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ASIhavesaid，myfatherwasthedevotedservantandattachedfriendofthehouseofMedici;andwhenPierowasbanished，heentrustedhimwithmanyaffairsofthegreatestpossibleimportance.Afterwards，whenthemagnificentPieroSoderiniwaselected，andmyfathercontinuedinhisofficeofmusician，Soderini，perceivinghiswonderfultalent，begantoemployhiminmanymattersofgreatimportanceasanengineer.SolongasSoderiniremainedinFlorence，heshowedtheutmostgood-willtomyfather;andinthosedays，Ibeingstilloftenderage，myfatherhadmecarried，andmademeperformupontheflute;IusedtoplaytrebleinconcertwiththemusiciansofthepalacebeforetheSignory，followingmynotes:andabeadleusedtocarrymeuponhisshoulders.TheGonfalonier，thatis，Soderini，whomIhavealreadymentioned，tookmuchpleasureinmakingmechatter，andgavemefits，andwaswonttosaytomyfather:“MaestroGiovanni，besidesmusic，teachtheboythoseotherartswhichdoyousomuchhonour.”Towhichmyfatheranswered:“Idonotwishhimtopractiseanyartbutplayingandposing;forinthisprofessionIhopetomakehimthegreatestmanoftheworld，ifGodprolongshislife.”Tothesewordsoneoftheoldcounsellorsmadeanswer:“Ah!MaestroGiovanni，dowhattheGonfaloniertellsyou!forwhyshouldheneverbeeanythingmorethanagoodmusician?”

Thussometimepassed，untiltheMedicireturned.Whentheyarrived，theCardinal，whoafterwardsbecamePopeLeo，receivedmyfatherverykindly.DuringtheirexilethescutcheonswhichwereonthepalaceoftheMedicihadhadtheirballserased，andagreatredcrosspaintedoverthem，whichwasthebearingoftheCommune.Accordingly，assoonastheyreturned，theredcrosswasscratchedout，andonthescutcheontheredballsandthegoldenfieldwerepaintedinagain，andfinishedwithgreatbeauty.Myfather，whopossessedasimpleveinofpoetry，instilledinhimbynature，togetherwithacertaintouchofprophecy，whichwasdoubtlessadivinegiftinhim，wrotethesefourversesunderthesaidarmsoftheMedici，whentheywereuncoveredtotheview:-

Thesearms，whichhavesolongfromsightbeenlaid

Beneaththeholycross，thatsymbolmeek，

Nowlifttheirgloriousgladface，andseek

WithPeterssacredcloaktobearrayed.

ThisepigramwasreadbyallFlorence.AfewdaysafterwardsPopeJuliusII.died.TheCardinaldeMediciwenttoRome，andwaselectedPopeagainsttheexpectationofeverybody.HereignedasLeoX，thatgenerousandgreatsoul.Myfathersenthimhisfourpropheticverses.ThePopesenttotellhimtoetoRome;forthiswouldbetohisadvantage.Buthehadnowilltogo;andso，inlieuofreward，hisplaceinthepalacewastakenfromhimbyJacopoSalviati，uponthatmanselectionasGonfalonier.ThiswasthereasonwhyImencedgoldsmith;afterwhichIspentpartofmytimeinlearningthatart，andpartinplaying，muchagainstmywill.

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