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LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. i
decorations upon this vase a handle made all in one piece
with it; most ingeniously contrived, so that by means of
a certain spring it stood straight up over the mouth of
the vase. When the said prelate was one day
proudly displaying this vase of mine to certain of his
Spanish nobles, it happened that one of these noblemen,
after the said had gone away, manipulating too
roughly the beautiful handle of the vase, that delicate
spring, unable to resist his uncouth violence, broke off in
the hand of the said man. And as it seemed to him that
he had done great mischief, he begged the butler/ who
had charge of it, that he would quickly take it to the
master-craftsman who had made it, who would immedi-
ately repair it, and he promised to pay him the whole
price that he might ask, so long as it was mended
quickly. The vase having thus come into my hands, I
promised to repair it very quickly, and so I did. The
said vase was brought to me before dinner time: at
twenty-two of the clock ^ came he who had brought it to
me, and he was all of a sweat, for he had run the whole
way, since it had happened that my lord had once more
asked for it again to show to certain other lords. Wherefore
i CAr^^/A^ = lit.; " A man who has charge of the or
'sideboard'": perhaps corresponding to the in large
households of to-day.
^ The Italians, at that date, reckoned time from sundown to
sundown, counting twenty-four hours. Twenty-two o'clock was
therefore two hours before nightfall; one hour of the night was one
hour after nightfall, and so forth. By this system of reckoning, it
is clear that the hours varied with the season of the year; and
unless we know the exact month in which an event took place,
we cannot translate any hour into terms of our own modern
system.
LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. i
decorations upon this vase a handle made all in one piece
with it; most ingeniously contrived, so that by means of
a certain spring it stood straight up over the mouth of
the vase. When the said prelate was one day
proudly displaying this vase of mine to certain of his
Spanish nobles, it happened that one of these noblemen,
after the said had gone away, manipulating too
roughly the beautiful handle of the vase, that delicate
spring, unable to resist his uncouth violence, broke off in
the hand of the said man. And as it seemed to him that
he had done great mischief, he begged the butler/ who
had charge of it, that he would quickly take it to the
master-craftsman who had made it, who would immedi-
ately repair it, and he promised to pay him the whole
price that he might ask, so long as it was mended
quickly. The vase having thus come into my hands, I
promised to repair it very quickly, and so I did. The
said vase was brought to me before dinner time: at
twenty-two of the clock ^ came he who had brought it to
me, and he was all of a sweat, for he had run the whole
way, since it had happened that my lord had once more
asked for it again to show to certain other lords. Wherefore
i CAr^^/A^ = lit.; " A man who has charge of the or
'sideboard'": perhaps corresponding to the in large
households of to-day.
^ The Italians, at that date, reckoned time from sundown to
sundown, counting twenty-four hours. Twenty-two o'clock was
therefore two hours before nightfall; one hour of the night was one
hour after nightfall, and so forth. By this system of reckoning, it
is clear that the hours varied with the season of the year; and
unless we know the exact month in which an event took place,
we cannot translate any hour into terms of our own modern
system.