In order to save themselves from the disaster of explosion, they urged harmonious action with the Papacy upon their envoys.

The Spanish Court, through Pescara, De Luna, and D'Avalos, wrote dispatches of like tenor.

It was now debated whether a congress of Crowned heads should not be held to terminate the Council in accordance with the Papal programme.

This would have suited Pius.

It was the point to which his policy had led.