A letter written by a friend in Florence on the 14th of May proves that his antagonists had then good hopes of crushing him.

Giovan Francesco Ughi begins by saying that he has been silent because he had nothing special to report.

"But now Jacopo del Conte has come here with the wife of Nanni di Baccio Bigio, alleging that he has brought her because Nanni is so occupied at S.Peter's.

Among other things, he says that Nanni means to make a model for the building which will knock yours to nothing.

He declares that what you are about is mad and babyish.