I hope, however, if she does not begin to trouble me again, that within a few days I shall be cured, and shall come to pay you my respects in person.

Meanwhile I shall spend at least two hours a day in studying two of your drawings, which Pierantonio brought me: the more I look at them, the more they delight me; and I shall soothe my complaint by cherishing the hope which Pierantonio gave me, of letting me see other things of yours.

In order not to be troublesome, I will write no more.

Only I beg you remember, on occasion, to make use of me; and recommend myself in perpetuity to you .-- Your most affectionate servant.
"Thomao Cavaliere." The next letters were addressed to Michelangelo in Florence:--"Unique, my Lord,--I have received from you a letter, very acceptable, from which I gather that you are not a little saddened at my having written to you about forgetting.

I answer that I did not write this for either of the following reasons: to wit, because you have not sent me anything, or in order to fan the flame of your affection.