This place was conveniently near Carrara and good for carrying the marbles by sea.

He thought also of going to Urbino, where he had formerly designed to live, as a quiet resting-place, and where, for the sake of Julius, he would be welcomed cordially.

For this reason he had sent one of his men some months before to buy a house and some land; but fearing the greatness of the Pontiff, with good reason, he did not go, and hoped with soft words to satisfy the Pope.
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But the Pope continued firm in his proposals.

One day he came to visit Michael Angelo in his house, bringing with him eight or ten Cardinals.