Letter #5759
Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUSs.l., [ca. 1529-04-20]
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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.
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Salutem.
Memor te mihi praecepisse, ut Lactantium meum de capta ac direpta 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
Silenum
excusseris,
nascetur ridiculus mus
. Tu tamen, qui mea omnia amico animo et legis et accipis, audaciam meam boni consules.
Vale.