the memoirs of cardinal de retz-第80章

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Therefore　I　hired　a　palace；　kept　a　great　table；　and　entertained　fourscore　persons　in　liveries。　　The　Cardinal　d'Est；　the　very　day　after　the　creation　of　the　new　Pope；　forbade　all　Frenchmen　to　give　me　the　way　in　the　streets；　and　charged　the　superiors　of　the　French　churches　not　to　admit　me。　　M。　de　Lionne；　who　resided　here　as　a　sort　of　private　secretary　to　Mazarin；　was　so　nettled　because　the　new　Pope　had　granted　me　the　pallium　for　my　archbishopric　that　he　told　him　the　King　would　never　own　me；　insinuated　that　there　would　be　a　schism　among　the　clergy　of　France；　and　that　the　Pope　must　expect　to　be　excluded　from　the　congress　for　a　general　peace。　This　so　frightened　his　Holiness　that　he　made　a　million　of　mean　excuses；　and　said；　with　tears　in　his　eyes；　that　I　had　imposed　upon　him；　and　that　he　would　take　the　first　opportunity　to　do　the　King　justice。　　Upon　this　M。　de　Lionne　sent　word　to　the　Cardinal　that　he　hoped　very　shortly　to　acquaint　him　of　my　being　prisoner　in　the　Castle　of　Saint　Angelo；　and　that　the　Cardinal　would　be　no　better　off　for　his　Majesty's　amnesty；　because　the　Pope　said　none　but　he　could　absolve　or　condemn　cardinals。　　Meantime　all　my　domestics　who　were　subjects　of　the　King　of　France　were　ordered　to　quit　my　service；　on　pain　of　being　treated　as　rebels　and　traitors。　　I　could　have　little　hope　of　protection　from　the　Pope；　for　he　was　become　quite　another　man；　never　spoke　one　word　of　truth；　and　continually　amused　himself　with　mere　trifles；　insomuch　that　one　day　he　proposed　a　reward　for　whoever　found　out　a　Latin　word　for　〃calash；〃　and　spent　seven　or　eight　days　in　examining　whether　〃mosco　〃　came　from　〃muses；〃　or　〃musts　〃　from　〃mosco。〃　　All　his　piety　consisted　in　assuming　a　serious　air　at　church；　in　which；　nevertheless；　there　was　a　great　mixture　of　pride；　for　he　was　vain　to　the　last　degree；　and　envious　of　everybody。　　The　work　entitled　〃Sindicato　di　Alexandro　VII。〃　gives　an　account　of　his　luxury　and　of　several　pasquinades　against　the　said　Pope；　particularly　that　one　day　Marforio　asking　Pasquin　what　he　had　said　to　the　cardinals　upon　his　death…　bed；　Pasquin　answered；　〃Maxima　de　aeipso；　plurima　de　parentibus；　parva　de　principibus；　turpia　de　cardinalibus；　pauca　de　Ecclesia；　de　Deo　nihil。〃　（〃He　said　fine　things　of　himself；　a　great　many　things　of　his　kindred；　some　things　of　princes；　nothing　good　of　the　cardinals；　but　little　of　the　Church；　and　nothing　at　all　of　God〃）。　　His　Holiness；　in　a　consistory；　laid　claim　to　the　merit　of　the　conversion　of　Christina；　Queen　of　Sweden；　though　everybody　knew　to　the　contrary；　and　that　she　had　abjured　heresy　a　year　and　a　half　before　she　came　to　Rome。

Having　heard　that　Bussiere；　who　is　Chamberlain　to　the　Ambassadors　at　Rome；　had　declared　I　should　not　have　a　place　in　Saint　Louis's　church　on　the　festival　of　that　saint；　I　was　not　discouraged　from　going　thither。　　At　my　entrance　he　snatched　the　holy　water　stick　from　the　cure　just　as　he　was　going　to　sprinkle　me；　nevertheless；　I　took　my　place；　and　was　resolved　to　keep　up　the　status　and　dignity　of　a　French　cardinal。　　This　was　my　condition　at　Rome；　where　it　was　my　fate　to　be　a　refugee；　persecuted　by　my　King　and　abused　by　the　Pope。　　All　my　revenues　were　seized；　and　the　French　bankers　forbidden　to　serve　me；　nay；　those　who　had　an　inclination　to　assist　me　were　forced　to　promise　they　would　not。　　Two　of　the　Abbe　Fouquet's　bastards　were　publicly　maintained　out　of　my　revenues；　and　no　means　were　left　untried　to　hinder　the　farmers　from　relieving　me；　or　my　creditors　from　harassing　me　with　vexatious　and　expensive　lawsuits。









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