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629| TO WOLFGANG LACHNER AND JOHN FROBEN 58 conjecture is corroborated by 1. 3n. In spite of the heading Lachner alone is addressed ; for Froben knew little Latin (cf. Ep. 885. tit.). The copyist is Hand D (Jobn Smith: a); and his work is corrected by Hand C (Nepos: 8). ] ERASMVS LACHNERO ET FROBENIO S. D. Mirro primum librum Theodori castigatum, et secundum versum. Si multos adhuc habes primae editionis, adde chartulam in qua notes errata, et adiunge secundum. Mitto quae interim accesserunt ProCum Francisco nondum sum collocutus post tuas litteras acceptas. Etin tuis litteris non estimas exemplaria. Hic nihil est questus, et sumptus grauissimi. Nolim vos onerare, sed tamen manus manum fricet oportet. Frobenius vbi videt exemplar paratum, non satis perpendit operam, yt qui tantum inspicit quantum sit paginarum Ego tuae ciuilitati per omnia fido; quam hactenus sum uerbiis. descriptum. expertus. Iam scripseram Hermogenis Rhetoricam, e Francfordia per te missam, mihi fuisse redditam. Vidi Opera Gregorii Nazianseni Grece impressa, opinor ab Aldo, non illa poemata sed oratione soluta, in forma enchiridii. Fac vt his nundinis ad me veniant. Item Strabo Grecus, item Aristides Grecus, item Vite Plutarchi Grecae, item Bib|i]lia tota Greca impressa ab Aldo siue eius socero Asulano, item Estima et quod ad te Nam iuxta priscam Deventer MS. 91, f. 56. LB. App.. 163. when writing Louvain. 23 August (1517). It is clear that Erasmus, If, as seems probable, he was 629. 9. B: ciuilitate a. 20. agier B : agere a. 629. 1. Mitto] In TRO: to the request in Ep. 575. 5,6 3. Prouerbiis] The arrival of these additions is announced in a letter of Angst, 21 Sept. (1517): Basle MS. G. II. 14. 216. The number of new adages was only 11 (cf. Ep. 733. 6, 7) ; but as in 1515 (cf. Ep. 811. Ion.) many of the existing ones were greatly amplified; cf. Epp. 608. 14 n., 829. 30 nn. 4. Francisco] Berckman. 5. estimas] Cf. Epp. 209. 51n. and 439. 8 n.; also 732. 2, 733. 4, 885. 6. II. Hermogenis] Florence, BDS 12. B: Gregor a. Junta, July 1515. 12. Gregorii] Orationes Venice, Aldus, April 1516. 13. poemata] Cf. Ep. 352. 31 n. 14. Strabo] Venice, Aldus, Nov. 1516. 15. Aristides] Florence, Ph. Junta, 20 May 1517. Plutarchi] ibid., 27 Aug. 1517. For the source of Erasmus’ information see Epp. 642,3 16. Biblia] Cf. oy 17. libellus] Pr So the book mentioned in Epp. 556. 26, 575-55, 600. 21, 2. lectissimae, or 10
