Indeed, one day fearing that Michael Angelo was angry, he immediately sent to pacify him.

It happened in this wise.

Michael Angelo wanting to go to Florence for Saint John's Day asked the Pope for money; and he demanded when his chapel would be finished.

Michael Angelo, as his custom was, replied, "_When I can_." The Pope, who was of a hasty nature, struck him with a stick that he had in his hand, saying: "_When I can, indeed; when I can!_" After he got home Michael Angelo was preparing, without more ado, to go to Florence, when Accursio arrived, a highly favoured young man, sent by the Pope, and brought him five hundred ducats and pacified him as best he could, making the Pope's excuses.

Michael Angelo accepted the apology and went away to Florence.