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CH. x] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 293
great a sorrow as I have never felt a greater. Con-
sequently I knelt down on the ground, and not without
tears, according to my custom I gave thanks to my God,
saying: "My Lord! Thou gavest him to me, and now
Thou hast taken him away. But in all things with all my
heart I thank Thee." ^ And although that great sorrow
had as it were crushed me, however, according to my
custom, having made a virtue of a necessity I set about
accommodating myself to it as best I could.
There had at this time left the employment of Ban-
dinello a young man, who bore the name of Francescho,
the son of Matteo the blacksmith. This said young man
a son of two years old at this period. It is probable that events
pressed one upon another in the rapidity of his thoughts, and thus
he got this particular episode out of its correct sequence in time.
This is rendered even more likely by two entries among the CELLINI
papers in the Biblioteca Riccardiana. The first runs as follows:
^553; ^7 7V27*<y<7772(!77*<?. Ts'72'277*27<7, <227772^, 227 7227772^ z77 A7<7 A<327A, 7^772327727
<s 6^77*7727 <5*2272727, <?^g*z*, ywyh? <77 ^<^7*22^2*7*77727 772'<? 7222727 2272 yzg7723<77<7
772222*72*27 22 <77*2 14, 72(772 <5<?73 2*^2*227*27 2*7 ^*2*277*7227y 237 $*232272 ^27 ^272*737 72<7773<?
7222*2^27 (?7<?27<272722*. (Az $57*2^*27 TTTzfzh, 2*^2 ^*77 <7722 72372^*22 <7 v77*7Z327J*2Z
wzYzx, etc. Then follows the notice of the child's baptism, eight days
later, and the names of the godparents.
The second entry is from CELLINI'S Z)2zy-.Z?<7<7^ marked ^4, and
runs thus: ^4 <77 I 6?7727<5T*<? 1555. zV2Z7*z'<2 ^aAfzz/gzzzzzfz'^zvzzzT^zf;?
7^27777*27^3* 2722 AzA<?/<? <3?A 22W7*2 <3 <77^57*3*77327 <7'27773?77*<? 1555,^<?7' 223727*2
^7*2227 zzai <2772277227*2 ^2222^27 Czhzzzzzzzzz 77222? yfgVz^A y527* 7z*T*2 8 z7 772222,
<7'222227T*2727 <727727 <7zy 722 $2322 72 $*2222722727 22377*22 $7732*727 <77'32772277227*2, JZ
77*227*7*22 _/22277*22 $2327727 77327737 27*22 77 72772^27 7'227*22 727333727. A^77<? 773Z*27$7^*-
772227727 ^5z*222$232 22 Zh*27 777*227*727 22 V.
The fact that this foster-mother resided at Fiesole, the corre-
spondence in age of this child with Benvenuto's own words, "about
two years," and the pathetic words that close the entry, all point to
the conclusion that this infant here mentioned may be identified
with the y<33'27$527 Gz'27372272727 of these 2^772277*22722722.
^ 6/1 JOB, Chap. I, v. 21.
great a sorrow as I have never felt a greater. Con-
sequently I knelt down on the ground, and not without
tears, according to my custom I gave thanks to my God,
saying: "My Lord! Thou gavest him to me, and now
Thou hast taken him away. But in all things with all my
heart I thank Thee." ^ And although that great sorrow
had as it were crushed me, however, according to my
custom, having made a virtue of a necessity I set about
accommodating myself to it as best I could.
There had at this time left the employment of Ban-
dinello a young man, who bore the name of Francescho,
the son of Matteo the blacksmith. This said young man
a son of two years old at this period. It is probable that events
pressed one upon another in the rapidity of his thoughts, and thus
he got this particular episode out of its correct sequence in time.
This is rendered even more likely by two entries among the CELLINI
papers in the Biblioteca Riccardiana. The first runs as follows:
^553; ^7 7V27*<y<7772(!77*<?. Ts'72'277*27<7, <227772^, 227 7227772^ z77 A7<7 A<327A, 7^772327727
<s 6^77*7727 <5*2272727, <?^g*z*, ywyh? <77 ^<^7*22^2*7*77727 772'<? 7222727 2272 yzg7723<77<7
772222*72*27 22 <77*2 14, 72(772 <5<?73 2*^2*227*27 2*7 ^*2*277*7227y 237 $*232272 ^27 ^272*737 72<7773<?
7222*2^27 (?7<?27<272722*. (Az $57*2^*27 TTTzfzh, 2*^2 ^*77 <7722 72372^*22 <7 v77*7Z327J*2Z
wzYzx, etc. Then follows the notice of the child's baptism, eight days
later, and the names of the godparents.
The second entry is from CELLINI'S Z)2zy-.Z?<7<7^ marked ^4, and
runs thus: ^4 <77 I 6?7727<5T*<? 1555. zV2Z7*z'<2 ^aAfzz/gzzzzzfz'^zvzzzT^zf;?
7^27777*27^3* 2722 AzA<?/<? <3?A 22W7*2 <3 <77^57*3*77327 <7'27773?77*<? 1555,^<?7' 223727*2
^7*2227 zzai <2772277227*2 ^2222^27 Czhzzzzzzzzz 77222? yfgVz^A y527* 7z*T*2 8 z7 772222,
<7'222227T*2727 <727727 <7zy 722 $2322 72 $*2222722727 22377*22 $7732*727 <77'32772277227*2, JZ
77*227*7*22 _/22277*22 $2327727 77327737 27*22 77 72772^27 7'227*22 727333727. A^77<? 773Z*27$7^*-
772227727 ^5z*222$232 22 Zh*27 777*227*727 22 V.
The fact that this foster-mother resided at Fiesole, the corre-
spondence in age of this child with Benvenuto's own words, "about
two years," and the pathetic words that close the entry, all point to
the conclusion that this infant here mentioned may be identified
with the y<33'27$527 Gz'27372272727 of these 2^772277*22722722.
^ 6/1 JOB, Chap. I, v. 21.