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BEINGverywellsatisfiedwithwhathehadseen，theKingreturnedtohispalace，afterbestowingonmetoomanymarksoffavourtobehererecorded.Onthefollowingdayhesentformeathisdinner-hour.TheCardinalofFerrarawasthereatmeatwithhiWhenIarrived，theKinghadreachedhissecondcourse;hebeganatoncetospeaktome，saying，withapleasantcheer，thathavingnowsofineabasinandjugofmyworkmanship，hewantedanequallyhandsomesalt-cellartomatchthem;andbeggedmetomakeadesign，andtolosenotimeaboutit.Ireplied:“YourMajestyshallseeamodelofthesortevensoonerthanyouhavemanded;forwhileIwasmakingthebasin，Ithoughtthereoughttobeasaltcellartomatchit;thereforeIhavealreadydesignedone，andifitisyourpleasure，Iwillatonceexhibitmyconception.”TheKingturnedwithalivelymovementofsurpriseandpleasuretothelordsinhispany—theyweretheKingofNavarre，theCardinalofLorraine，andtheCardinalofFerrara—exclaimingashedidso:“Uponmyword，thisisamantobelovedandcherishedbyeveryonewhoknowshi”Thenhetoldmethathewouldverygladlyseemymodel.

Isetoff，andreturnedinafewminutes;forIhadonlytocrosstheriver，thatis，theSeine.IcarriedwithmethewaxmodelwhichIhadmadeinRomeattheCardinalofFerrarasrequest.WhenIappearedagainbeforetheKinganduncoveredmypiece，hecriedoutinastonishment:“ThisisahundredtimesmoredivineathingthatIhadeverdreamedof.Whatamiracleofaman!Heoughtnevertostopworking.”Thenheturnedtomewithabeamingcountenance，andtoldmethathegreatlylikedthepiece，andwishedmetoexecuteitingold.TheCardinalofFerraralookedmeintheface，andletmeunderstandthatherecognisedthemodelasthesamewhichIhadmadeforhiminRome.IrepliedthatIhadalreadytoldhimIshouldcarryitoutforonewhowasworthyofit.TheCardinal，rememberingmywords，andnettledbytherevengehethoughtthatIwastakingonhim，remarkedtotheKing:“Sire，thisisanenormousundertaking;Iamonlyafraidthatweshallneverseeitfinished.Theseableartistswhohavegreatconceptionsintheirbrainarereadyenoughtoputthesameinexecutionwithoutdulyconsideringwhentheyaretobeacplished.Itherefore，ifIgavemissionforthingsofsuchmagnitude，shouldliketoknowwhenIwaslikelytogetthe”TheKingrepliedthatifamanwassoscrupulousabouttheterminationofawork，hewouldneverbeginanythingatall;thesewordsheutteredwithacertainlook，whichimpliedthatsuchenterpriseswerenotforfolkoflittlespirit.Ithenbegantosaymysay:“Princeswhoputheartandcourageintheirservants，asyourMajestydoesbydeedandword，renderundertakingsofthegreatestmagnitudequiteeasy.NowthatGodhassentmesomagnificentapatron，Ihopetoperformforhimamultitudeofgreatandsplendidmaster-pieces.”“Ibelieveit，“saidtheKing，androsefromtable.Thenhecalledmeintohischamber，andaskedmehowmuchgoldwaswantedforthesalt-cellar.“Athousandcrowns，”Ianswered.Hecalledhistreasureratonce，whowastheViscountofOrbec，andorderedhimthatverydaytodisbursetomeathousandcrownsofgoodweightandoldgold.

WhenIlefthisMajesty，IwentforthetwonotarieswhohadhelpedmeinprocuringsilverfortheJupiterandmanyotherthings.CrossingtheSeine，Ithentookasmallhand-basket，whichoneofmycousins，anun，hadgivenmeonmyjourneythroughFlorence.ItmadeformygoodfortunethatItookthisbasketandnotabag.Sothen，thinkingIcoulddothebusinessbydaylight，foritwasstillearly，andnotcaringtointerruptmyworkmen，andbeingindisposedtotakeaservantwithme，Isetoffalone.WhenIreachedthehouseofthetreasurer，Ifoundthathehadthemoneylaidoutbeforehim，andwasselectingthebestpiecesastheKinghadordered.Itseemedtome，however，thatthatthiefofatreasurerwasdoingallhecouldtopostponethepaymentofthemoney;norwerethepiecescountedoutuntilthreehoursafternightfall.

Imeanwhilewasnotwantingindespatch，forIsentwordtoseveralofmyjourneymenthattheyshouldeandattendme，sincethematterwasoneofseriousimportance.WhenIfoundthattheydidnotarrive，Iaskedthemessengerifhehaddonemyerrand.TherascalofagroomwhomIhadsentrepliedthathehaddoneso，butthattheyhadansweredthattheycouldnote;he，however，wouldgladlycarrythemoneyforme.IansweredthatImeanttocarrythemoneymyself.Butthistimethecontractwasdrawnupandsigned.Onthemoneybeingcounted，Iputitallintomylittlebasket，andthenthrustmyarmthroughthetwohandles.SinceIdidthiswithsomedifficulty，thegoldwaswellshutin，andIcarrieditmoreconvenientlythanifthevehiclehadbeenabag.Iwaswellarmedwithshirtandsleevesofmail，andhavingmyswordanddaggeratmyside，madeoffalongthestreetasquickasmytwolegswouldcarryme.

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