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CH. i] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI
lines. The Pope then sent to tell him to come thither,
for it would be to his advantage. He did not want to
go; therefore, instead of a reward, his post at the
palace was taken from him by Jacopo Salviati, as soon
as ever he was appointed Gonfalonier.' This was the
reason for my setting myself to work at a goldsmith's;
and I partly studied that profession and partly con-
tinued my music, much against my will. When he (my
father) spoke to me upon this point, I besought him to
let me draw so many hours a day, and all the rest I
would give myself up to music, merely to content him.
To this he replied: "Then you take no pleasure in
music? " To which I answered, " No," because it seemed
to me an art too inferior to that which I had in my
soul. My excellent father, in despair at such a circum-
' Jacopo married Lucrezia, eldest daughter of Lorenzo the Mag-
nificent, and attaching himself to the party of the Medici, obtained
great influence in Florence. Ninth in succession, he became Gon-
falonier for the first two months of the year 1514, and it was he who
on March 30th 1514 removed Giovanni Cellini (now old and
feeble) after thirty-six years of faithful service, from his post among
the State musicians. Here is the document: Hc/^72/27
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CH. i] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI
lines. The Pope then sent to tell him to come thither,
for it would be to his advantage. He did not want to
go; therefore, instead of a reward, his post at the
palace was taken from him by Jacopo Salviati, as soon
as ever he was appointed Gonfalonier.' This was the
reason for my setting myself to work at a goldsmith's;
and I partly studied that profession and partly con-
tinued my music, much against my will. When he (my
father) spoke to me upon this point, I besought him to
let me draw so many hours a day, and all the rest I
would give myself up to music, merely to content him.
To this he replied: "Then you take no pleasure in
music? " To which I answered, " No," because it seemed
to me an art too inferior to that which I had in my
soul. My excellent father, in despair at such a circum-
' Jacopo married Lucrezia, eldest daughter of Lorenzo the Mag-
nificent, and attaching himself to the party of the Medici, obtained
great influence in Florence. Ninth in succession, he became Gon-
falonier for the first two months of the year 1514, and it was he who
on March 30th 1514 removed Giovanni Cellini (now old and
feeble) after thirty-six years of faithful service, from his post among
the State musicians. Here is the document: Hc/^72/27
y^<27Z7z^y z/i? (W/z'zzzh zzzzzzy ^z'YzhzzzzYzzy, yz'w 2/2*2*/^ 6*277722'-
7222/2*27722^, ^y/ y^7z<?ur <?/ z'zz^<zYzYzh 222/ y 277222722/22772, ^/yT^/^T^zz ^2*22^
/22/<?772 hzyhrzzf/Z'T' W7227V ^/ 2ZZ*ZVz/i?7V y2227/2'z/2h TZz/ y277222772/22772
^/ y^7"Z72Y72z/22772 z/2*2*6 6*277722*7222/2*27722*^7*2722/ 27^72^* z?J*/, z'z6z7 r6/2'Y.?7*Z7W7'2272/
^/ r6/z'&7'ZZ72z/27 272^^2227^7*2277/ ^/ ^^722*/22y 7*^77227 77277*2272/^7*^22/72772 _/z7,%ZZ72-
72^772 zZ? G<?//2*722*y, 22 z/Zr/z? 22222J* T^zczh /Z/W/zzz'.f, jz'w^ 222*2*/277*72772
6/22^*72^2*277*72772 ^V2*^/j277*22772 6*27777272277*22722^' C/ ^t* yZ22? 2/2Y/72J y27Y 227272^
2?J/ ^2272^^7* 2?/ y^72^ur, -fz^v/vz/ Z72 2/6/27 ^277*22722 622/22/227 ^ 7*27 L6
227Z7227^ &72^ ^/ yz/f/z'/z??*, W27672/27J Z^zYzZT* ^72772 2*72 22/2*^2227 7V7722272^7*227*2? ^/
J22^ .SV72^zY222'z 2*2772^22/<?7V 2?/ y^ZV^/z/rT*^ 26 27/z'yZ227 JZz/^z'z/zhy Z2627 j/22/22-
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