And I shall not be able to receive him suitably.

But if he will come all the same, let him wait till I have cast the figure I am doing, and I will send away Lapo and Lodovico who are helping me, and I will send him a horse so that he may come decently and not like a beggar.

No more.

Pray to God for me that things may go well.
"MICHAEL ANGELO, Sculptor, in Bologna." Another letter tells of a visit from the Pope, troubles with his workmen, and his usual generosity to his brothers and father.
"_To_ BUONARROTO DI LODOVICO SIMONE, _in Firenze_( 91) "To be delivered at the shop of Strozzi, wool merchant, in the street of the Porta Rossa.
"BUONARROTO,--I hear by one of yours how things went about the little farm; it is a great comfort to me and pleases me well, if it is a sure thing.

Of the affairs of Baronciello I am well informed, and from what I understand it is a much more serious thing than you make out; and for my part, it not being to my taste, I do not ask it.