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CH. vii] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 227
returned to his palace, he chanced to recall the fine
words so wondrously humble and so haughtily proud that
I had employed to His Majesty, words which caused
him much irritation, and he recounted some of the details
of those expressions in the presence of Madama di
Tampes, where was Monsignor di Sanpolo/ an influen-
tial French Baron. This latter had in the past made a
very great profession of being a friend of mine: and
certainly he showed it at this time very brilliantly,
"after the French fashion." For after much discussion,
the King lamented that the Cardinal of Ferrara, to
whom he had given me in charge, had never thought
any more about my affairs, and that it was no thanks to
him (7%<?72 7/2<37%<Vz<3A7 ^7* C<3M.y<3 that I had not
gone right away from his kingdom : and that he should
in fact think about putting me into the charge of some
person who would understand me (?U., my value) better
than the Cardinal of Ferrara had done, for he did not
wish to give me any more occasion of losing me. At
these words Monsignior di Sanpolo immediately offered
himself, telling the King that he should put me into his
charge, and that he would take good care that I should
never more have cause to depart from his kingdom.
At this the King said that he would be very pleased if
* Francois de Bourbon, Comte de Saint Paul, one of the ablest
officers in the service of Francis I, his companion in arms at
Marignan in 1515, and fellow-prisoner with him at Pavia in 1525.
JAL, <rz7., quotes a Document, bearing date April 28th
1543, wherein this Frangois, Seigneur d'Anghien, obtains ?/72g 07772-
772A.S'2i77Z zA /AzzAzMTZT* ^227* A 7?<72, zA /'<37V7ZOg 72<2*2'ZZA zAz
-ZA?/<37A. He was also Due d'Estouteville, and he died in 1545 at
the age of fifty-four, greatly mourned by his friend and Sovereign,
ty ANQUETIL, zy5. <rA., Vol. IV.
returned to his palace, he chanced to recall the fine
words so wondrously humble and so haughtily proud that
I had employed to His Majesty, words which caused
him much irritation, and he recounted some of the details
of those expressions in the presence of Madama di
Tampes, where was Monsignor di Sanpolo/ an influen-
tial French Baron. This latter had in the past made a
very great profession of being a friend of mine: and
certainly he showed it at this time very brilliantly,
"after the French fashion." For after much discussion,
the King lamented that the Cardinal of Ferrara, to
whom he had given me in charge, had never thought
any more about my affairs, and that it was no thanks to
him (7%<?72 7/2<37%<Vz<3A7 ^7* C<3M.y<3 that I had not
gone right away from his kingdom : and that he should
in fact think about putting me into the charge of some
person who would understand me (?U., my value) better
than the Cardinal of Ferrara had done, for he did not
wish to give me any more occasion of losing me. At
these words Monsignior di Sanpolo immediately offered
himself, telling the King that he should put me into his
charge, and that he would take good care that I should
never more have cause to depart from his kingdom.
At this the King said that he would be very pleased if
* Francois de Bourbon, Comte de Saint Paul, one of the ablest
officers in the service of Francis I, his companion in arms at
Marignan in 1515, and fellow-prisoner with him at Pavia in 1525.
JAL, <rz7., quotes a Document, bearing date April 28th
1543, wherein this Frangois, Seigneur d'Anghien, obtains ?/72g 07772-
772A.S'2i77Z zA /AzzAzMTZT* ^227* A 7?<72, zA /'<37V7ZOg 72<2*2'ZZA zAz
-ZA?/<37A. He was also Due d'Estouteville, and he died in 1545 at
the age of fifty-four, greatly mourned by his friend and Sovereign,
ty ANQUETIL, zy5. <rA., Vol. IV.