Medici should be continued in Alessandro and not in Ippolito.

"Ippolito," wrote Varillas, "was seized with incredible grief and
indignation, and it seemed to him, that being older, a nearer relation
to the Pope, and better endowed by nature, so rich an inheritance
should rather be his ... either not knowing or not believing the rumours
that Alessandro was Clement's son."

Goaded by what he conceived to be a legitimate ambition, Ippolito posted
off to Florence with the idea of seizing the executive power. Clement
despatched Baccio Valori after him, with entreaties and promises, and
finding that he had no welcome among the Florentines, Ippolito returned
quietly to Rome.

The Pope immediately, and without consulting him, preconised him
Cardinal--greatly to his disgust. He had no wish for ecclesiastical
preferment, he was a soldier at heart, and meant to be ruler of
Florence. Clement noted the young man's partialities--he was only just
twenty years of age, and he encouraged him in his extravagant tastes by
liberally endowing his Cardinalate. A Brief "_In commendam_" was
bestowed upon him, whereby the revenue of all vacant benefices and Papal
dignities, for six months, were transferred to his account. Moreover, in
1529, he was appointed Archbishop of Avignon, Legate of Perugia, and
Administrator of the See of Casale. These fat endowments very
considerably affected Ippolito's position. In Rome he had a Court of
three hundred notable personages of all nations; his most intimate
friends were soldiers and statesmen of renown, and writers and artists
of the highest abilities and fame.

Clement having placated Ippolito, set to work to carry out his plans