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360 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. i
to depart from me. I then turned and told that shop-lad
whom he had beaten to bring out that bundle of clothes ;
and I said to him, " Here are all the clothes that I have
given you, and with them take your freedom, and go
wherever you will." Don Diego remained astonished at
this, for he expected almost anything else. Upon this
Ascanio together with his father besought me that I
would pardon him and take him back. When I asked
who it was that was speaking on his behalf, he told me
that it was his father; to whom after many entreaties,
I said: " And since you are his father, out of respect for
you I will take him back."
to depart from me. I then turned and told that shop-lad
whom he had beaten to bring out that bundle of clothes ;
and I said to him, " Here are all the clothes that I have
given you, and with them take your freedom, and go
wherever you will." Don Diego remained astonished at
this, for he expected almost anything else. Upon this
Ascanio together with his father besought me that I
would pardon him and take him back. When I asked
who it was that was speaking on his behalf, he told me
that it was his father; to whom after many entreaties,
I said: " And since you are his father, out of respect for
you I will take him back."