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362 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. i
me in the completion of those commissions for the
Pope, I gave to this fellow his liberty, having paid him
for his labour. He said to me that he begged me to let
him come with me, and that he would come at his own
expense; for if it should chance that I stayed to work
with the King of France, it would be far better that I
should have with me my Italian workmen, and especially
some of those persons whom I knew to be capable of
assisting me. This man understood so well how to entreat
me that I was glad to take him with me after the manner
that he had proposed. Ascanio being also present at
this discussion, said half crying: "When you took me
back, I said that I wanted to stay with you for life, and
such it is my intention to do! " I told the said (lad) that
I did not want him on any account. The poor lad got
himself ready to come after me on foot. When I saw
that he had formed such a resolution, I engaged a horse
for him also, and putting a small trunk of mine on the
crupper, I burdened myself with much more useless
lumber than I should have done; and setting
of Jan. 16th 1560, in reckoning up the monies expended on behalf
of the courier Busbacca, was subsequently the principal cause of
Cellini's imprisonment, by accusing him of having stolen Pope
Clement VIPs precious stones during the Sack of Rome. In
April 1538 he and Benvenuto had a dispute, as a result of which
our hero promised not to injure him, giving Felice Guadagni (and
upon his not being deemed sufficient, Vincenzo Romolo) as his
guarantee. This promise was renewed in the following July in the
presence of the goldsmiths, Paolo, a Roman, and Antonio, a
Florentine (A'Tbz'zz^zh Awzz'zz^ T^zz^^T? 7b. (W/z'zzz* zzzzryfc^ zzz
zzrb^, <7? 72Z772 z^TbzzTbzzA? TTzhrozzz'/zzzzzzz y^^rzzjz'zzzzzzz zzzzz'yTw/z): and
bears date April 22 1338. Q7 BERTOLOTTI, j/cr. Awzb., 1875,
pp. 144-3. This guarantee was ratified on April 24th of the same
year.
me in the completion of those commissions for the
Pope, I gave to this fellow his liberty, having paid him
for his labour. He said to me that he begged me to let
him come with me, and that he would come at his own
expense; for if it should chance that I stayed to work
with the King of France, it would be far better that I
should have with me my Italian workmen, and especially
some of those persons whom I knew to be capable of
assisting me. This man understood so well how to entreat
me that I was glad to take him with me after the manner
that he had proposed. Ascanio being also present at
this discussion, said half crying: "When you took me
back, I said that I wanted to stay with you for life, and
such it is my intention to do! " I told the said (lad) that
I did not want him on any account. The poor lad got
himself ready to come after me on foot. When I saw
that he had formed such a resolution, I engaged a horse
for him also, and putting a small trunk of mine on the
crupper, I burdened myself with much more useless
lumber than I should have done; and setting
of Jan. 16th 1560, in reckoning up the monies expended on behalf
of the courier Busbacca, was subsequently the principal cause of
Cellini's imprisonment, by accusing him of having stolen Pope
Clement VIPs precious stones during the Sack of Rome. In
April 1538 he and Benvenuto had a dispute, as a result of which
our hero promised not to injure him, giving Felice Guadagni (and
upon his not being deemed sufficient, Vincenzo Romolo) as his
guarantee. This promise was renewed in the following July in the
presence of the goldsmiths, Paolo, a Roman, and Antonio, a
Florentine (A'Tbz'zz^zh Awzz'zz^ T^zz^^T? 7b. (W/z'zzz* zzzzryfc^ zzz
zzrb^, <7? 72Z772 z^TbzzTbzzA? TTzhrozzz'/zzzzzzz y^^rzzjz'zzzzzzz zzzzz'yTw/z): and
bears date April 22 1338. Q7 BERTOLOTTI, j/cr. Awzb., 1875,
pp. 144-3. This guarantee was ratified on April 24th of the same
year.