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ITwasasmuchastheDukecoulddotostandbyandlistentomypleadings.Hekeptturningfirstthiswayandthenthat;whileI，indespair，poorwretchedI，wascallingupremembranceofthenoblestateIheldinFrance，tothegreatsorrowofmysoul.Allatoncehecried:“Come，tellme，Benvenuto，howisitpossiblethatyondersplendidheadofMedusa，sohighupthereinthegraspofPerseus，shouldevereoutperfect?”Irepliedupontheinstant:“Lookyounow，mylord!IfyourExcellencypossessedthatknowledgeofthecraftwhichyouaffirmyouhave，youwouldnotfearonemomentforthesplendidheadyouspeakof.Thereisgoodreason，ontheotherhand，tofeeluneasyaboutthisrightfoot，sofarbelowandatadistancefromtherest.”Whenheheardthesewords，theDuketurned，halfinanger，tosomegentlemeninwaiting，andexclaimed:“IverilybelievethatthisBenvenutoprideshimselfoncontradictingeverythingonesays.”Thenhefacedroundtomewithatouchofmockery，uponwhichhisattendantsdidthelike，andbegantospeakasfollows:“Iwilllistenpatientlytoanyargumentyoucanpossiblyproduceinexplanationofyourstatement，whichmayconvincemeofitsprobability.”Isaidinanswer:“IwilladducesosoundanargumentthatyourExcellencyshallperceivethefullforceofit.”SoIbegan:“Youmustknow，mylord，thatthenatureoffireistoascend，andthereforeIpromiseyouthatMedusasheadwilleoutfamously;butsinceitisnotinthenatureoffiretodescend，andImustforceitdownwardssixcubitsbyartificialmeans，IassureyourExcellencyuponthismostconvincinggroundofproofthatthefootcannotpossiblyeout.Itwill，however，bequiteeasyformetorestoreit.”“Why，then，”saidtheDuke，“didyounotdeviseitsothatthefootshouldeoutaswellasyouaffirmtheheadwill?”Ianswered:“Imusthavemadeamuchlargerfurnace，withaconduitasthickasmyleg;andsoImighthaveforcedthemoltenmetalbyitsownweighttodescendsofar.Now，mypipe，whichrunssixcubitstothestatuesfoot，asIhavesaid，isnotthickerthantwofingers.However，itwasnotworththetroubleandexpensetomakealarger;forIshalleasilybeabletomendwhatislacking.Butwhenmymouldismorethanhalffull，asIexpect，fromthismiddlepointupwards，thefireascendingbyitsnaturalproperty，thentheheadsofPerseusandMedusawilleoutadmirably;youmaybequitesureofit.”AfterIhadthusexpoundedtheseconvincingarguments，togetherwithmanymoreofthesamekind，whichitwouldbetedioustosetdownhere，theDukeshookhisheadanddepartedwithoutfurtherceremony.

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