Messer Bartolommeo (Angelini) has now brought me a sonnet sent by you, which has made me feel it my duty to write.
Some three days since I received my Phaethon, which is exceedingly well done.

The Pope, the Cardinal de' Medici, and every one, have seen it; I do not know what made them want to do so.

The Cardinal expressed a wish to inspect all your drawings, and they pleased him so much that he said he should like to have the Tityos and Ganymede done in crystal.

I could not manage to prevent him from using the Tityos, and it is now being executed by Maestro Giovanni.

Hard I struggled to save the Ganymede.