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The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniLXXXVIII（第1页）

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LXXXVIII

WHENIreachedRome，andhadenjoyedthepanyofmyfriendsawhile，IbegantheDukesmedal.InafewdaysIfinishedtheheadinsteel，anditwasthefinestworkofthekindwhichIhadeverproduced.AtleastonceeverydaytherecametovisitmeasortofblockheadnamedMesserFrancescoSoderini.WhenhesawwhatIwasdoing，heusedfrequentlytoexclaim:“Barbarouswretch!youwantthemtoimmortalisethatferocioustyrant!Youhavenevermadeanythingsoexquisite，whichprovesyouourinveteratefoeandtheirdevotedfriend;andyetthePopeandhehavehadittwiceinmindtohangyouwithoutanyfaultofyours.ThatwastheFatherandtheSon;nowbewareoftheHolyGhost.”ItwasfirmlybelievedthatDukeAlessandrowasthesonofPopeClement.MesserFrancescousedalsotosayandswearbyallhissaintsthat，ifhecould，hewouldhaverobbedmeofthediesforthatmedal.Irespondedthathehaddonewelltotellmeso，andthatIwouldtakesuchcareofthemthatheshouldneverseethemmore.

InowsenttoFlorencetorequestLorenzinothathewouldsendmethereverseofthemedal.NiccolòdaMonteAguto，towhomIhadwritten，wroteback，sayingthathehadspokentothatmadmelancholyphilosopherLorenzinoforit;hehadrepliedthathewasthinkingnightanddayofnothingelse，andthathewouldfinishitassoonashewasable.Nevertheless，Iwasnottosetmyhopesuponhisreverse，butIhadbetterinventoneoutofmyownhead，andwhenIhadfinishedit，ImightbringitwithouthesitationtotheDuke，forthiswouldbetomyadvantage.

Iposedthedesignofareversewhichseemedtomeappropriate，andpressedtheworkforwardtomybestability.Notbeing，however，yetrecoveredfromthatterribleillness，IgavemyselffrequentrelaxationbygoingoutonfowlingexpeditionswithmyfriendFelice.Thismanhadnoskillinmyart;butsincewewereperpetuallydayandnighttogether，everybodythoughthewasafirst-ratecraftsman.Thisbeingso，ashewasafellowofmuchhumour，weusedoftentolaughtogetheraboutthegreatcredithehadgained.HisnamewasFeliceGuadagni（Gain），whichmadehimsayinjest:“IshouldbecalledFeliceGain-littleifyouhadnotenabledmetoacquiresuchcreditthatIcancallmyselfGain-much.”Irepliedthattherearetwowaysofgaining:thefirstisthatbywhichonegainsforonesself，thesecondthatbywhichonegainsforothers;soIpraisedhimmuchmoreforthesecondthanthefirst，sincehehadgainedformemylife.

Weoftenheldsuchconversations;butIrememberoneinparticularonthedayofEpiphany，whenweweretogethernearLaMagliana.Itwascloseuponnightfall，andduringthedayIhadshotagoodnumberofducksandgeese;then，asIhadalmostmademyminduptoshootnomorethattime，wewerereturningbrisklytowardRome.Callingtomydogbyhisname，Barucco，andnotseeinghiminfrontofme，Iturnedroundandnoticedthatthewell-trainedanimalwaspointingatsomegeesewhichhadsettledinaditch.Ithereforedismountedatonce，gotmyfowling-pieceready，andataverylongrangebroughttwoofthemdownwithasingleball.Ineverusedtoshootwithmorethanoneball，andwasusuallyabletohitmymarkattwohundredcubits，whichcannotbedonebyotherwaysofloading.Ofthetwogeese，onewasalmostdead，andtheother，thoughbadlywounded，wasflyinglamely.Mydogretrievedtheoneandbroughtittome;butnoticingthattheotherwasdivingdownintotheditch，Isprangforwardtocatchit.Trustingtomyboots，whichcamehighuptheleg，Iputonefootforward;itsankintheoozyground;andso，althoughIgotthegoose，thebootofmyrightlegwasfullofwater.Iliftedmyfootandletthewaterrunout;then，whenIhadmounted，wemadehasteforRome.Thecold，however，wasverygreat，andIfeltmylegfreeze，sothatIsaidtoFelice:“Wemustdosomethingtohelpthisleg，forIdontknowhowtobearitlonger.”ThegoodFelice，withoutaword，leaptfromhishorse，andgatheringsomethistlesandbitsofstick，begantobuildafire.Imeanwhilewaswaiting，andputmyhandsamongthebreast-feathersofthegeese，andfeltthemverywarSoItoldhimnottomakethefire，butfilledmybootwiththefeathersofthegoose，andwasimmediatelysomuchfortedthatIregainedvitality.

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