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132 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. i
with greatest difficulty, because the lord Renzo da Ceri*
and the lord Horatio Baglioni ^ were wounding and
slaying all those who were absenting themselves from
the fight at the city walls. When we reached the
said great gate part of the enemy had already entered
Rome, and we had them upon our heels (<%/%?
Those in the Castello wishing to let down the port-
cullis of the great gate, made way a little, in such wise
that we four got inside. As soon as I was within,
the Captain, Pallone de' Medici/ took possession of
me; and because I belonged to the staff* of the Castello,
he compelled me to leave Lessandro; which I did very
* 6/- Chap. V, p. 88, note 3.
- Son of the celebrated Gio. Paolo Baglioni, who, although in
command of the Black Bands (A*u:^<3k Ai??v), was not greatly dis-
tinguished for military prowess. He fought both for the Vene-
tians and the Florentines; but Clement VII caused him to be
shut up in the Castel Sant' Angelo, as a disturber of the peace of
Perugia, where his family were in power. Nevertheless, when
Bourbon appeared before the walls of Rome that Pontiff entrusted
to him the defence of the City and Fortress. He endeavoured with
all the means in his power (not even hesitating at the murder of
several of his cousins) to obtain the rulership of Perugia, and died
on May 22nd 1528, fighting before Naples. His brother Malatesta,
entrusted with the defence of Florence in 1530, treasonably sold that
city to Clement VII.
s BERTOLOTTI (^?W.sW AwzAiT*;# rz?., I, p. 245) informs us in the
accounts relating to the preparations for the siege (which break
off on May 4th 1527), that amongst other officers mention is made
of a certain Marcello Pallone, a Roman, who was probably the
de' Medici indicated here. TASSI quotes a reference from an old
Record-Book of Ducal Wardrobe-Accounts (C., p. 71), where it is
noted that a " Capitan Pallone" was in the service of the Medici
from 1555 to 1572.
* It will not be superfluous, perhaps, to remind the reader that
Cellini was a member of the Papal orchestra.
with greatest difficulty, because the lord Renzo da Ceri*
and the lord Horatio Baglioni ^ were wounding and
slaying all those who were absenting themselves from
the fight at the city walls. When we reached the
said great gate part of the enemy had already entered
Rome, and we had them upon our heels (<%/%?
Those in the Castello wishing to let down the port-
cullis of the great gate, made way a little, in such wise
that we four got inside. As soon as I was within,
the Captain, Pallone de' Medici/ took possession of
me; and because I belonged to the staff* of the Castello,
he compelled me to leave Lessandro; which I did very
* 6/- Chap. V, p. 88, note 3.
- Son of the celebrated Gio. Paolo Baglioni, who, although in
command of the Black Bands (A*u:^<3k Ai??v), was not greatly dis-
tinguished for military prowess. He fought both for the Vene-
tians and the Florentines; but Clement VII caused him to be
shut up in the Castel Sant' Angelo, as a disturber of the peace of
Perugia, where his family were in power. Nevertheless, when
Bourbon appeared before the walls of Rome that Pontiff entrusted
to him the defence of the City and Fortress. He endeavoured with
all the means in his power (not even hesitating at the murder of
several of his cousins) to obtain the rulership of Perugia, and died
on May 22nd 1528, fighting before Naples. His brother Malatesta,
entrusted with the defence of Florence in 1530, treasonably sold that
city to Clement VII.
s BERTOLOTTI (^?W.sW AwzAiT*;# rz?., I, p. 245) informs us in the
accounts relating to the preparations for the siege (which break
off on May 4th 1527), that amongst other officers mention is made
of a certain Marcello Pallone, a Roman, who was probably the
de' Medici indicated here. TASSI quotes a reference from an old
Record-Book of Ducal Wardrobe-Accounts (C., p. 71), where it is
noted that a " Capitan Pallone" was in the service of the Medici
from 1555 to 1572.
* It will not be superfluous, perhaps, to remind the reader that
Cellini was a member of the Papal orchestra.