This position he was not long to hold; and the fierce exultation of Mary at the news of his murder gave to those who believed in her complicity with the murderer, on whom a pension was bestowed by her unblushing gratitude, fresh reason to fear, if her liberty of correspondence and intrigue were not restrained, the likelihood of a similar fate for Elizabeth.
An unblushing nepotist, he alienated immense fiefs belonging to the Holy See in favour of his natural children.
Both before and after the marriage he seems to have been a libertine as unblushing though not so fastidious as Charles himself.
Oppressive taxation and unblushing nepotism were Clement's great faults.
A cynicism so unblushing shocked even the seasoned diplomats of the congress, who would have preferred that the king should have made a decent show of yielding to force.