The man who had fortified Florence against the troops of Clement could not assist another bastard Medici to build a strong place for her ruin.

It may be to this period of his life that we owe the following madigral, written upon the loss of Florentine liberty and the bad conscience of the despot:-- _Lady, for joy of lovers numberless Thou wast created fair as angels are.
Sure God hath fallen asleep in heaven afar When one man calls the bliss of many his! Give back to streaming eyes The daylight of thy face, that seems to shun Those who must live defrauded of their bliss! Vex not your pure desire with tears and sighs: For he who robs you of my light hath none.
Dwelling in fear, sin hath no happiness; Since, amid those who love, their joy is less, Whose great desire great plenty still curtails, Than theirs who, poor, have hope that never fails._ During the siege Michelangelo had been forced to lend the Signory a sum of about 1500 ducats.

In the summer of 1533 he corresponded with Sebastiano about means for recovering this loan.

On the 16th of August Sebastiano writes that he has referred the matter to the Pope.

"I repeat, what I have already written, that I presented your memorial to his Holiness.