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336 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. i
him that day and night he thought of nothing else,
and that he would make it as soon as he was able; never-
theless he told me not to set hope upon his reverse, and
that I must make one for myself from my own original
invention; and that when I had finished it, I must bring
it freely to the Duke, for it would be to my advantage.
Having made a design for a reverse which seemed to me
suitable, with as much care as I could I proceeded with
it; but since I was not yet recovered from that inordinate
illness, I took great pleasure in going to the chase with
my fowling-piece in company with that dear Filice of
mine, who knew nothing whatever about the practice of
my trade, but since we were together continually day
and night, every one imagined that he was most skilled
in the business. For the which reason, he being exces-
sively amusing, we laughed together a thousand times
over this great credit that he had acquired; and since he
was called Filice 6Zz<aV%cyzz' (Profits), he used to say, in
conversation with me: " I should call myself Filice
(Small-Profits); but you have caused me to
acquire so great a renown that I can call myself
ZV' UzzrzuG^zzz (zU., of the noble family of Great-
Profits)." And I used to say to him that there were
two methods of making profits; the first is, that which
one earns for oneself, and the second, that which one
earns for others; wherefore I praised in him much
xxxviii, may be compared with CELLINI'S remark here: " Lorenzino
with pallid countenance and melancholy look walked about alone,
speaking very little and with but few persons He used to frequent
the lonely and out-of-the-way places of the city, and showed such
manifest signs of melancholy humour that some began silently to
make fun of him, whilst others more shrewd suspected that he was
designing and planning in his mind some terrible undertaking."
him that day and night he thought of nothing else,
and that he would make it as soon as he was able; never-
theless he told me not to set hope upon his reverse, and
that I must make one for myself from my own original
invention; and that when I had finished it, I must bring
it freely to the Duke, for it would be to my advantage.
Having made a design for a reverse which seemed to me
suitable, with as much care as I could I proceeded with
it; but since I was not yet recovered from that inordinate
illness, I took great pleasure in going to the chase with
my fowling-piece in company with that dear Filice of
mine, who knew nothing whatever about the practice of
my trade, but since we were together continually day
and night, every one imagined that he was most skilled
in the business. For the which reason, he being exces-
sively amusing, we laughed together a thousand times
over this great credit that he had acquired; and since he
was called Filice 6Zz<aV%cyzz' (Profits), he used to say, in
conversation with me: " I should call myself Filice
(Small-Profits); but you have caused me to
acquire so great a renown that I can call myself
ZV' UzzrzuG^zzz (zU., of the noble family of Great-
Profits)." And I used to say to him that there were
two methods of making profits; the first is, that which
one earns for oneself, and the second, that which one
earns for others; wherefore I praised in him much
xxxviii, may be compared with CELLINI'S remark here: " Lorenzino
with pallid countenance and melancholy look walked about alone,
speaking very little and with but few persons He used to frequent
the lonely and out-of-the-way places of the city, and showed such
manifest signs of melancholy humour that some began silently to
make fun of him, whilst others more shrewd suspected that he was
designing and planning in his mind some terrible undertaking."