Compelled  to  return  immediately  to  Germany,  Maximilian's  first  act
was  to  call  the  electors  together.  The  elector  palatine  he  did  not  include
with  the  rest ;  Brandenburg  was  too  far  ;  he  contented  himself  with
sending  a  messenger  to  him.  But  the  others  assembled  in  the  beginning
of  May  1508,  at  Worms.  Maximilian  declared  to  them  that  he  called
on  them  first,  on  whom  the  empire  rested  as  on  its  foundations,  for  their

1  Pasqualigo,  Relatione.  "  Non  sarai  molto  difficil  cosa  che  la  (S.  M.)  diriz-
zasse  la  sua  impresa  contra  questo  stato,  massime  per  il  dubbio  che  li  e  firmato
nell'  animo  che  le  Eccz0  Vostre  siano  per  torre  l'arme  in  mano  contra  a  lei  quando
la  fusse  sul  bello  di  cacciar  li  Francesi  d'ltalia,  et  a  questo  ancora  1'  inclineria
assai  li  onorati  partiti  che  dal  re  di  Francia  li  sono  continuamente  offerti  ogni
volta  che  la  voglia  lassar  la  impresa  di  Milano  e  ricuperar  le  altre  jurisditioni
imperiali  che  ha  in  Italia."

2  Letter  from  Sterzing,  March  1,  accompanied  by  a  letter  from  Hans  Renner
of  the  same  date.     He  also  has  the  best  hopes.
3  In  the  Relatione  della  Nazione  delli  Suizzeri  1508,  Informm.  politiche,
torn,  ix.,  the  different  persons  who  brought  about  this  change  are  mentioned,
but  their  names  are  difficult  to  decipher  in  our  copy  :  "  Amestaver  at  Zug,
Nicolo  Corator  at  Solothurn,  Manforosini  at  Freiburg."  Lucerne  was  the  centre
of  the  whole  movement.
