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333] TO RAFFAELLE RIARIO 78
Procul eïiciatur quicquid rancorem, quicquid simultatem sapit.
Posteaquam principes vobis autoribus in concordiam redierunt, absur¬
dum est eruditos viros libris ac iurgiis inter se conflictari et, cum illi
tela habeant innoxia, hos se mutuo stilis veneno tinctis configere.
Quanto praestiterat hune hominem quod operae, quod sumptus, quod 130
temporis his litium tricis impendit, honestissimis litteris impartisse.
Multis hic gratiosior est Iulii secundi memoria, quod Iacobum Vuim¬
phelingum, virum praeter eruditionis et sanctimoniae commenda¬
tionem iam senio quoque venerabilem, sua ipsius voce ab huiusmodi
litibus absoluit, et calumniatoribus silentium indixit. Crede mihi 135
innumeros mortales sibi deuincturus est quisquis Iohannem Reuch¬
linum Musis ac litteris restituerit. Bene valeat R. T. D., cui me
quantus quantus sum dico consecroque.
Londini An. m.p. 15. Decimooctauo Calen. Iunias.
Erasmus E. R. D. T. addictissimus. 140
334. To DOMENICO GRIMANI.
Damiani Elegeia f°. G*. vo. London.
B. fo. b?: F. p. 74: HN: Lond. 1.2: LB. 167. (15 May) 1515.
[Plainly contemporary with Ep. 333, with which it is almost identical in
tenor ; and doubtless expanded for publication to the same extent. The month¬
date may be altered to bring it into accord. Grimani’s reply was kept by
Ammonius with the other documents from Rome which he decided to retain
(cf. Ep. 338 introd.) ; and failed subsequently to reach Erasmus (Lond. iii. 11
and v. 26, LB. 315 and 331) in spite of the urgent entreaties which he addressed
to Ammonius’ kinsman and executor (LB. App. 228, 260, 132, 28r).
Domenico Grimani (19 Feb. 1461-27 Aug. 1523) was the son of Antonio
Grimani, who from being an exiled general of the Republic became Doge in 1521.
Domenico, who was created Cardinal in 1493, and Patriarch of Aquileia 1498,
shared his father’s exile at Rome, and rose to be Cardinal Bp. of Porto, second
only to Raffaelle Riario. He was a patron of literature, and his rich collections
of MSS. now form part of the Library of St. Mark's at Venice. Erasmus
addressed to him his Paraphrase on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, Louvain,
Th. Martens, Nov. 1517. See Ciaconius iii. 180, I and NBG.]
REVERENDISSIMO DOMINO CARDINALI GRYMANO ERASMVS
ROTERODAMVS S. D.
Qvo minus a primo illo et eodem postremo congressu repetiuerim
dominationem tuam reuerendissimam, quemadmodum et illa iusserat
et ego me facturum receperam, non mea negligentia sed tua magis
333. 137. R. T.D. Aa: tua pietas H. 138. quantus quantus . .. consecro¬
que 4: totum dico tradoque a. 139. Londini .. . 140. addictissimus a:
Londini pridie Calendas Apriles. An. m.D.xv. 4. 334, 2. dominationem 4:
amplitudinem F. reuerendissimam om. F.
333. 132. Vuimphelingum] In his 140. E.] Eidem.
controversy with the Augustinians in 334. 1. congressu] Fully related in
1506; see Lond. xxiii. 10, LB. 1008, Lond, xx VI 084 MB ETS SACS
and Knepper’s Wimpfeling, chap. 6. Nolhac, pp. 69 and 87-90.