Letter #5759
Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUSs.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:
Auxiliary sources:
Prints:
|
Text & apparatus & commentaryPlain textText & commentaryText & apparatus
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 print 1 inspicies,
ms 1 inspicie[s] hidden by binding,
ms 2 inspicies⌈inspiciesprint 1 inspicies,
ms 1 inspicie[s] hidden by binding,
ms 2 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.
print 1 Tuus Valdesius,
ms 1 2 omitted⌈Tuus
ms 1 2 omitted⌉