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CHAPTER XVII
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Arrived in Rome Cellini defends himself against the police officers
sent by Pier Luigi Farnese to arrest him.—The fright experi-
enced by him upon that occasion results in an illness for which
he is badly treated by an ignorant quack.—He receives solemn
pardon for the homicide of Pompeo. —He falls ill and is treated
by Francesco Fusconi of Norcia.—A false report gets abroad
that he is dead.—He cures himself by drinking a large quantity
of water and by this means producing a violent perspiration.
T PROCEEDED to Rome, and I carried with me
JL that most beautiful wheel-arquebuse that the Duke
had given me, and made use of it many times upon the
way with very great satisfaction to myself, deriving re-
markable results from it. I arrived in Rome;* and though
* Cellini arrived in Rome at some date between March 20th, the
date of the safe-conduct, and June 12th, upon which day Mattia
Franzesi wrote to Benedetto Varchi in Florence as follows: "I
read the passage concerning the medal to messer Benvenuto, who
is waiting for it, and to you ... he infinitely commends himself."
On June 25th following—the Feast of Sand Eligio—as we learn
from a protocol of the Capitoline Notaries, existing in the
z?;v/z<27Zt7 (n. 139, c. 37), the Goldsmiths' Society proceeded to
vote for the purpose of electing a successor to Pompeo de' Capitaneis
who at the time that Cellini slew him was their and they
chose Francesco Ispano. Benvenuto was present upon this
occasion and paid his quota for the Feast of the Assumption:—
777. A77^72Mh9 6—/%7777 ^
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(i535)
Arrived in Rome Cellini defends himself against the police officers
sent by Pier Luigi Farnese to arrest him.—The fright experi-
enced by him upon that occasion results in an illness for which
he is badly treated by an ignorant quack.—He receives solemn
pardon for the homicide of Pompeo. —He falls ill and is treated
by Francesco Fusconi of Norcia.—A false report gets abroad
that he is dead.—He cures himself by drinking a large quantity
of water and by this means producing a violent perspiration.
T PROCEEDED to Rome, and I carried with me
JL that most beautiful wheel-arquebuse that the Duke
had given me, and made use of it many times upon the
way with very great satisfaction to myself, deriving re-
markable results from it. I arrived in Rome;* and though
* Cellini arrived in Rome at some date between March 20th, the
date of the safe-conduct, and June 12th, upon which day Mattia
Franzesi wrote to Benedetto Varchi in Florence as follows: "I
read the passage concerning the medal to messer Benvenuto, who
is waiting for it, and to you ... he infinitely commends himself."
On June 25th following—the Feast of Sand Eligio—as we learn
from a protocol of the Capitoline Notaries, existing in the
z?;v/z<27Zt7 (n. 139, c. 37), the Goldsmiths' Society proceeded to
vote for the purpose of electing a successor to Pompeo de' Capitaneis
who at the time that Cellini slew him was their and they
chose Francesco Ispano. Benvenuto was present upon this
occasion and paid his quota for the Feast of the Assumption:—
777. A77^72Mh9 6—/%7777 ^
310