslem above the German : "The disadvantage of Germany is," he said, "that the Turk obeys one prince only, whereas in Germany many obey not at all; that the Turks live in one religion, and the Germans every day invent a new religion, and mock at the old, as if it were become mouldy. Being desirous to change the faith, they had not found out one more holy and more wise." He exhorted them that "imitating Scipio, Cato, the people of Rome and their ancestors, they should observe the Catholic religion, forsake these novelties, and give themselves to the war.' His eloquence reached its climax only when he came to speak of the "new religion" which the

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in pieces the seamless garment of the Saviour! why do you abandon the doctrine of Christ, established with the consent of the Fathers, and coufirmed by the Holy Ghost, for a devilish belief, which leads to every buffoonery and obscenity?" But the sting of this address was in its tail. "Sharpen thy sword, O magnanimous prince," said he, turning to the emperor, "and smite these opposers. Peace there never will be in Germany till this heresy shall have been utterly extirpated.” Rising higher still he invoked the Apostles Peter and Paul to lend their powerful aid at this great crisis of the Church.

The zeal of the Papal nuncio, as was to be expected, was at a white heat. The German princes, however, were more cool. This victory with the sword which the orator promised them was not altogether to their mind, especially when they reflected that whereas the archbishop's share in the enterprise was the easy one of furnishing eloquence for the crusade, to them would remain the more arduous labour of providing arms and money with which to carry it out.

FROM the cathedral the princes adjourned to the town-hall, where the sittings of the Diet were to take place. The emperor took his seat on a throne covered with cloth of gold. Immediately in front of him sat his brother Ferdinand, King of Austria. On either hand of him were ranged the electors of the

1 Sleidan, bk. vi., p. 127. Polano, lib. i., pp. 52, 53. D'Aubigné, vol. iv., pp. 156, 157.

2 Polano, lib. i., p. 53. Fra-Paolo Sarpi, tom. i., p. 100.

Empire. Crowding all round and filling every paut of the hall was the rest of this august assembly, including forty-two sovereign princes, the deputies of the cities, bishops, ambassadors-in short, the flower not of Germany only, but of all Christendom.

This assemblage the representative of so much

3 "Con una diabolica persuasione sbandiscono e trag. gono ad ogni scherno ed impudicizia." (Pallavicino, tom. i., lib. iii., cap. 8, p. 192.)

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On either hand of him were ranged the electors of the

1 Sleidan, bk. vii., p. 127. Polano, lib. i., pp. 52, 53. D'Aubigné, vol. iv., pp. 156, 157.

2 Polano, lib. i., p. 58. Fra-Paolo Sarpi, tom. i., p. 100.

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This assemblage-the representative of so much

3" Con una diabolica persuasione sbandiscono e trag. gono ad ogni scherno ed impudicizia.” (Pallavicino, tom. i., lib. iii., cap. 8, p. 192.)

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