He called him and said: "_Come, tell me, you wish to complete this tomb; but you want to know who is to pay for the rest of it._" Michael Angelo, who knew the Pope's mind, and that he wished to make use of him himself, replied: "_And what if some one were found who would pay me ?_" Pope Clement said to him: "_You are quite mad if you imagine that any one is likely to come forward to offer you a penny._" So when Messer Tommaso, his attorney, appeared in court making his proposition to the agents of the Duke, they began to look one another in the face, and determined together that some sort of tomb should be made for the money that had already been advanced.

Michael Angelo, thinking well of it, consented willingly, moved chiefly by the influence of the Cardinal of Montevecchio, a follower of Julius II.

and uncle to Julius III., now, thanks be to God, our Pontiff.

The agreement was: That Michael Angelo should make a tomb with one _facade_ only, and that he should use the marbles already carved for the quadrangular tomb, arranging them as best he could; and that he should supply six statues from his own hand.

It was conceded to Pope Clement that Michael Angelo should serve him in Florence, or wheresoever he pleased, four months in the year, his Holiness requiring this for the work in Florence.