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A letter to Luigi del Riccio of 1545, is signed "Michelagnolo Buonarroti non pittore, scultore, architettore, ma quel che voi volete, ma none briaco, come vi dissi, in casa." See the letters of Cosimo de' Medici, Gotti, pp. 301-313, the letter of Count Alessandro da Canossa, ibid. p. 4, and Pier Vettori's letter to Borghini, about the visit of some German gentlemen, ibid. p. 315.

Of course, she was angry at that, but her wrath did not last long. She burst out laughing when she came to the lines, 'Io il veggo, io il sento, e a pena vero parmi: Sento in maschio in femina matarsi. And then, 'Cosi le dissi, e feci ch'ella stessa Trovo con man la veritade expressa. "What you call obscenity is mere license, and there is plenty of that at Rome."

Of course, she was angry at that, but her wrath did not last long. She burst out laughing when she came to the lines, 'Io il veggo, io il sento, e a pena vero parmi: Sento in maschio in femina matarsi. And then, 'Cosi le dissi, e feci ch'ella stessa Trovo con man la veritade expressa. "What you call obscenity is mere license, and there is plenty of that at Rome."

"Leva'mi allor, mostrandomi fornito Meglio di lena ch'io non mi sentia; E dissi: 'Va, ch'io son forte edardito." Oh! God, what have I done to Thee? Why dost Thou overwhelm me? Since I was a little child Thou hast appointed misery and conflict to be my lot. I have struggled without complaint. I have loved my misery.