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44 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. i
freedom, what will the world say both of Your Holiness
and of me?" The Pope retorted: "I want Benvenuto,
and let any one say what they like, since you want the
bishopric." The good Cardinal replied, that His Holiness
might give him the bishopric, and that he should think
over the rest for himself, and then do all that His
Holiness both liked and was able to do. The Pope,
though somewhat ashamed of the wicked (breach) of his
already pledged word, said: " I will send for Benvenuto
and, as a small satisfaction to myself, I will put him down
in those rooms in my private garden, where he can
attend to getting well, and it shall not be forbidden for
all his friends to go and see him; and I will also arrange
to provide his expenses, until this little whim of mine
passes." The Cardinal returned home, and sent immedi-
ately by the man who was expecting the bishopric to
tell me that the Pope wished to get me back into his
hands; but that he would keep me in a lower room in
the private garden; where I might be visited by every-
one, just as if I were in his house. Thereupon I besought
this Misser Andrea that he would be so good as to tell the
Cardinal, that he must not give me up to the Pope and
must let me act for myself; for I would get myself rolled
up in a mattress, and make them carry me out of Rome
to a safe spot; for if he gave me up to the Pope, he was
most certainly giving me up to death. The Cardinal,
when he heard this, it is believed would have liked to do
it; but that Misser Andrea, who was concerned for his
bishopric, betrayed the matter. So that the Pope sent
for me immediately, and had me placed, as he said, in a
lower chamber in his private garden. The Cardinal sent
to say that I must not eat any of those victuals which
freedom, what will the world say both of Your Holiness
and of me?" The Pope retorted: "I want Benvenuto,
and let any one say what they like, since you want the
bishopric." The good Cardinal replied, that His Holiness
might give him the bishopric, and that he should think
over the rest for himself, and then do all that His
Holiness both liked and was able to do. The Pope,
though somewhat ashamed of the wicked (breach) of his
already pledged word, said: " I will send for Benvenuto
and, as a small satisfaction to myself, I will put him down
in those rooms in my private garden, where he can
attend to getting well, and it shall not be forbidden for
all his friends to go and see him; and I will also arrange
to provide his expenses, until this little whim of mine
passes." The Cardinal returned home, and sent immedi-
ately by the man who was expecting the bishopric to
tell me that the Pope wished to get me back into his
hands; but that he would keep me in a lower room in
the private garden; where I might be visited by every-
one, just as if I were in his house. Thereupon I besought
this Misser Andrea that he would be so good as to tell the
Cardinal, that he must not give me up to the Pope and
must let me act for myself; for I would get myself rolled
up in a mattress, and make them carry me out of Rome
to a safe spot; for if he gave me up to the Pope, he was
most certainly giving me up to death. The Cardinal,
when he heard this, it is believed would have liked to do
it; but that Misser Andrea, who was concerned for his
bishopric, betrayed the matter. So that the Pope sent
for me immediately, and had me placed, as he said, in a
lower chamber in his private garden. The Cardinal sent
to say that I must not eat any of those victuals which