1344

Drafts of Letters to Lodovico il Moro.

I am greatly vexed to be in necessity, but I still more regret that this should be the cause of the hindrance of my wish which is always disposed to obey your Excellency.

Perhaps your Excellency did not give further orders to Messer Gualtieri, believing that I had money enough.

I am greatly annoyed that you should have found me in necessity, and that my having to earn my living should have hindered me ...

[12] It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters, instead of following up the work which your Lordship entrusted to me. But I hope in a short time to have earned so much that I may carry it out quietly to the satisfaction of your Excellency, to whom I commend myself; and if your Lordship thought that I had money, your Lordship was deceived. I had to feed 6 men for 56 months, and have had 50 ducats.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XXI: Letters. Personal Records. Dated Notes.
. . .
Drafts of Letters and Reports referring to Armenia.
1336,
1337
Notes about events observed abroad.
1338,
1339
Drafts of Letters to Lodovico il Moro.
1340,
1341,
1342,
1343,
1344,
1345
Draft of letter to be sent to Piacenza.
1346,
1347
Letter to the Cardinal Ippolito d’ Este.
1348
Draft of Letter to the Governor of Milan.
1349
Drafts of Letters to the Superintendent of Canals and to Fr. Melzi.
1350
Drafts of a letter to Giuliano de’ Medici.
1351,
1352
Draft of letter written at Rome.
1353
Miscellaneous Records.
1354,
1355
Miscellaneous drafts of letters and personal records.
1356,
1357,
1358,
1359,
1360,
1361,
1362,
1363,
1364
. . .