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WHILEIwasthuspleasantlyengagedinentertainingtheDuke，apagehappenedtoleavethewardrobe，andatthesamemomentBandinelloentered.WhentheDukesawhim，hiscountenancecontracted，andheaskedhimdrily:“Whatareyouabouthere?”Bandinello，withoutanswering，castaglanceuponthebox，wherethestatuelayuncovered.Thenbreakingintooneofhismalignantlaughsandwagginghishead，heturnedtotheDukeandsaid:“Mylord，thisexactlyillustratesthetruthofwhatIhavesooftentoldyourExcellency.Youmustknowthattheancientswerewhollyignorantofanatomy，andthereforetheirworksaboundinmistakes.”Ikeptsilence，andpaidnoheedtowhathewassaying;nay，indeed，IhadturnedmybackonhiButwhenthebrutehadbroughthisdisagreeablebabbletoanend，theDukeexclaimed:“OBenvenuto，thisistheexactoppositeofwhatyouwerejustnowdemonstratingwithsomanyexcellentarguments.Comeandspeakawordindefenceofthestatue.”Inreplytothisappeal，sokindlymademebytheDuke，Ispokeasfollows:“Mylord，yourmostillustriousExcellencymustpleasetoknowthatBaccioBandinelloismadeupofeverythingbad，andthushasheeverbeen;therefore，whateverhelooksat，bethethingsuperlativelyexcellent，beesinhisungraciouseyesasbadascanbe.I，whoinclinetothegoodonly，discernthetruthwithpurersense.Consequently，whatItoldyourExcellencyaboutthislovelystatueismeresimpletruth;whereaswhatBandinellosaidisbutaportionoftheeviloutofwhichheisposed.”TheDukelistenedwithmuchamusement;butBandinellowrithedandmadethemostuglyfaces—hisfaceitselfbeingbynaturehideousbeyondmeasure—whichcouldbeimaginedbythemindofman.

TheDukeatthispointmovedaway，andproceededthroughsomegroundfloorrooms，whileBandinellofollowed.Thechamberlainstwitchedmebythemantle，andsentmeafter;soweallattendedtheDukeuntilhereachedacertainchamber，whereheseatedhimself，withBandinelloandmestandingathisrighthandandhisleft.Ikeptsilence，andthegentlemenofhisExcellencyssuitelookedhardatBandinello，titteringamongthemselvesaboutthespeechIhadmadeintheroomabove.SothenBandinellobeganagaintochatter，andcriedout:“Prince，whenIuncoveredmyHerculesandCacus，Iverilybelieveahundredsonnetswerewrittenonme，fulloftheworstabusewhichcouldbeinventedbytheignorantrabble.”Irejoined:“Prince，whenMichelAgnoloBuonarrotidisplayedhisSacristytoview，withsomanyfinestatuesinit，themenoftalentinouradmirableschoolofFlorence，alwaysappreciativeoftruthandgoodness，publishedmorethanahundredsonnets，eachvyingwithhisneighbourtoextolthesemasterpiecestotheskies.Sothen，justasBandinellosworkdeservedalltheevilwhich，hetellsus，wasthensaidaboutit，Buonarrotisdeservedtheenthusiasticpraisewhichwasbestoweduponit.”ThesewordsofminemadeBandinelloburstwithfury;heturnedonme，andcried:“Andyou，whathaveyougottosayagainstmywork?”“Iwilltellyouifyouhavethepatiencetohearmeout.”“Goalongthen，”hereplied.TheDukeandhisattendantspreparedthemselvestolisten.Ibeganandopenedbyorationthus:“Youmustknowthatitpainsmetopointoutthefaultsofyourstatue;Ishallnot，however，uttermyownsentiments，butshallrecapitulatewhatourmostvirtuousschoolofFlorencesaysaboutit.”Thebrutalfellowkeptmakingdisagreeableremarksandgesticulatingwithhishandsandfeet，untilheenragedmesothatIbeganagain，andspokefarmorerudelythanIshouldotherwisehavedone，ifhehadbehavedwithdecency.“Well，then，thisvirtuousschoolsaysthatifoneweretoshavethehairofyourHercules，therewouldnotbeskullenoughlefttoholdhisbrain;itsaysthatitisimpossibletodistinguishwhetherhisfeaturesarethoseofamanorofsomethingbetweenalionandanox;thefacetooisturnedawayfromtheactionofthefigure，andissobadlysetupontheneck，withsuchpovertyofartandsoillagrace，thatnothingworsewaseverseen;hissprawlingshouldersarelikethetwopommelsofanasspack-saddle;hisbreastsandallthemusclesofthebodyarenotportrayedfromaman，butfromabigsackfullofmelonssetuprightagainstawall.Theloinsseemtobemodelledfromabagoflankypumpkins;nobodycantellhowhistwolegsareattachedtothatviletrunk;itisimpossibletosayonwhichleghestands，orwhichheusestoexerthisstrength;nordoesheseemtoberestinguponboth，assculptorswhoknowsomethingoftheirarthaveoccasionallysetthefigure.Itisobviousthatthebodyisleaningforwardmorethanone-thirdofacubit，whichaloneisthegreatestandmostinsupportablefaultmittedbyvulgarmonplacepretenders.Concerningthearms，theysaythatthesearebothstretchedoutwithoutonetouchofgraceoronerealsparkofartistictalents，justasifyouhadneverseenanakedmodel.Again，therightlegofHerculesandthatofCacushavegotonemassoffleshbetweenthem，sothatiftheyweretobeseparated，notonlyoneofthem，butbothtogether，wouldbeleftwithoutacalfatthepointwheretheyaretouching.Theysay，too，thatHerculeshasoneofhisfeetunderground，whiletheotherseemstoberestingonhotcoals.”

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