1357

Miscellaneous drafts of letters and personal records.

I know one who, having promised me much, less than my due, being disappointed of his presumptuous desires, has tried to deprive me of all my friends; and as he has found them wise and not pliable to his will, he has menaced me that, having found means of denouncing me, he would deprive me of my benefactors. Hence I have informed your Lordship of this, to the end [that this man who wishes to sow the usual scandals, may find no soil fit for sowing the thoughts and deeds of his evil nature] so that he, trying to make your Lordship, the instrument of his iniquitous and maliceous nature may be disappointed of his desire.

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.
. . .
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,
1365,
1366,
1367,
1368
Notes bearing Dates.
1369,
1370,
1371,
1372,
1373,
1374,
1375,
1376,
1377
. . .