barrassments were at last at an end, sent
him on to the Bishop of Arras, to entreat that the perishing souls of
the English people might now be remembered. The pope had given way;
the queen was happily married, and the reasons for his detention were
at an end.[354]

[Footnote 353: Powers granted by the Pope to
Cardinal Pole: Burnet's _Collectanea_.]

[Footnote 354: Charles V. to Renard: _Granvelle
Papers_, vol. iv.]

Both Arras and the emperor, however, thought more of Philip's security
than of perishing souls. Arras, who understood the ways of the Vatican
better than the legate, desired that, before any steps were taken, he
might be favoured with a copy of these enlarged powers. He wished to
know whether the question of the property was fairly relinquished to
the secular powers in England, and whether the church had finally
washed its hands of it;[355] at all events, he must examine the brief.
On inspection, the new commission was found to contain an enabling
clause indeed, as extensive as words could make it; but the See of
Rome reserved to itself the right of sanctioning the settlement after
it had been made;[356] and the reservation had been purposely made, in
order to leave the pope free to act as he might please at a future
time. Morone, writing to Pole a fortnight after the date of the brief,
told him that his holiness was still unable to come to a
resolution;[357] while Ormaneto said openly to Arras, that, although
the pope would be as moderate as possible, yet his moderation must not
be carried so far as to {p.151} encourage the rest of Christendom in
an evil example. Catholics must not be allowed to believe that they
could appropriate church property without offence, nor must the Holy
See appear to be purchasing by concessions the submission of its
rebellious subjects.[358]

[Footnote 355: Che gran differenza sarebbe se fosse
stata commessa la cosa o al S. Cardinale, o alli
Serenissimi Principi.--Ormaneto to Priuli, July 31:
Burnet's _Collectanea_.]

[Footnote 356: Salvo tamen in his, in quibus
propter rerum magnitudinem et gravitatem haec sancta
sedes merito tibi videretur consulenda, nostro et
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