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The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Written by Himself, Tr. by T. Nugent
The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written by Himself Tr by T Nugent Author:Benvenuto Cellini General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1828 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: BOOR IV. CHAPTER L The Author having settled his affairs, leave his hn use and effects in the care of two servants, and seta out for Italy. -- Ascanio is sent after him to demand the two vases belonging to the king. -- Terrible storm in the neighbourhood of Lyons. -- The Author meets Count Galeotto oi Mirandola in Italy, who apprizes him of the treachery of the Cardinal of Ferrara and his two ser- vants. -- At Placentia he meets with Duke Pier-Luigi. -- What passed at their interview. -- He arrives safely at Florence, where he finds his sister with her six young daughters. At my return to Paris, I followed the cardinal's directions, and made very fine cases for the two pieces of plate: twenty days being expired, 1 got ready for my departure, and put the two vases upon a mule of burden, which had been lent me as far as Lyons by the Bishop of Pavia, to whom 1 had again given an apartment in my castle. I departed in an unlucky hour with Signor Hippolito Gonzaga, (who received the king's pay, and was likewise in the service of Count Galeotto of Mirandola,) with some other gentlemen belonging to the said count. There likewise went with us Lionardo Tedaldi, a Florentine. I left under the care of my journeymen my castle and all my effects, amongst which were some little vases just begun : there was likewise in my house a good deal of furniture of great value, for I made a considerable figure at Paris. The value of these effects of mine amounted to above fifteen hundred crowns: 1 desired Asoanio to remember all the favours he had received from me, telling; him, that hitherto he had been only a giddy youth, ...« less