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328] FROM BEATUS RHENANUS 65
catur. Glareanus noster in Italiam concessit ; nos laeti tuum reditum
ad Septembrem expectamus. Bene vale, eloquentissime vir, Beati tui
memor.
ex Basilaea 17 Aprilis 1515. 60
829. From WILLIAM NESEN.
Deventer MS. 91, f. 149. Basle.
LB. App. 107. (c. 17 April 1515.)
[Probably contemporary with Ep. 328, because of Seneca.
William Nesen (1493—5, 6 July 1524), of Nastätten (Anaxopolis) between
Coblenz and Mainz, was of peasant origin. He matriculated at Basle in 1511,
M.A. 1515; and was not long in making his way among the printers. In r5r2¬
13 Beatus Rhenanus dedicated to him Platus’ De Carcere (BRE. 28). In July
1514 Nesen edited Mich. Lochmayers’ Parochiale Curatorwm, Basle, M. Furter. In
1515 he was employed by Froben as corrector for Erasmus’ Seneca (Ep. 325) ;
but his work did not give satisfaction. He was still with Froben in 1516 (Ep.
469), when he received from Erasmus the dedication of a new edition of the
Copia (Ep. 462) ; but for a time during this period he kept a school (BRE. 135).
Early in 1517 he went to Paris as tutor to the sons of Nicholas Stalberger of
Frankfort; and remained with them till 1519, when Erasmus persuaded him to
come to Louvain. His lectures on Mela being prohibited by the University, on
the ground that he was not a member of it (Nève, p. 135 ; cf. Ep. 433 introd.),
he accepted an invitation to become head of the new Latin school at Frankfort,
and presided over it 1520-3. He then visited Luther at Wittenberg, and joined
the Reformers; and his relations with Erasmus became less cordial in conse¬
quence. He was drowned in the Elbe at Wittenberg whilst boating for
pleasure.
See a life by Steitz in Archiv f. Frankfurts Gesch. N.F. vi, 1877; BRE; Zw. E.;
and ADB.]
DOMINO ERASMO ROTE. NESENVS S.
Sazve, doctissime Erasme. In operibus Senecae que tuo labore
maximo politiorum litterarum candidatis restituisti, offendimus in
margine quaedam tua manu veluti adultera et supposititia notata, his
quidem verbis, ‘Haec a quodam nebulone addita’ ; rescribe, quamuis
ego indoctior quam vt a doctissimo litteras expectare debeam, an sint 5
haec expungenda vel cum ceteris imprimenda.
Vale, Erasme doctissime, et inter tuos etiam me) ministros
connumerato.
Raptim apud nauem, Basileae.
330. From Bratus RHENANUS.
Deventer MS. 91, f. 115. Basle.
LB. App. 23. 30 April 1515.
[Shortly after Ep. 328, and dealing with the same subjects. |
BEATVS RHENANVS ERASMO ROTERODAMO S.
Frosennivs Nouum Testamentum a te cupit habere; Lucubra¬
tiunculas quoque tuas, Enchiridion videlicet Christiani Militis, vt
829. 7. me add. LB., sed post ministros.
ALLEN II F