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656] TO PETER VANNES va © In Aug. 1517 he had been four years in Wolsey’s service, as assistant to his kinsman (Brewer ii. 3602, 3657). As the result of prompt application he sueceeded Ammonius as Latin secretary to Wolsey, and later became Latin secretary to the King. In 1526 he began to be employed in diplomacy ; and in 1528-9 accompanied the important mission to Rome about the divorce. He accumulated abundant preferment, holding simultaneously prebends at Salisbury, Hereford, York, Wells, and St. Paul’s, a canonry at St. Frideswide’s in Oxford, the Archdeaconry of Worcester and the Deanery of Salisbury. This last he resigned under Edward vi, but it was restored to him by Mary. From 1550 to 1556 he was ambassador at Venice. Erasmus habitually styles him, like his kinsman, Petrus Ammonius or ab Arena (Lond. xxi. 57, LB. 896). See DNB.] ERASMVS PETRO AMMONIO SVO S. D. Ammonit nostri mortem tam acerbe fero vt acerbius non possim. Quid enim bonarum rerum in illo non periit? Ipsum ad vitam reuocare non possum, at certe memoriam hominis non sinam intermori, si quid mea seripta valebunt. Obsecro te vt epistolas omneis illius ad me et meas ad illum contrahas in vnum fa(s)ciculum, et huc 5 mittendas cures per hominem certum. Item si qua scripta sunt de nostro negocio quo(d) ille egit apud Pontificem, vt ea vel aboleantur vel huc mittantur. Bene vale, charissime Petre, et Erasmum maxime tuum esse ducito. 657. To HENRY VIII Deventer MS. 91, f. 62. Antwerp. DE More) D wows Wei Was ENN gbomel. 9 September 1517. ili 928 IU 208 [This and Ep. 658 were written for a new issue of the translations from Plutarch dedicated already to the same persons in 1514 (Epp. 272 and 297). The translations had been printed a second time with the first edition of the Institutio Principis Christiani, April 1516 (Ep. 393); and in revising this again for presentation to Ferdinand (cf. Ep. 853) Erasmus seems to have thought fit to compose new prefaces for the Plutarch, on their third issue (1. 40). The new volume, which appeared in July 1518, also contained a reprint of the Panegyric addressed to Philip (Epp. 179,180). For what reason these prefaces were put in the Auctarium (DH), Aug. 1518, rather than with the Plutarch, can only be a matter of conjecture. For Erasmus’ hopes from Henry at this time see Ep. 694. 10 n. The dates are confirmed by the deaths of Ammonius and Busleiden.] DES. ERASMVS ROTERODAMVS SERENISSIMO ANGLIAE REGI HENRICO OCTAVO S. D. S. P., serenissime Rex. Inter innumeras ingenii tui dotes vere regias planeque heroicas, quibus laudatissimum parentem Henricum eius nominis septimum non refers modo verum etiam superas, alius GD, ME, WE e SDA ty) Sh 32) Oey 1D) serenissime MS.: inclyte H. 656. 4. siquid] There isa suggestion that in Ep. 186. The correspondence of Verg. Aen. 9. 446. with Ammonius forms a considerable epistolas] Cf. Epp. 655, 774-5, part of E. 822, 828. The request is similar to 7. negocio} Cf. Ep. 655. 4 n.
