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Rh works in Rome gave me as little worry as affairs of State!"

The truth was he no longer hated. He could no longer hate. It was too late.

Ahime, lasso chi pur tropp' aspetta, Ch' i' gionga a suoi conforti tanto tardj! Ancor, se ben riguardj, Un generoso, alter' e nobil core Perdon' et porta a chi l' offend' amore.

He lived at Macel de' Corvi, on the forum of Trajan. There he had a house with a little garden. He occupied it with a valet, a servant and his domestic animals. He was not fortunate with his servants, "all of whom," says Vasari, "were dirty and negligent." He often changed them and complained bitterly. He had as many difficulties with them as Beethoven had; and his "Ricordi" (Notes), like Beethoven's Notebooks, mention