Complex sentence: The somewhat oblivious Duke is loath to punish the young man, for Cellini fashions gold wares for him but throws him into the torture chamber, but a goblet of poisoned wine solves the problem.
Split into simpler sentences: The somewhat oblivious Duke is loath to punish the young man, for Cellini fashions gold wares for him, but throws him into the torture chamber. However, a goblet of poisoned wine solves the problem.