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CH. xiv] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 263
Cardinal de' Medici, which told me that I must return to
Rome with great speed, and at once go and dismount at
the house of His Most Reverend Lordship. Having read
the letter to my Angelica, with lovesick tears she be-
sought me that out of my kindness I would either stay
in Naples, or that I would take her with me; to which I
replied that if she were willing to come with me I would
give into her keeping those two hundred ducats that I
had received from the Viceroy. When the mother saw
us in this close conversation, she approached us and said
to me: " Benvenuto, if you want to take my Angelica to
Rome, leave me a (sum of) fifteen ducats, so that I can
lie in, and then I will come also." I told the old rogue
that I would gladly leave her thirty, if she were willing
to give me my Angelica. Having thus made our com-
pact, Angelica begged me that I would buy her a robe
of black velvet, because it was cheap in Naples. I was
content with all this; and having sent for the velvet, made
the bargain and everything, when the old woman, who
thought that I was more cooked than raw/ demanded of
me a gown of fine cloth for herself,and many othercharges
for her daughter, and much more money than that which
I had offered her. Upon which I turned to her pleasantly
and said: " My dear Beatrice, is not that enough which
I have offered you?" She answered: "No!" Thereupon
I retorted that what did not suffice for her would suffice
for me: and having kissed my Angelica, we parted, she
with tears and I with laughter, and turned myself im-
mediately towards Rome. Departing from Naples by
night with my money upon my person, so that I should
i A proverbial expression founded on the coHoquial
meaning "a person head over ears in love."
Cardinal de' Medici, which told me that I must return to
Rome with great speed, and at once go and dismount at
the house of His Most Reverend Lordship. Having read
the letter to my Angelica, with lovesick tears she be-
sought me that out of my kindness I would either stay
in Naples, or that I would take her with me; to which I
replied that if she were willing to come with me I would
give into her keeping those two hundred ducats that I
had received from the Viceroy. When the mother saw
us in this close conversation, she approached us and said
to me: " Benvenuto, if you want to take my Angelica to
Rome, leave me a (sum of) fifteen ducats, so that I can
lie in, and then I will come also." I told the old rogue
that I would gladly leave her thirty, if she were willing
to give me my Angelica. Having thus made our com-
pact, Angelica begged me that I would buy her a robe
of black velvet, because it was cheap in Naples. I was
content with all this; and having sent for the velvet, made
the bargain and everything, when the old woman, who
thought that I was more cooked than raw/ demanded of
me a gown of fine cloth for herself,and many othercharges
for her daughter, and much more money than that which
I had offered her. Upon which I turned to her pleasantly
and said: " My dear Beatrice, is not that enough which
I have offered you?" She answered: "No!" Thereupon
I retorted that what did not suffice for her would suffice
for me: and having kissed my Angelica, we parted, she
with tears and I with laughter, and turned myself im-
mediately towards Rome. Departing from Naples by
night with my money upon my person, so that I should
i A proverbial expression founded on the coHoquial
meaning "a person head over ears in love."