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~~ es a 3 Prina G Y FROM BAPTISTA EGNATIUS 589 haud affirmare tibi dubitem breui rem ita restitui posse vt nihil in sartis tectis praeter ruta caesa recipias. Verum interdum adeo auare, adeo maligne res agitur, vti fines meos ne vulgari quidem quinque pedum praescriptione tueri habeam. Quod autem de scriptis tuis ad nos transmittendis admones, nos vero lubentissime ea videbimus atque vt diligentissime excudantur Nihil enim mihi gratius esse poterit quam pro Erasmi Sed et Asulani id mirifice cupiunt ; Tu interim Caesares eurabimus. mei gloria ac laude insudare. qui te cum (Aldi) filiis suauissime salutant. meos ac reliqua, quam diligenter poteris, quos Vdalricus ad te feret, leges ; nec grauabere aut in his multa castigare aut quid de his sentias Venetiae 1517 die 21 Iunii. ingenue admonere. Bene vale. 589. From ANDREW OF ASOLA. Deventer MS. 91, f. 186 v°. LB. App. 253. (Venice. KCAT IUNE RESA [Contemporary with Ep. 588; and cf. LB. App. 164.] ANDR. ASVLANVS ERASMO S. D. P. MIRABILITER gauisus sum tuis litteris ad Egnatium scriptis, quod ex his animaduerterem cum bonam tuam valetudinem tum tuam erga me beneuolentiam. Multum me delectauit tibi gratum fuisse quod aedidimus Luciani Dialogos, quos tu vertisti Latine non minus accurate quam eleganter, atque adeo Moriam, inuentum tuum dignissimum virtutis ac ingenii Erasmi : quam audio mirifice probari a nostris clarissimis et summis oratoribus. Nam vt inuenta sunt acute omnia, ita absoluta sunt bene, ac confecta adeo accurate vt nihil possit supra. Equidem, suauissime Erasme, non possum non te amare 49. fines 8: senes a. 588. 47, 8. in sartis tectis LB: insartis testis a. 58. Venetiis 8 vel LB. quique 8: quique a. 51. 8: transmittindis a. Tunii add. B. 589. TIT. ASVLANVS Nichols: MvLANVS MS. Egnatius’ preface bears the date 10 June 1517; which agrees with the despatch of the volume to Erasmus at this time. For the use made of it at Basle see p. 579588. 48. recipias] The reference is to the practice of reserving minerals and timber when selling an estate; cf. Adag. 3338 and Wilkins on Cic. de Or. 1. 99. 179 and 2. 55.226. The suggestion is perhaps of making a complete sale with only the customary reservations; that is to say that the proposed firm would readily sell its books. 54. Asulani] Cf. Ep. 212. 2 n. and5n. 55. Aldi] This insertion seems necessary, and is corroborated by the concluding sentence of Hp. 580. Caesares] The Hist. Augustae Scriptores, printed by the Aldine firm. The colophon is dated July 1516, but 58. die 21] Bücking (HE. 52 n.) objects to this form as contrary to Egnatius’ custom and attributes it to Leclere; but it is in the MS. The fact that it is not completed by Hand B perhaps indicates that he started to transform it and then stopped because 589. 4. Luciani] Published in May 1516. 5. Moriam] Published in Aug. 1515. or
