He seems to have been well aware that he was bound to refund 2000 ducats, since the only letter from his pen belonging to the year 1532 is one dated May, and addressed to Andrea Quarantesi in Pisa.

In this document he consults Quarantesi about the possibility of raising that sum, with 1000 ducats in addition.

"It was in my mind, in order that I might not be left naked, to sell houses and possessions, and to let the lira go for ten soldi." As the contract was never carried out, the fraudulent passages inserted in the deed did not prove of practical importance.
Delia Porta, on his part, wrote in high spirits to his master: "Yesterday we executed the new contract with Michelangelo, for the ratification of which by your Lordship we have fixed a limit of two months.

It is of a nature to satisfy all Rome, and reflects great credit on your Lordship for the trouble you have taken in concluding it.

Michelangelo, who shows a very proper respect for your Lordship, has promised to make and send you a design.