this would add a trifle to my labour, I was very well pleased, because I could now prove to the Duke how well I understood my business. It is true that far more of the foot than I expected had been perfectly formed; the reason of this was that, fr causes I have recently described, the bronze was hotter than our rules of art prescribe; also that I had been obliged to supplement the alloy with my pewter cups and platters, which no one else, I think, had ever done before.
Having now ascertained how successfully my work had been accplished, I lost no time in hurrying to Pisa, where I found the Duke. He gave me a most gracious reception, as did also the Duchess; and although the majordo had informed them of the whole proceedings, their Excellencies deemed my performance far more stupendous and astonishing when they heard the tale fr my own mouth. When I arrived at the foot of Perseus, and said it had not ce out perfect, just as I previously warned his Excellency, I saw an expression of wonder pass over his face, while he related to the Duchess how I had predicted this beforehand. Observing the princes to be so well disposed towards me, I begged leave fr the Duke to go to Re. He granted it in most obliging terms, and bade me return as soon as possible to cplete his Perseus; giving me letters of recmendation meanwhile to his ambassador, Averardo Serristori. We were then in the first years of Pope Giulio de Monti.飘天文学_www.piaotiange.com
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