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4 incolumes esse. opere sit refragatus. n Cameracensis. [1517 Et rum ac Georgium attactos. tamen hoc portentum valet apud telligunt qui Gallice sciunt. 13. Clothoueo MS.: corr. LB. Deloinus MS.: Haloinus LB. 4. Magister] John Briselot (t+ IT Sept. 1520) of Mons in Hainault. In Nov. 1499, when J. Badius dedicated to him an edition of Bapt. Mantuanus’ De calamitatibus temporum, Paris, T. Kerver, 4 Sept. 1499, he was ‘scholasticus regius’, had been for some time B.D., and was nearing bis D.D. ; which he obtained in the Sorbonne in 1502. Badius speaks of him also as intimate with his fellow-Carmelite, Laur. Burell, Bp. of Sisteron 1499-1502. On 4 April 1505 (? 3), being Prior of the Carmelites at Valenciennes, he was elected Suffragan Bp. of Cambray and titular Bp. of Beirut; and in 1506-8 received the Benedictine Abbey of Hautmont, near Maubeuge. He also held the Benedictine Priory of St. Saulve, near Valenciennes, and a canonry at Mons, besides other preferment. After his appointment as confessor to Charles, he was created Abp. of Oristano and Primate of Sardinia, 23 Dec. 1517; but in 1519-20 resigned and returned to Hautmont. He is credited with a knowledge of Greek and Hebrew, and left numerous theological works in MS. See Sweert ; Leglay, Cameracum Christianum; Gams; GC, iii; and BN. For Erasmus’ opinion of him see Epp. 608, 628, 641, 695, 794; and cf. Ep. 739, zon, For his age ef. 1. 56. g. Christophorum] LB. iv. 450 D. 17. Ciuers]Chièvres; cf. Ep.532.27n. 12. a confessionibus] In succession to Michael of Pavia, +17 May 1517; cf. Eo confecto, cum apud me 15. D. Heloinus scripsi, cf. Ep. 194. 84,5: Ep. 85. 10 n. 13. Clithoueo] Cf. Ep. 594. 14 n. Clerval, p. 25, shows that he may have declined the post through reluctance to leave Paris. He had returned thither by 7June 1517, Asan adherent of Faber he would now be out of favour with Erasmus (cf. 1. 32 n.). 15. Heloinus] In view of Ep. 641 Leclere’s identification may safely be accepted ; the corruption in the MS. being perhaps due to an aberration of Erasmus himself. There is no other evidence for a translation of the Moria by Deloynes (Ep. 494). 16. Tunstallo adhesi] Tunstall's movements may be traced in Brewer ii as follows: at Antwerp, 28, 31 May ; at Hal, on his way to Tournay, 4 June (3338, 3343) ; at Brussels, returning to join Charles’ court, 7 June; at Ghent, 9, 17, 19 June; at Bruges, 2 July ; at Middelburg, 9,13 July. After leaving Antwerp he probably met Erasmus again at Ghent; cf. Ep. 596 introd. collationem] Cf. Epp. 373, 384 introdd. and for Tunstall’s help see the Apologia qua respondet, &e., f°. AS, Jortin ii. 497: ‘ Hine Gandauum, mox Brugas profecti totum Nouum Testamentum collatis vtriusque linguae voluminibus excussimus. Cutbertus Tunstallus vnum exemplar sat emendatum suppeditauit, et in conferendis Graecis codicibus, quoniam id ab vno praestari non poterat, fidelissimam atque amicissimam nauauit operam, nec paucis de rebus admonuit.’
