Michelangelo, we know, was extremely impatient of control and interference; and we shall see, within a short time, how excessively the watching and spying of busybodies worried and disturbed his spirits.
But these were not his only sources of annoyance.

The heirs of Pope Julius, perceiving that Michelangelo's time and energy were wholly absorbed at S.Lorenzo, began to threaten him with a lawsuit.

Clement, wanting apparently to mediate between the litigants, ordered Fattucci to obtain a report from the sculptor, with a full account of how matters stood.

This evoked the long and interesting document which has been so often cited.

There is no doubt whatever that Michelangelo acutely felt the justice of the Duke of Urbino's grievances against him.