[368] See, however, what is said about the mountain villages of Norcia being good for incantations. That district in Roman times was famous for such superstitions. Burckhardt, _Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien_, pp. 427-428, gives curious information on this topic. [369] Lib. i. cap. 76. [370] Lib. i. cap. 88. "That mad melancholy philosopher Lorenzino." Cf. i. 80 and 81. "Molte volte lo trovavo a dormicchiare dopo desinare con quel suo Lorenzino, che poi l'ammazzò, e non altri; ed io molto mi maravigliavo che un duca di quella sorte così si fidava ... il duca' che lo teneva quando per pazzericcio, e quando per poltrone." Cf. again, cap. 89. [371] This glimpse of Bembo in his Paduan villa is very pleasing. Lib. i. cap. 94. [372] "Quei diavoli di quei gentiluomini tedeschi." This is, however, the language he uses about nearly all foreigners--Spaniards, French, and English. [373] Lib. i. cap. 96. "Io ero tutto armato di maglia con istivali grossi e con uno scoppietto in mano, e pioveva quanto Iddio ne sapeva mandare," &c. [374] Lib. i. cap. 98. [375] _Ib._ cap. 101. [376] See lib. i. cap. 38, 43. [377] The Governor, perplexed by Cellini's vaunt that if he only tried he was sure he could fly, put him under strict guard, saying, "Benvenuto è un pipistrello contrafatto, ed io sono un pipistrello da dovero." [378] Lib. i. cap. 125. [379] Lib. i. cap. 105. [380] "Il Papa diventato così pessima bestia," lib. i. 58; "Il Papa entrato in un bestial furore," _ib_. 60; "Quel povero uomo di Papa Clemente," _ib_. 103. [381] _Ib_. 36, 101, 111. [382] The scene is well described, lib. i. 127. The Pope was wont to have a weekly debauch, and the cardinal chose this favourable moment for his appeal: "Gli usava una volta la settimana di fare una crapula assai gagliarda, perchè da poi la gomitava.... Allora il papa, sentendosi appressare all' ora del suo vomito, e perchè la troppa abbundanzia del vino ancora faceva l' ufizio suo, disse," &c. [383] See Vol. I., _Age of the Despots_, p. 485. [384] See especially the visit to the Paris workshop, lib. ii. cap. 15, and the scene in the Gallery at Fontainebleau, ib. 41. [385] His quarrels, for example, with the Duchess of Florence. [386] Lib. ii. cap. 83, 84, 87, 70, 71. [387] "That beastly big ox, Bandinelli." Cf. cap. 70 for the critique. It may be said here, in passing, that the insult of Bandinelli, "Oh sta cheto, soddomitaccio," seems to have been justified by Benvenuto's conduct, though of course he carefully conceals it in his memoirs. After the charge brought against him by Cencio, for instance, he thought it better to leave Florence.--_Ib_. cap. 61, 62. [388] Edgar Quinet, _Les Révolutions d'Italie_, p. 358. CHAPTER X THE EPIGONI