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Letter #5759

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
s.l., [ca. 1529-04-20]

English register:

Valdés sends Dantiscus the promised dialogue Lactantius de capta ac direpta Roma [Lactantius, or the Capture and Sack of Rome]. He modestly claims that the gilded coating conceals a text of little value, but asks for a gracious reception.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 54, p. 199 (c.p. 1)
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 254, p. 973 (t.p.)
3register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.6
4lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 6

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 52 (t.p.)

Prints:
1BOEHMER 1899 p. 402 (in extenso)
2DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 68, p. 42 (in extenso)
3VALDÉS 1996 Cartas y documentos, No. 57, p. 137 (in extenso)
4CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 34) p. 218-219 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Salutem.

Memor te mihi praecepisse, ut cf. Alfonso de Valdés, Dialogo de las cosas acaecidas en Roma ⌊Lactantium meum de capta ac direpta Romacf. Alfonso de Valdés, Dialogo de las cosas acaecidas en Roma ⌋ castigatum ad te mitterem meque facturum recepisse, ut fidem meam absolvam, libellum ad te mitto. Agnosces vere hypocritam, exterius enim non nisi deaurata omnia inspicies, ut magnum aliquid tibi pollicearis, quod si cf. Adagia No. 221 Sileni Alcibiadis ⌊Silenumcf. Adagia No. 221 Sileni Alcibiadis ⌋ excusseris, cf. Hor. Ars 139 parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus ⌊nascetur ridiculus muscf. Hor. Ars 139 parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus ⌋ . Tu tamen, qui mea omnia amico animo et legis et accipis, audaciam meam boni consules.

Vale.