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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 dignissi¬
mum 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. 579¬
588. 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 sugges¬
tion is perhaps of making a complete
sale with only the customary reserva¬
tions; 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