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ITistruethatmenwhohavelabouredwithsomeshowofexcellence，havealreadygivenknowledgeofthemselvestotheworld;andthisaloneoughttosufficethem;Imeanthefactthattheyhaveprovedtheirmanhoodandachievedrenown.Yetonemustneedslivelikeothers;andsoinaworklikethistherewillalwaysbefoundoccasionfornaturalbragging，whichisofdiverskinds，andthefirstisthatamanshouldletothersknowhedrawshislineagefrompersonsofworthandmostancientorigin.

IamcalledBenvenutoCellini，sonofMaestroGiovanni，sonofAndrea，sonofCristofanoCellini;mymotherwasMadonnaElisabetta，daughtertoStefanoGranacci;bothparentscitizensofFlorence.ItisfoundwritteninchroniclesmadebyourancestorsofFlorence，menofoldtimeandofcredibility，evenasGiovanniVillaniwrites，thatthecityofFlorencewasevidentlybuiltinimitationofthefaircityofRome;andcertainremnantsoftheColosseumandtheBathscanyetbetraced.ThesethingsarenearSantaCroce.TheCapitolwaswhereisnowtheOldMarket.TheRotondaisentire，whichwasmadeforthetempleofMars，andisnowdedicatedtoourSaintJohn.Thatthusiswas，canverywellbeseen，andcannotbedenied，butthesaidbuildingsaremuchsmallerthanthoseofRome.Hewhocausedthemtobuilt，theysay，wasJuliusC?sar，inconcertwithsomenobleRomans，who，whenFiesolehadbeenstormedandtaken，raisedacityinthisplace，andeachofthemtookinhandtoerectoneofthesenotableedifices.

JuliusC?sarhadamonghiscaptainsamanofhighestrankandvalour，whowascalledFiorinoofCellino，whichisavillageabouttwomilesdistantfromMonteFiascone.NowthisFiorinotookuphisquartersunderthehillofFiesole，onthegroundwhereFlorencenowstands，inordertobeneartheriverArno，andfortheconvenienceofthetroops.Allthosesoldiersandotherswhohadtodowiththesaidcaptain，usedthentosay:“LetusgotoFiorenze;”aswellbecausethesaidcaptainwascalledFiorino，asalsobecausetheplacehehadchosenforhisquarterswasbynatureveryrichinflowers.Uponthefoundationofthecity，therefore，sincethisnamestruckJuliusC?sarasbeingfairandapt，andgivenbycircumstance，andseeingfurthermorethatflowersthemselvesbringgoodaugury，heappointedthenameofFlorenceforthetown.Hewishedbesidestopayhisvaliantcaptainthispliment;andhelovedhimallthemoreforhavingdrawnhimfromaveryhumbleplace，andforthereasonthatsoexcellentamanwasacreatureofhisown.Thenamethatlearnedinventorsandinvestigatorsofsuchetymologiesadduce，asthatFlorenceisflowingattheArno，cannothold;seeingthatRomeisflowingattheTiber，FerraraisflowingatthePo，LyonsisflowingattheSaone，ParisisflowingattheSeine，andyetthenamesofallthesetownsaredifferent，andhaveetothembyotherways.

Thusthenwefind;andthuswebelievethatwearedescendedfromamanofworth.Furthermore，wefindthatthereareCellinisofourstockinRavenna，thatmostancienttownofItaly，wheretooareplentyofgentlefolk.InPisaalsotherearesome，andIhavediscoveredtheminmanypartsofChristendom;andinthisstatealsothebreedexists，mendevotedtotheprofessionofarms;fornotmanyyearsagoayoungman，calledLucaCellini，abeardlessyouth，foughtwithasoldierofexperienceandamostvalorousman，namedFrancescodaVicorati，whohadfrequentlyfoughtbeforeinsinglebat.ThisLuca，byhisownvalour，withswordinhand，overcameandslewhim，withsuchbraveryandstoutnessthathemovedthefolktowonder，whowereexpectingquitethecontraryissue;sothatIgloryintracingmydescentfrommenofvalour.

AsforthetriflinghonourswhichIhavegainedformyhouse，underthewell-knownconditionsofourpresentwaysofliving，andbymeansofmyart，albeitthesamearemattersofnogreatmoment，Iwillrelatetheseintheirpropertimeandplace，takingmuchmoreprideinhavingbeenbornhumbleandhavinglaidsomehonourablefoundationformyfamily，thanifIhadbeenbornofgreatlineageandhadstainedorovercloudedthatbymybasequalities.SothenIwillmakeabeginningbysayinghowitpleasedGodIshouldbeborn.

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