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130 LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI [BK. 11
bestow it upon me, so that I might use it in his service.
The King immediately said : " That place is a house of
my own; and I know well that he to whom I gave it
neither lives there nor uses it: do you therefore employ
it for our business : and he immediately commanded his
lieutenant that he should lodge me in the said Nesle.
He made some (show) of resistance, telling the King
that he could not do it. To this the King replied
angrily, that he wished to give his own property to who-
soever he pleased, and to a man who would serve him,
for this other was not serving him at all; therefore he
must say no more upon the matter. The lieutenant added
besides that it would be necessary to use some small
amount of force. Upon which the King said: " Go now,
and if small force is not sufficient, try great." He imme-
diately took me to the place; and he had to use force to
put me in possession; then he told me that I must take
very great care of myself that I were not murdered. I
entered into (the place), and I immediately engaged
servants and purchased several big pikes (^^f <T<37V72<2
27? 22^), and for several days I lived in greatest discom-
fort : for this man (the Provost) was an important noble-
man of Paris, and the other nobility were all my enemies,
in such measure that they showed me many insults
such as I was unable to resist. I do not wish to leave
unrecorded that this period in which I entered into
agreement with His Majesty was exactly in the year of
Grace' 1340, which was exactly the fortieth year of my
own age. On account of these great insults I had re-
course to the King, begging His Majesty that he
would accommodate me elsewhere: to which request the
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bestow it upon me, so that I might use it in his service.
The King immediately said : " That place is a house of
my own; and I know well that he to whom I gave it
neither lives there nor uses it: do you therefore employ
it for our business : and he immediately commanded his
lieutenant that he should lodge me in the said Nesle.
He made some (show) of resistance, telling the King
that he could not do it. To this the King replied
angrily, that he wished to give his own property to who-
soever he pleased, and to a man who would serve him,
for this other was not serving him at all; therefore he
must say no more upon the matter. The lieutenant added
besides that it would be necessary to use some small
amount of force. Upon which the King said: " Go now,
and if small force is not sufficient, try great." He imme-
diately took me to the place; and he had to use force to
put me in possession; then he told me that I must take
very great care of myself that I were not murdered. I
entered into (the place), and I immediately engaged
servants and purchased several big pikes (^^f <T<37V72<2
27? 22^), and for several days I lived in greatest discom-
fort : for this man (the Provost) was an important noble-
man of Paris, and the other nobility were all my enemies,
in such measure that they showed me many insults
such as I was unable to resist. I do not wish to leave
unrecorded that this period in which I entered into
agreement with His Majesty was exactly in the year of
Grace' 1340, which was exactly the fortieth year of my
own age. On account of these great insults I had re-
course to the King, begging His Majesty that he
would accommodate me elsewhere: to which request the
* // 77zz7^yz'z7z<7 <7<?/ 1540.