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CHAPTER XV
(H34-H35)
Death of Pope Clement VII.—Cellini is insulted by Pompeo the
goldsmith and kills him at the corner of the LAMVz'03 in Rome.—-
He is protected by his friends and by Cardinals Cornaro and
Medici.—Paul III desires him to undertake his coinage and pro-
vides him with a safe conduct from the consequences of the
murder of Pompeo.—He makes -svzzTz adorned with the design
of the Phy jC/rrzCcTM'y.— Persecuted by Pier Luigi Farnese and
his other enemies, Cellini receives warning from one of his in-
tended assassins, and, realizing that his life is in serious danger,
escapes to Florence.
T this juncture the Pope fell ill; and the physicians
being of opinion that the illness was likely to prove
fatal, that adversary of mine^ being afraid of me, com-
missioned certain Neapolitan soldiers that they should
do to me what he was afraid that I should do to him.
Therefore I had much trouble in protecting my poor
life. Continuing (my labours) I completed the reverse
entirely: when I carried it to the Pope I found him in
bed in the very worst state of health. In spite of all this
he paid me great compliments, and wished to see the
medals and the dies: but though he directed them to
give him his spectacles and lights in no way could he
distinguish anything. He set himself to fumble them
* 7.o, Pompeo.
271
(H34-H35)
Death of Pope Clement VII.—Cellini is insulted by Pompeo the
goldsmith and kills him at the corner of the LAMVz'03 in Rome.—-
He is protected by his friends and by Cardinals Cornaro and
Medici.—Paul III desires him to undertake his coinage and pro-
vides him with a safe conduct from the consequences of the
murder of Pompeo.—He makes -svzzTz adorned with the design
of the Phy jC/rrzCcTM'y.— Persecuted by Pier Luigi Farnese and
his other enemies, Cellini receives warning from one of his in-
tended assassins, and, realizing that his life is in serious danger,
escapes to Florence.
T this juncture the Pope fell ill; and the physicians
being of opinion that the illness was likely to prove
fatal, that adversary of mine^ being afraid of me, com-
missioned certain Neapolitan soldiers that they should
do to me what he was afraid that I should do to him.
Therefore I had much trouble in protecting my poor
life. Continuing (my labours) I completed the reverse
entirely: when I carried it to the Pope I found him in
bed in the very worst state of health. In spite of all this
he paid me great compliments, and wished to see the
medals and the dies: but though he directed them to
give him his spectacles and lights in no way could he
distinguish anything. He set himself to fumble them
* 7.o, Pompeo.
271