Note 372 — Chapter X
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MS., St. Mark’s Library, Cod. xxiv., Letter-Book, Ven. Archives. He only just missed being elected. Two Cardinals, coming to his cell in the Conclave one evening, begged him, as he had the necessary two-thirds of the votes, to come to the chapel, where he would be made Pope by “adoration”. Pole induced them to put off the ceremony till the next day, when a further scrutiny showed that Cardinal del Monte had a majority of votes.