I furnished the house I had on the piazza of St.Peter's with beds and furniture with my own money, on my hopes of the tomb, and sent for workmen from Florence (some of whom are still living), and paid them with my own in advance.
By this time Pope Julius had changed his mind, and no longer wished to have it done.

I, not knowing this and going to him for money, was chased from the room; and for this insult I immediately left Rome, and everything I had in my house went to the bad; and these marbles which I had bought lay on the piazza of St.Peter's until the creation of Pope Leo; and on every side things went wrong.

Among other things that I can prove, two pieces, of four braccia and a half each, on the Ripa were stolen from me by Agostino Chigi, which had cost me more than fifty gold ducats; and these could be claimed for, because there are witnesses.

But to return to the marbles.

From the time that I went for them, and that I remained at Carrara, until I was driven from the Palace, was more than a year, for which period I never received anything, and I paid out many tens of ducats.
[Image #14] CREATION OF MAN SISTINE CHAPEL (_By permission of Messrs.