枢密院

Was Charles V privy to this?

当时查尔斯五世枢密院这样做呢？

He thought he might secure himself against this in four modes: first, to eliminate the blood lines of all those lords he had despoiled, so as to take that opportunity away from the pope; second, to win over to himself all the gentlemen in Rome, as was said, so as to be able to hold the pope in check with them; third, to make the College of Cardinals as much his as he could; fourth, to acquire so much empire before the pope died that he could resist a first attack on his own.

他认为自己应该采取四项措施以防意外，保障自身的安全：一是对他废黜了的王公贵族，连其子孙都要斩尽杀绝，让新教皇无机可乘；二是把罗马的贵族全部争取过来，这样便可以利用他们制约教皇；三是最大限度地控制枢密院；四是在亚历山大教皇未死之前最大限度地操纵帝国，这样便可以抵御对他发起的攻击。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。