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258 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. i
above-mentioned Thubbia was; and on finding him at
work, and that nothing at all had happened to him, nor
that he even knew anything, when he reported this to the
Pope, the said (pontiff) turned to Pompeo and said to
him: " You are a scoundrel, but I declare to you indeed,
that you have stirred up a serpent that will bite you and
will give you your deserts." Then he turned to Cardinal
de' Medici, and commissioned him that he should take
a certain amount of care of me, for on no account did
he wish to lose me. So Solosmeo and I proceeded sing-
ing towards Monte Casini, with the intention of going
thence together to Naples.
above-mentioned Thubbia was; and on finding him at
work, and that nothing at all had happened to him, nor
that he even knew anything, when he reported this to the
Pope, the said (pontiff) turned to Pompeo and said to
him: " You are a scoundrel, but I declare to you indeed,
that you have stirred up a serpent that will bite you and
will give you your deserts." Then he turned to Cardinal
de' Medici, and commissioned him that he should take
a certain amount of care of me, for on no account did
he wish to lose me. So Solosmeo and I proceeded sing-
ing towards Monte Casini, with the intention of going
thence together to Naples.