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Seg Rini 14 LETTERS OF ERASMUS [1517 was almost certainly not dedicated to Philip until after his election to the bishopric of Utrecht; and it was doubtless intended as a mark of appreciation of the Bishop’s invitations (Epp. 682, 714, 727) which Erasmus succeeded in declining. By the end of August (Ep. 645) the book had been sent to Basle, and Erasmus supposed it to be in the press; the dedication being described as made ‘iamdudum’. It may therefore be dated at some time in the summer of 1517; perhaps when Erasmus was sending to Basle in July (Ep. 602 introd.), or possibly even earlier, in May (cf. Epp. 584. 15-7, 597. 43). An indication of the date of the book is given by the fact that it occurs among the volumes shown in the Antwerp copy of Metsys’ portrait of Gilles (Ep. 584. 6 n.) : QVER. PACIS ERAS. ROTT. Erasmus’ subsequent correspondence with the Bishop and his secretary, Geldenhauer, needs elucidation. Mr. Nichols indeed has proposed some corrections of the dates given for the letters ; but I follow Dr. Reich in retaining them unchanged. It appears that in Sept. Erasmus grew tired of the delay over the printing, and had a manuscript copy made of the Querela, which he dispatched on 5 Oct. (cf. Ep. 682). His accompanying letter to the Bishop (Ep. 727. 3) is lost. The messenger found the Bishop on progress at Kampen and just starting for Deventer, 15 (?) Oct. (Ep. 727. 1 n.); so that there was only time for Geldenhauer to convey his patron’s thanks in a hasty note now lost (Ep. 727. 4; ef. Epp. 724. 1, 722. 20, 756, 761). Erasmus wrote replies to the Bishop (now lost) and to Geldenhauer (Ep. 714); and to these answers came from Vollenhove expressing the Bishop’s appreciation more amply (Epp. 727, 8). Before long Erasmus, impatient at Froben’s delays, gave the book to Martens also to print. Luc. Ind. (Jan. 1519) says that it had been ‘per Theodoricum primum, mox per Frobenium bis excusa’. Froben’s edition appeared in Dec, 1517 (a), Martens’ c. 30 March 1518 (8), with some additional matter (cf. Epp. 604. 10 n. and 799); and there is a second Froben edition of Nov. 1518 (y). In all three and in an undated (Strasburg) edition (which, to judge from a single misprint, amplectarentur, 1. 28, seems to have supplied the original to Lond.) the text of this preface is unaltered ; but some changes were introduced in the only other authorized edition ever published in Erasmus’ lifetime, with the De pueris instituendis, Basle, H. Froben, J. Herwagen and Nic. Episcopius, Sept. 1529 (ò). Froben’s 1517 edition represents the first copy from Erasmus’ original manuscript. Martens’ claim to priority probably rests on the fact that the second part of Froben’s volume was not completed till March 1518 (Ep. 550 introd.) ; the two parts reaching Louvain together. For other writings of Erasmus against war see I. p. 37. 7-10 and Ep. 288; also BEr.?, Adugia, for the numerous editions and translations of the Bellum. Philip (¢. 1464—7 April 1524), one of the many natural sons of Philip the Good of Burgundy (+1467), was brought to court at the age of r2, and by 1482 was one of Maximilian’s commanders. ‘hen for a few years he was coadjutor to his brother David (1. r1 n.) at Utrecht; but cf. Adag. 2838. By 1500 he was Admiral of Flanders, in which capacity he accompanied the Archduke Philip to Spain in 1501-3 ; and in 1505-6 Philip made him governor of his conquests in Gueldres. In 1508 (?) Maximilian sent him on an embassy to Rome, where he was delighted with the art-treasures but horrified at the morals of the Papal Court. In March 1517 (Brewer ii. 3015) he was elected Bishop of Utrecht ; and for the rest of his life he was one of the pillars of Margaret’s government in the Netherlands. His post as Admiral passed to his great-nephew Adolphus of Veere (Ep. 93 introd.). See a life by Geldenhauer, Strasburg, C. Aegenolph, March 1529; edited by Prinsen in Geldenhauer’s Collectanea, 1901, and by Ant. Matthaeus, Veteris aewi Analecta, 1738, vol. i: also Prinsen’s life of Geldenhauer, 1898, pp. 37-50, and J. 33 Uitterdijk, De Zwarte Hoop in Drenthe, in Nieuw Drentsch Volksalmanak, Torn. CLARISSIMO PRAESVLI TRAIECTENSI PHILIPPO ERASMVS ROTERODAMVS S. D. GRATVLARER tibi, Philippe Praesul, non minus vitae ornamentis quam summorum ducum imaginibus clarissime, quod tanti muneris honore sis auctus, ni compertum haberem quam inuitus susceperis
