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CH. viH] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 167
keys which I gave him, and would hand over my jewels
and gold to such and such (<%/ persons
as he would find written down in my account-book; then
that he would take the contents of my house and with
that customary good nature of his take some small
amount of care of it, and that in a few days he should
know where I was. This prudent youth, perhaps making
a near guess at the facts, said to me: "Brother mine!
Be off quickly, and then write to me, and don't give a
thought to your affairs." Thus I did. He was the most
faithful friend, the most prudent, the most honest, the
most discreet, the most loveable that I have ever known.
Leaving Florence, I went to Rome; and thence I wrote
to him/
^ Much severe comment has been made regarding Cellini's de-
sertion of Florence at this juncture and his defection to the service
of Pope Clement, one of that tyrannical family who oppressed her
liberties. He himself appears to have felt some compunction upon
the point; but it is as well to observe that the part he played in
public politics was insignificant, and that he and his family had
already gained, and stood to gain, more from the Medici than from
any other party in the State.
keys which I gave him, and would hand over my jewels
and gold to such and such (<%/ persons
as he would find written down in my account-book; then
that he would take the contents of my house and with
that customary good nature of his take some small
amount of care of it, and that in a few days he should
know where I was. This prudent youth, perhaps making
a near guess at the facts, said to me: "Brother mine!
Be off quickly, and then write to me, and don't give a
thought to your affairs." Thus I did. He was the most
faithful friend, the most prudent, the most honest, the
most discreet, the most loveable that I have ever known.
Leaving Florence, I went to Rome; and thence I wrote
to him/
^ Much severe comment has been made regarding Cellini's de-
sertion of Florence at this juncture and his defection to the service
of Pope Clement, one of that tyrannical family who oppressed her
liberties. He himself appears to have felt some compunction upon
the point; but it is as well to observe that the part he played in
public politics was insignificant, and that he and his family had
already gained, and stood to gain, more from the Medici than from
any other party in the State.