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egregie; quod incredibile mihi videtur. Cum quid tantopere conatos
esse eos,
FROM JOHN CAESARIUS 33
nisi hoc fermentum et que semel intus
Innata est, rupto iecore exierit caprificus ?
Ceterum vt quam optime valeas imprimis opto.
Vale Coloniae 3°. Cal. Augusti.
GIG] No PEnmr, Grins,
Farrago p. 189.
Deeg UNG ond avin cela an
(Louvain.
(c. 1 August 1517.)
[The date may be assigned with precision from the reference (Il. 4, 5) to the
Apologia against Faber (Ep. 597. 32 n.), which was begun and finished in twelve
or fourteen days (Ep. 731. 3 n.).]
ERASMVS ROTERODAMVS PETRO AEGIDIO S. D.
Crarissime Petre Aegidi, ex aula recepi adhuc centum florenos ;
reliquum promittunt breui. Si certus aliquis tibi continget aut si
Iacobus huc venerit, mitte mihi Psalterium octaplum tuum. Nam
hic penes neminem est; et eo opus est in Apologia quam paro
aduersus Fabrum. D. Medico me vnice commendabis. Misissem
illi suam Grammaticam, sed Apologia nonnihil ab instituto deduxit.
Bene vale, mi Petre suauissime.
Patri et vxori salutem dices.
tudine sumus.
dies perdidi iam octo.
optime valeas.
Dum cum Fabro litigo,
pario E. 5. D. om. H.
615. 14. nisi hoc] Pers. 1. 24,5.
616. x. recepi] Through de Marques ;
cf, Ep. 597. 26 n.
3. Iacobus] Nepos; see Ep. 595. 11 n.
Psalterium] The Polyglott of Aug.
Justinian (Ep. 810. 356n.). Erasmus
speaks of it in the Apologia, LB. ix.
25 © — 26 À, but with scant respect.
5. D. Medico] Afinius (Ep. 542), to
whom Erasmus was proposing to dedi¬
cate his translation of Gaza, bk. ii
(Ep. 771); ef. Ep. 638. 15 seq.
9. Quintinum] Quintinus pictor :
E. in marg. Cf. Ep. 584. 6 n. For
Metsys (1466 — p. 13 July, a. 16 Sept.
1530) see an excellent article by van
Even in BN.
ALLEN III
616. 4. paro E corrig. :
14. M. om. H.
14. Nicolao] (? Bruchhofen) of Herto¬
genbosch, hence Buscoducensis, (1478 ?
—pPp.- 1550) was known to Erasmus in his
early years (Horawitz v, p. 98), perhaps
in 1484-7 (ef. vol. i, pp. 582-4). He
was B.A. at Louvain in 1503 and, after
proceeding M.A., was for a time school¬
master at Middelburg (c. 1510?: EE.
175, Where Coccius’ matriculation at
Erfurt is to be dated Haster 1508), and
at some time had Martin Lypsius for
a pupil (Horawitz v, p. 125). In Dec.
1510 he was perhaps at Louvain and
intimate with Dorp (Agric. f°. a2). In
May 3511 he was certainly there, in
the Collège du Lis (pref. to bk. v of
Despauterius’ Ars versificatoria), where
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