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PREFACE ix their copy of the rare printed edition of the letter to Servatius. Amongst individuals, in addition to those already mentioned, my thanks are due primarily to Mr. Ingram Bywater, Regius Professor of Greek in this University, who has given me most generous support and guidance, and who in reading through all my proofs has allowed me to profit continually by his large store of learning; to Mr. Robinson Ellis, Corpus Professor of Latin, who has frequently aided me in tracing quotations and determining readings; to Mr. C. Cannan, Secretary to the Clarendon Press, and Mr. H. S. Milford, Assistant Secretary, for the most valuable practical assistance; to Mr. R. L. Poole, Fellow of Magdalen College, for advice in technical matters and for many useful suggestions ; nor would I fail to mention the encouragement afforded by the late Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Stubbs, sometime Regius Professor of Modern History, and by the late Dr. Fowler, President of my own college. To Mr. Frederic Seebohm of Hitchin, the author of The Oxford Reformers, I am indebted for the loan of books from his rich collection. My kind friends, MM. Ferdinand Vander Haeghen and R. Vanden Berghe of the Ghent University Library, have from the first given me invaluable assistance, and besides lending me books have allowed me the freest use of the unpublished materials and register of letters prepared for their great Bibliotheca Erasmiana ; without which work this undertaking would have been infinitely more difficult to carry through, and indeed scarcely possible. Dr. P. C. Molhuysen of the University Library at Leiden, himself a student of this period, has repeatedly rendered me laborious service, and has shown himself untiring in his efforts to contribute anything that might further my researches. It is a matter of great regret to me that I can only offer a tribute to the memory of my friend Joseph Gény, the devoted curator of Beatus Rhenanus’ library at Schlettstadt, who on many visits was unsparing of his time in laying its treasures before me, and of his palaeographical skill in aiding me to interpret them. Dr. Bernoulli, Librarian of the University Library at Basle, has been most courteous in enabling me to explore the splendid store of Erasmiana and Amerbachiana under his care. M. Louis Thuasne, the learned editor of Burchard and Gaguin, and M. Joseph Delcourt have rendered me fre
