[3]Miss Pardoe. Vol. II. Chap XI.

LIST OF CHARACTERS

Period, 1540.
FRANÇOIS I., King of France.
ELEANORA, his queen, sister to Charles V.
THE DAUPHIN,, afterwards Henri II.
CHARLES D'ORLÉANS, the king's second son.
THE DAUPHINE, Catherine de Medicis.
THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.
THE KING OF NAVARRE.
MARGUERITE DE VALOIS, Queen of Navarre.
ANNE DE PISSELEU, Duchesse d'Etampes, favorite of François I.
DIANE DE POITIERS.
BENVENUTO CELLINI, a Florentine artist.
ASCANIO, his pupil.
MESSIRE ROBERT D'ESTOURVILLE, Provost of Paris.
COLOMBE, his daughter.
COMTE D'ORBEC, the king's treasurer.
VICOMTE DE MARMAGNE, a suitor for Colombe's hand.
THE DUKE OF MEDINA-SIDONIA, ambassador of Charles V.
MONSIEUR DE MONTBRION, governor of Charles d'Orléans.
CONSTABLE ANNE DE MONTMORENCY,}
CHANCELLOR POYET,}
CARDINAL DE TOURNON,}
MESSIRE ANTOINE LE MAÇON,}
of the French Court.
COMTE DE LA FAYE,}
MARQUIS DES PRÉS,}
MELIN DE SAINT-GELAIS,}
M. DE TERMES,}
HENRI D'ESTIENNE,}
PIETRO STROZZI, a Florentine refugee.
TRIBOULET, the king's jester.
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS.
CLEMENT MAROT.
PAGOLO,}
JEHAN,}
assistants of Cellini.
SIMON-LE-GAUCHER,}
HERMANN,}
SCOZZONE, Cellini's model.
RUPERTA, servant to Cellini.
DAME PERRINE, Colombo's governess.
PULCHERIA, her assistant.
MASTER JACQUES, Messire d'Estourville's gardener.
ISABEAU, attendant of Madame d'Etampes.
ANDRÉ, physician to Madame d'Etampes.
JACQUES AUBRY, a student, attaching himself to the service of
Cellini.
GERVAISE-PERRETTE POPINOT, a grisette.
FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO, a painter, friend to Cellini.
GUIDO, a Florentine physician,
FERRANTE,}
FRACASSO,}
bravos employed by Vicomte de Marmagne.
PROCOPE,}
MALEDENT,}
THE LIEUTENANT CRIMINAL OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE.
MARC-BONIFACE GRIMOINEAU, his clerk.
ETIENNE RAYMOND, a prisoner at the Châtelet.
A PRIEST AT THE CHÂTELET.
POPE CLEMENT VII.
MASTER GEORGIO, governor of the Castle of San Angelo.
MONSEIGNEUR DE MONTLUC, French ambassador at Rome.
POMPEO, a goldsmith at Rome.
RAPHAEL DEL MORO, a Florentine goldsmith.
STEFANA, his daughter.
GISMONDO GADDI, a confrère of Del Moro.

CONTENTS

Chapter
[I. The Street and the Studio]
[II. A Goldsmith of the Sixteenth Century]
[III. Dædalus]
[IV. Scozzone]
[V. Genius and Royalty]
[VI. To What Use A Duenna May Be Put]
[VII. A Lover and a Friend]
[VIII. Preparations for Attack and Defence]
[IX. Thrust and Parry]
[X. Of the Advantage of Fortified Towns]
[XI. Owls, Magpies, and Nightingales]
[XII. The King's Queen]
[XIII. Souvent Femme Varie]
[XIV. Wherein it is proven that Sorrow is
the Groundwork of the Life of Man]

[XV. Wherein it appears that Joy is nothing
more than Sorrow in another Form]

[XVI. A Court]
[XVII. Love as Passion]
[XVIII. Love as a Dream]
[XIX. Love as an Idea]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Francis I]

Drawn by E. van Mughen.

[Francis I. visits Benvenuto Cellini.]
["Ascanio, beside himself with joy, fell on his
knees."]

["'Your Majesty is losing your ring,' said
Anne."]

["All the workmen joined in a cry of admiration."]