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CH. xxiv] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 49
not indeed that those stars conspire against us to do
us good or evil, but the event takes place during their
conjunction, beneath which we are placed; although I
know that I have free will; and that if my faith were ex-
ercised in a saint-like manner, I am very certain that the
angels of heaven would bear me out of this prison, and
would assuredly save me from every one of my afflictions;
but because it does not seem to me that I have been
made worthy by God of such a thing, it is therefore of
necessity that these celestial influences should pour
their malignity upon me. Somewhat cast down by
this thought, I presently calmed myself, and immedi-
ately applied myself to sleep. When dawn came, my
guard awoke me and said: " Oh unfortunate but worthy
man! there is no more time now for sleep, for a man
has come who has bad news to give you." There-
upon I said: " The sooner I pass out of this earthly
prison, the more pleased shall I be, especially since I am
secure that my soul is safe, and that I am dying wrong-
fully. Christ the Glorious and Divine makes me the
companion of His Disciples and Friends, who, both He
and they, were wrongfully put to death. In the same
way am I wrongfully put to death, and I devoutly
(j%72A3772<?73^) thank God for it. Why does not the man
come forward who has to pronounce sentence upon me?"
Thereupon the guard said: " He is too sorrowful on your
account, and he weeps." Then I called to him by name,
and he bore the name of Misser Benedetto da Cagli; * I
said; "Come forward, Misser Benedetto mine! for I am
affairs. Hence Astrology was elevated into a portion of the legal
system.
^ G- Chap. XII, Vol. I, p. 233, n. 2, and Chap. XXII, Vol. II, p. 2.
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not indeed that those stars conspire against us to do
us good or evil, but the event takes place during their
conjunction, beneath which we are placed; although I
know that I have free will; and that if my faith were ex-
ercised in a saint-like manner, I am very certain that the
angels of heaven would bear me out of this prison, and
would assuredly save me from every one of my afflictions;
but because it does not seem to me that I have been
made worthy by God of such a thing, it is therefore of
necessity that these celestial influences should pour
their malignity upon me. Somewhat cast down by
this thought, I presently calmed myself, and immedi-
ately applied myself to sleep. When dawn came, my
guard awoke me and said: " Oh unfortunate but worthy
man! there is no more time now for sleep, for a man
has come who has bad news to give you." There-
upon I said: " The sooner I pass out of this earthly
prison, the more pleased shall I be, especially since I am
secure that my soul is safe, and that I am dying wrong-
fully. Christ the Glorious and Divine makes me the
companion of His Disciples and Friends, who, both He
and they, were wrongfully put to death. In the same
way am I wrongfully put to death, and I devoutly
(j%72A3772<?73^) thank God for it. Why does not the man
come forward who has to pronounce sentence upon me?"
Thereupon the guard said: " He is too sorrowful on your
account, and he weeps." Then I called to him by name,
and he bore the name of Misser Benedetto da Cagli; * I
said; "Come forward, Misser Benedetto mine! for I am
affairs. Hence Astrology was elevated into a portion of the legal
system.
^ G- Chap. XII, Vol. I, p. 233, n. 2, and Chap. XXII, Vol. II, p. 2.
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