mdxlvi

And if death hinders me from carrying out my wish, and if it be possible to carve statues or to paint in the other life, I shall not fail to do so there, where there is no more growing old. And I pray God that He grant your Majesty a long and happy life. "From Rome, the day XXVI. of April, MDXLVI."

Sir Charles Holroyd - Michael Angelo Buonarroti : With Translations Of The Life Of The Master By His Scholar, Ascanio Condivi, And Three Dialogues From The Portugese By Francisco d'Ollanda