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CH. xix] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 355
foliages, and enamels and precious stones. I took what I
could get and made a plan to depart altogether from
Rome/ In the meantime the Pope sent the said little
Book to the Emperor by the hand of one of his nephews,
called the lord Sforza/ to whom, on his presenting the
book, the Emperor was most grateful, and immediately
asked after me. The youthful lord Sforza, being in-
structed, said, that on account of my being ill I had not
come. AH this was reported to me. Meantime I got
myself in readiness to go towards France, and I wanted
to go alone; but I could not do so, because of a lad
who lived with me/ who was called Ascanio/ This
^ M. PLON (<?^5. zZL, p. 291 <? .syg^.) states that this precious Book
is no longer to be found either in Rome, Vienna, or Madrid.
Nevertheless he records the covers of three books; one of which
belonged to Francis II, King of Naples, but ultimately disappeared
at the overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty; another is in the
Victoria and Albert Museum at South Kensington; whilst a third
is in the Friedenstein Museum at Gotha. But it is easy to see from
the considerations brought forward by M. PLON that none of these
can be the cover executed by Cellini as a gift for the Emperor
Charles V.
2 Sforza Sforza was the son of Bosio, Count of Santa Fiora by
Costanza Farnese, natural daughter of Pope Paul III. He was at
this period but sixteen years of age, and had given such proofs of
valour in the army of the Emperor Charles V, that he had been ap-
pointed Captain-General of the Spanish and Italian cavalry. He
distinguished himself under Charles IX of France at the defence
of Poitiers and Moncontour, and died in the fortress of Arquato in
October 1575. DAVILA, Lib. VIII, and THUANi, Z/z'V., Vol. II,
Lib. XLV.
s Here we have another of CELLINI'S confused and rambling
statements; sentences and clauses begun and never completed.
^ Ascanio de' Mari: as we learn presently, a native of Taglia-
cozzo. He was the son of one Giovanni, and in the ZVzZzbzzzzzzzzv
rrzYzyzzz? V? tV Z'Z/z'Vcz'Tv of JAL, under the heading Z7F
foliages, and enamels and precious stones. I took what I
could get and made a plan to depart altogether from
Rome/ In the meantime the Pope sent the said little
Book to the Emperor by the hand of one of his nephews,
called the lord Sforza/ to whom, on his presenting the
book, the Emperor was most grateful, and immediately
asked after me. The youthful lord Sforza, being in-
structed, said, that on account of my being ill I had not
come. AH this was reported to me. Meantime I got
myself in readiness to go towards France, and I wanted
to go alone; but I could not do so, because of a lad
who lived with me/ who was called Ascanio/ This
^ M. PLON (<?^5. zZL, p. 291 <? .syg^.) states that this precious Book
is no longer to be found either in Rome, Vienna, or Madrid.
Nevertheless he records the covers of three books; one of which
belonged to Francis II, King of Naples, but ultimately disappeared
at the overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty; another is in the
Victoria and Albert Museum at South Kensington; whilst a third
is in the Friedenstein Museum at Gotha. But it is easy to see from
the considerations brought forward by M. PLON that none of these
can be the cover executed by Cellini as a gift for the Emperor
Charles V.
2 Sforza Sforza was the son of Bosio, Count of Santa Fiora by
Costanza Farnese, natural daughter of Pope Paul III. He was at
this period but sixteen years of age, and had given such proofs of
valour in the army of the Emperor Charles V, that he had been ap-
pointed Captain-General of the Spanish and Italian cavalry. He
distinguished himself under Charles IX of France at the defence
of Poitiers and Moncontour, and died in the fortress of Arquato in
October 1575. DAVILA, Lib. VIII, and THUANi, Z/z'V., Vol. II,
Lib. XLV.
s Here we have another of CELLINI'S confused and rambling
statements; sentences and clauses begun and never completed.
^ Ascanio de' Mari: as we learn presently, a native of Taglia-
cozzo. He was the son of one Giovanni, and in the ZVzZzbzzzzzzzzv
rrzYzyzzz? V? tV Z'Z/z'Vcz'Tv of JAL, under the heading Z7F