Poem #181
De duabus Lucretiis, barbara et Romana. Ioannes Dantiscus Alphonso Valdesiowritten [1530-10 — 1531-03] first edition [1531, spring or early summer]
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Ioannes Dantiscus
Mitto tibi munus, Alfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26) ⌊ValdesiAlfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26) ⌋, dulcis amice,
Donasti nuper quod prior ipse mihi.
Materiam dederas, versus tibi reddo, puellae
Per quos barbaricae fertur ad astra decus.
Quorum causa fuit perniciosus Amor.
Donasti nuper quod prior ipse mihi.
Materiam dederas, versus tibi reddo, puellae
Per quos barbaricae fertur ad astra decus.
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Laedere non volui, memoranda sed acta referre,Quorum causa fuit perniciosus Amor.