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Rh but most of all to Luca Martini, who mourned him deeply. All those, moreover, who had hoped to see from his hands such works as are rarely beheld, were in due proportion afflicted by the loss of this artist, and Messer Benedetto Varchi, a warm admirer of his genius, and the friend of all who give evidence of distinguished powers, afterwards composed the following sonnet to his memory:—