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345] TO ULRICH ZASIUS 125 bito quin Zasio dignum sit, hoe est homine non minus erudito quam eloquente... Sentio quidem litteras tuas velut ab occupatissimo ex tempore scribi; mirum tamen quam me .delectet ille felicissimus orationis fluxus non sine candore. Hee mihi foecundum nec minus 15 excercitatum arguunt ingenium. Ad harum igitur gustum non dubito quin opus illud tuum sit responsurum. In quo quid ego tibi possim praestare non video. Nec enim mea est harena. Animum tamen ad quiduis obsequii promptissimum polliceor, neque hac in re solum, verum in aliis quibuscunque desyderabis amici officium. 20 Bene vale cum tuis omnibus, eruditissime Zasi. [Anno m.D.XVIII.] Splendidissimo Il. doctori Zasio, amico incomparabili. Friburgi. 346. From Josse BADE. Deventer MS. 91, f. 176. Paris. LB. App. 28. 19 August 1515. [The date is confirmed by the books mentioned. ] IODOCYS BADIVS DOMINO ERASMO S. Domine Erasme, amicorum praestantissime, accopi litteras tuas, solitae in me beneuolentiae testes amplissimas. Deus faxit vt commodis tuis honorificis aliquando ex sententia inseruiam. Animus certe praesens est, et prouidentiae facultatom fecerit, si admonueris. Franciscus de Adagiis tuis magnis satis probe mecum 5 egit. Reliqua tua cum praeconio tuo nouo et instrumento in Alemania impressa meis detrimento sunt; si tamen ita e re tua aut honore est, patiar, et quidem aequiori animo. Valent Copus et Faber et reliqui amici tui, quos excellentissima literatura et doctrina singulari non solum tibi conciliasti sed etiam demeruisti. 1° Budaeus opus de Asse relambit. A Ruella Dioscoriden impressioni 345. 18. possum N. 19. neque... 20. officium add. D. 21. Anno M.p.xvur add. H: An. .p.xvir N°. 22. Splendidissimo . . . Friburgi om. D. 346. 7. meis MS. : meo LB, praue. 8. honore LB : honor MS. 346. 5. Franciscus] Berckman (Ep. (1479-24 Sept. 1537), a learned 258. 14 n.), who had now given satisfaction for the transaction mentioned in Ep. 283. 152 seq. 6. Reliqua] The De Copia published by Schürer ; cf. Ep. 311, which is theí praeconium noùum ’. By the ‘ instrumentum’ probably is intended the index of seyen pages prefixed to that edition. For Erasmus’ appreciation of Badius’ generosity in this matter cf. Lond. vi. 24, LB. App. 242. . 11, de Asse] Badius published the first editionon 15 March 151$, and the second on 14 Oct. 1516. A Ruella] John Ruell of Soissons physician and student. He was Dean of the Medical Faculty at Paris, 1508-9. On the death of his wife he took orders and devoted himself to study, receiving a Canonry in NotreDame. He published a translation of Dioscorides’ De medicinali materia, Paris, H. Stephanus, 24 Apr. 1516; Veterinaria medicina, 1530; De natura stirpium, 1536; both by Colinaeus; and his edition of Actuarius De medicamentorum compositione appeared posthumously in 1539. He was physician to Francis I, to whom all his works, except the Dioscorides, are dedicated. See NBG.
