The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Rome owes no monumental work to his inventivebrain, and literature no masterpiece to his discrimination. Ariosto, the most brilliant poet of the Renaissance, returned in disappointmentfrom the Vatican. "When I went to Rome and kissed the foot of Leo, "writes the ironical satirist, "he bent down from the holy chair, andtook my hand and saluted me on both cheeks. Besides, he made me freeof half the stamp-dues I was bound to pay; and then, breast full ofhope, but smirched with mud, I retired and t...ook my supper at the Ram. " The words which Leo is reported to have spoken to his brother Giulianowhen he heard the news of his election, express the character of theman and mark the difference between his ambition and that of Julius. "Let us enjoy the Papacy, since God has given it us. " To enjoy life, to squander the treasures of the Church on amusements, to feed arabble of flatterers, to contract enormous debts, and to disturb thepeace of Italy, not for some vast scheme of ecclesiasticalaggrandisement, but in order to place the princes of his family onthrones, that was Leo's conception of the Papal privileges and duties.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Rome owes no monumental work to his inventivebrain, and literature no masterpiece to his discrimination. Ariosto, the most brilliant poet of the Renaissance, returned in disappointmentfrom the Vatican. "When I went to Rome and kissed the foot of Leo, "writes the ironical satirist, "he bent down from the holy chair, andtook my hand and saluted me on both cheeks. Besides, he made me freeof half the stamp-dues I was bound to pay; and then, breast full ofhope, but smirched with mud, I retired and t...ook my supper at the Ram. " The words which Leo is reported to have spoken to his brother Giulianowhen he heard the news of his election, express the character of theman and mark the difference between his ambition and that of Julius. "Let us enjoy the Papacy, since God has given it us. " To enjoy life, to squander the treasures of the Church on amusements, to feed arabble of flatterers, to contract enormous debts, and to disturb thepeace of Italy, not for some vast scheme of ecclesiasticalaggrandisement, but in order to place the princes of his family onthrones, that was Leo's conception of the Papal privileges and duties.
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