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CH. i] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 93
cleanly finished, that every one said that I had surpassed
the great Lautizio/ who made this trade his sole one;
and the Cardinal out of personal pride used to compare
it with the other seals of the Cardinals of Rome, which
were nearly all the workmanship of the above-mentioned
Lautizio.
The Cardinal also ordered of me in addition, along
with those two works above-mentioned, that I should
make a model for a salt-cellar; but he would have liked
me to exceed the ordinary run of those who had made
salt-cellars. Misser Luigi made many admirable observa-
tions regarding this salt-cellar; Misser Gabbriello Cesano
also said many very fine things upon this subject. The
Cardinal, a most courteous listener and satisfied beyond
measure with the designs, which these two great critics
had devised in words, turning to me said: " Benvenuto
mine, the design of Misser Luigi and that of Misser Gab-
briello please me so much, that I do not know which one
of the two to select. I therefore refer it to you, for it
is you who have to put it into execution." Thereupon I
said: "See, my lords, of what importance are the sons
of Kings and of Emperors, and what a marvellous
splendour and divinity it is that appears in them. Never-
theless if you ask a poor humble shepherd for whom
he has the most love and the most affection, for those
said sons or for his own children, of a certainty he will
^ O'- Bk. I, Chap. V, VoL I, p. 90, n. 2. It is to be observed that in
spite of CELLINI'S remark in that passage, Lautizio did content him-
self sometimes with less than 100 .svzzZz; for MUNTZ has retrieved for
us the following entry: 1522. 7 warsT?. Zzzgv <3 Zzzz/YzYzb^7*yzzzzZ7^
.rzg*z7/z zZ Z rzzrzfz'zzzzZ, zfzz^ ^zzzzzfz ^zzzzzfz', ^ zZz ^zzrz?/z', jZzzzzzz'z' yzz/z'z'
zrz7zyzzz:7zAz, y<?7Z7zz7 zfzzzr, 6. 6. 30. ^^^zzrzzrzzzzz zrzz7*zYz7zzz/zY 1321.
1522. fol. 113.)
cleanly finished, that every one said that I had surpassed
the great Lautizio/ who made this trade his sole one;
and the Cardinal out of personal pride used to compare
it with the other seals of the Cardinals of Rome, which
were nearly all the workmanship of the above-mentioned
Lautizio.
The Cardinal also ordered of me in addition, along
with those two works above-mentioned, that I should
make a model for a salt-cellar; but he would have liked
me to exceed the ordinary run of those who had made
salt-cellars. Misser Luigi made many admirable observa-
tions regarding this salt-cellar; Misser Gabbriello Cesano
also said many very fine things upon this subject. The
Cardinal, a most courteous listener and satisfied beyond
measure with the designs, which these two great critics
had devised in words, turning to me said: " Benvenuto
mine, the design of Misser Luigi and that of Misser Gab-
briello please me so much, that I do not know which one
of the two to select. I therefore refer it to you, for it
is you who have to put it into execution." Thereupon I
said: "See, my lords, of what importance are the sons
of Kings and of Emperors, and what a marvellous
splendour and divinity it is that appears in them. Never-
theless if you ask a poor humble shepherd for whom
he has the most love and the most affection, for those
said sons or for his own children, of a certainty he will
^ O'- Bk. I, Chap. V, VoL I, p. 90, n. 2. It is to be observed that in
spite of CELLINI'S remark in that passage, Lautizio did content him-
self sometimes with less than 100 .svzzZz; for MUNTZ has retrieved for
us the following entry: 1522. 7 warsT?. Zzzgv <3 Zzzz/YzYzb^7*yzzzzZ7^
.rzg*z7/z zZ Z rzzrzfz'zzzzZ, zfzz^ ^zzzzzfz ^zzzzzfz', ^ zZz ^zzrz?/z', jZzzzzzz'z' yzz/z'z'
zrz7zyzzz:7zAz, y<?7Z7zz7 zfzzzr, 6. 6. 30. ^^^zzrzzrzzzzz zrzz7*zYz7zzz/zY 1321.
1522. fol. 113.)