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306 | FROM ULRICH ZASIUS 25 Sese commendat. Quamuis, vir magne, (magnum autem ideo dico, quia omnia in te summum magnitudinis gradum obtinent)—quamuis, inquam, potui nouisse me non esse tanti, qui pumili mea litterarum dote) tibi obstreperem, amor tamen in magnas illas animas et in te potissimum me propulit vt scripserim. Proinde quia siles atque adeo meas forte litteras tanquam incoctas auersaris, temeritatis labem a me deprecari volui, qui non iniciatus adyta tua accesserim. Crede igitur nulla me alia fine perpulsum quam vt genio meo, qui in tua nomina gestit, subsilit, satisfacerem. Scio illud Vatinii ad Ciceronem, qui negat viros magnos nisi in magnis adiri debere. Nos si cum exiguis istis te adiuimus, non alia re fecimus quam vt feruoris in te flagrantis flammam temperarem. Vale, vir magne, decus vniuersi orbis. Ex Fryburgo xi Cal. Octob. 1514. Girardo, viro solidae eruditionis, me multis nominibus commenda, quem spero olim mihi propiorem et magis coniunctum futurum. Tuus Vdalricus Zasius, ll. doctor ordinarius. 303,6307,,, To ULRICH ZASIUS. Farrago p. 387. Basle. F. pp. 472 and 615 : HN : Lond. xii. 7 : LB. App. 11. 23 September 1514. Munich MS. Lat. 1470, f. 199. [In the Munich manuscript from which Ep. 313 is derived there is a copy of this letter (a) by the same hand. The copy seems to have been made from a manuscript, because there are gaps where the writer was evidently unable to decipher his original. Of the several printed editions its text agrees most closely with E; but as it has a few substantial differences, it was probably copied either mediately or immediately from the autograph. There are, however, so many palpable blunders that it cannot be given precedence; and therefore, whilst preferring some of its readings, I have adopted the text of E as a basis; though for convenience in the sigla I have placed a before E in the apparatus criticus. A few specimens of the blunders are given below; but it would serve no purpose to record them all. In F through an oversight this letter was printed twice, though without variation ; but the second text is removed in H. The date is confirmed by the list of works on which Erasmus was engaged ; cf. Epp. 269, 396, 373, 311, 312, 272, 207, 325.] ERASMVS ROTERODAMVS VDALRICO ZASIO, EXIMIO LL. DOCTORI, GERMANIAE DECORI INCOMPARABILI S. D. SINGVLAREM eruditionem tuam cum pari coniunctam eloquentia nuper e duobus eruditissimis nec minus facundis cognoui ; primum ex Beato Rhenano, mox ex Ioanne Gallinario. Facetiam tuam non vulgarem ex literis intelligo ; siquidem cum tu, vir omni virtutum 306. 1. Sese commendat 8: VDALRICVS ZASIVS DOMINO ERASMO 8. a, q. inicitatus 8. 8. alio a. meo 8: me a. 9. sussilit a. 13. 11 Cal. Octob. 14 a. 14. Girardo . .. 16. ordinarius add. B. 307. TIT. VDALRICO 500 Bh 4 8 PANE SO Sh 1b 306. 15. Girardo] Lister ; cf. Ep. 495. ou H 5
