Note 505 — Chapter X · THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. [August, 1570, to August, 1572.]
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Lettres du Card. d’Ossat (fol. Paris, 1641), Lettre 185, p. 426. The Edinburgh reviewer (June, 1826) pressed this very unfairly against Dr. Lingard. The “enemies” might have been Spain. Catena, who had been secretary to the cardinal, speaks out more distinctly, but his report will not bear examination: “Io voglio punir questi malvaggi e felloni, facendogli tagliar tutti a pezzi, o non esser re, perdendo affatto la corona.” Vita del Papa Pio V. p. 196 (Roma, 1647).