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ITwouldtaketoolongtodescribeindetailallthemanyanddiverspiecesofworkwhichIexecutedforagreatvarietyofmen.AtpresentIneedonlysaythatIdevotedmyselfwithsustaineddiligenceandindustrytoacquiringmasteryintheseveralbranchesofartwhichIenumeratedashortwhileback.AndsoIwentonlabouringincessantlyatallofthem;butsincenoopportunityhaspresenteditselfasyetfordescribingmymostnotableperformances，Ishallwaittoreportthemintheirproperplacebeforeverylong.TheSienesesculptor，MichelAgnolo，ofwhomIhaverecentlybeenspeaking，wasatthattimemakingthemonumentofthelatePopeAdrian.GiulioRomanowenttopaintfortheMarquisofMantua.Theothermembersoftheclubbetookthemselvesindifferentdirections，eachtohisownbusiness;sothatourpanyofartistswaswell-nighaltogetherbrokenup.

AboutthistimetherefellintomyhandssomelittleTurkishponiards;thehandleaswellasthebladeofthesedaggerswasmadeofiron，andsotoowasthesheath.TheywereengravedbymeansofironimplementswithfoliageinthemostexquisiteTurkishstyle，veryneatlyfilledinwithgold.Thesightofthemstirredinmeagreatdesiretotrymyownskillinthatbranch，sodifferentfromtheotherswhichIpracticed;andfindingthatIsucceededtomysatisfaction，Iexecutedseveralpieces.MinewerefarmorebeautifulandmoredurablethantheTurkish，andthisfordiversreasons.OnewasthatIcutmygroovesmuchdeeperandwithwidertrenchesinthesteel;forthisisnotusualinTurkishwork.AnotherwasthattheTurkisharabesquesareonlyposedofarumleavesafewsmallsunflowers;andthoughthesehaveacertaingrace，theydonotyieldsolastingapleasureasthepatternswhichweuse.ItistruethatinItalywehaveseveraldifferentwaysofdesigningfoliage;theLombards，forexample，constructverybeautifulpatternsbycopyingtheleavesofbrionyandivyinexquisitecurves，whichareextremelyagreeabletotheeye;theTuscansandtheRomansmakeabetterchoice，becausetheyimitatetheleavesoftheacanthus，monlycalledbears-foot，withitsstalksandflowers，curlingindiverswavylines;andintothesearabesquesonemayexcellentlywellinsertthefiguresoflittlebirdsanddifferentanimals，bywhichthegoodtasteoftheartistisdisplayed.Somehintsforcreaturesofthissortcanbeobservedinnatureamongthewildflowers，as，forinstance，insnap-dragonsandsomefewotherplants，whichmustbebinedanddevelopedwiththehelpoffancifulimaginingsbycleverdraughtsmen.Sucharabesquesarecalledgrotesquesbytheignorant.TheyhaveobtainedthisnameofgrotesquesamongthemodernsthroughbeingfoundincertainsubterraneancavernsinRomebystudentsofantiquity;whichcavernswereformerlychambers，hot-baths，cabinetsforstudy，halls，andapartmentsoflikenature.Thecuriousdiscoveringtheminsuchplaces（sincethelevelofthegroundhasgraduallybeenraisedwhiletheyhaveremainedbelow，andsinceinRomethesevaultedroomsaremonlycalledgrottoes），ithasfollowedthatthewordgrotesqueisappliedtothepatternsIhavementioned.Butthisisnottherighttermforthem，inasmuchastheancients，whodelightedinposingmonstersoutofgoats，cows，andhorses，calledthesechimericalhybridsbythenameofmonsters;andthemodernartificersofwhomIspeak，fashionedfromthefoliagewhichtheycopiedmonstersoflikenature;forthesethepropernameisthereforemonsters，andnotgrotesques.Well，then，Idesignedpatternsofthiskind，andfilledtheminwithgold，asIhavementioned;andtheywerefarmorepleasingtotheeyethantheTurkish.

ItchancedatthattimethatIlighteduponsomejarsorlittleantiqueurnsfilledwithashes，andamongtheashesweresomeironringsinlaidwithgold（fortheancientsalsousedthatart），andineachoftheringswassetatinycameoofshell.Onapplyingtomenoflearning，theytoldmethattheseringswerewornasamuletsbyfolkdesirousofabidingwithmindunshakeninanyextraordinarycircumstance，whetherofgoodorevilfortune.Hereupon，attherequestofcertainnoblemenwhoweremyfriends，Iundertooktofabricatesometriflingringsofthiskind;butImadethemofrefinedsteel;andaftertheyhadbeenwellengravedandinlaidwithgold，theyproducedaverybeautifuleffect;andsometimesasingleringbroughtmemorethanfortycrowns，merelyinpaymentformylabour.

Itwasthecustomatthatepochtowearlittlegoldenmedals，uponwhicheverynoblemanormanofqualityhadsomedeviceorfancyofhisownengraved;andthesewereworninthecap.OfsuchpiecesImadeverymany，andfoundthemextremelydifficulttowork.IhavealreadymentionedtheadmirablecraftsmanCaradosso，whousedtomakesuchornaments;andasthereweremorethanonefigureoneachpiece，heaskedatleastahundredgoldcrownsforhisfee.Thisbeingso-not，however，becausehispricesweresohigh，butbecauseheworkedsoslowly-Ibegantobeemployedbycertainnoblemen，forwhom，amongotherthings，Imadeamedalinpetitionwiththatgreatartist，andithadfourfigures，uponwhichIhadexpendedaninfinityoflabour.Thesemenofquality，whentheyparedmypiecewiththatofthefamousCaradosso，declaredthatminewasbyfarthebetterexecutedandmorebeautiful，andbademeaskwhatIlikedastherewardofmytrouble;forsinceIhadgiventhemsuchperfectsatisfaction，theywishedtodothelikebyme.IrepliedthatmygreatestrewardandwhatImostdesiredwastohaverivalledthemasterpiecesofsoeminentanartist;andthatiftheirlordshipsthoughtIhad，Iacknowledgedmyselftobemostamplyrewarded.WiththisItookmyleave，andtheyimmediatelysentmesuchaveryliberalpresent，thatIwaswellcontent;indeedtheregrewinmesogreataspirittodowell，thattothiseventIattributedwhatwillafterwardsberelatedofmyprogress.

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