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CH.xi] LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 329
And these were the first years of Pope Julio de'
Monti.'
' Giovanni Maria Ciocchi of Monte Sansovino, elected Pope
February 22nd 1550, under the name of Julius III. He lived until
March 23rd 1555.
At this point in the MS. a whole page has been struck out,
perhaps because it occurred to CELLINI that he had anticipated
Altoviti's death by some years, and that the relation of other events
ought to precede those narrated therein. Here is the omitted pas-
sage, the words between the asterisks having been obliterated with
special care: " I went to Rome, and I left my workmen to continue
their work. The cause of my journey to Rome was the death of
Bindo di Antonio Altoviti, who on account of his having been pro-
scribed ?v'A?/%7), had not wished to give me any
longer my income of fifteen gold yrzzzfz in gold per month, as he was
under bond to do; and (that) although the Duke had given orders
that my Capital should be restored to me, which amounted to one
thousand two hundred gold yyzzzfz in gold, and set me free as
regards my capital,—for the said money was in the hands of the
said Bindo for the term of my life,—and the Duke had given
directions that it should be restored to me, giving me one hundred
yyzzzfz per month until payment to me should have been completed,
which was of very great service to me. But when I realized that those
15 yrzz^z* (per month) afforded me very great assistance, and besides
I feared on account of the * ill-luck that I had experienced with the
Duke,* so that it made me think that those most wicked envies
could injure me so much that I might perhaps stand to lose both
contracts: which was, that after the death of the said Bindo the
kindness of his two sons had let me understand that they would
give me my accustomed income of 15 yrzzrfz, and that they would
pay me up for all the time that had intervened, which amounted
to more than three hundred gold yzzzzfz. When I thought over both
cases, and saw that I was childless, I resolved that it would be
better for me to take my income and the said 300 yyzzzfz'."
And these were the first years of Pope Julio de'
Monti.'
' Giovanni Maria Ciocchi of Monte Sansovino, elected Pope
February 22nd 1550, under the name of Julius III. He lived until
March 23rd 1555.
At this point in the MS. a whole page has been struck out,
perhaps because it occurred to CELLINI that he had anticipated
Altoviti's death by some years, and that the relation of other events
ought to precede those narrated therein. Here is the omitted pas-
sage, the words between the asterisks having been obliterated with
special care: " I went to Rome, and I left my workmen to continue
their work. The cause of my journey to Rome was the death of
Bindo di Antonio Altoviti, who on account of his having been pro-
scribed ?v'A?/%7), had not wished to give me any
longer my income of fifteen gold yrzzzfz in gold per month, as he was
under bond to do; and (that) although the Duke had given orders
that my Capital should be restored to me, which amounted to one
thousand two hundred gold yyzzzfz in gold, and set me free as
regards my capital,—for the said money was in the hands of the
said Bindo for the term of my life,—and the Duke had given
directions that it should be restored to me, giving me one hundred
yyzzzfz per month until payment to me should have been completed,
which was of very great service to me. But when I realized that those
15 yrzz^z* (per month) afforded me very great assistance, and besides
I feared on account of the * ill-luck that I had experienced with the
Duke,* so that it made me think that those most wicked envies
could injure me so much that I might perhaps stand to lose both
contracts: which was, that after the death of the said Bindo the
kindness of his two sons had let me understand that they would
give me my accustomed income of 15 yrzzrfz, and that they would
pay me up for all the time that had intervened, which amounted
to more than three hundred gold yzzzzfz. When I thought over both
cases, and saw that I was childless, I resolved that it would be
better for me to take my income and the said 300 yyzzzfz'."