COLLECTED OF ERASMU S volume 12 This page intentionally left blank THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ERASMUS LETTERS 1658 TO 1801 January 1526-March 1527 translated by Alexander Dalzell annotated by Charles G. Nauert jr University of Toronto Press Toronto / Buffalo / London www.utppublishing.com The research and publication costs of the Collected Works of Erasmus are supported by University of Toronto Press. University of Toronto Press 2003 Toronto / Buffalo / London Printed in Canada ISBN 0-8020-4831-5 Printed on acid-free paper National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536 [Works] Collected works of Erasmus Translation of: Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterdami. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 12. Correspondence of Erasmus, letters 1658 to 1801, January 1526-March 1527 / translated by Alexander Dalzell; annotated by Charles G. Nauert. ISBN 0-8020-4831-5 (V. 12) i. Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536 - Collected works, i. Title. PA85OO 1974 i99'-492 C74-oo6326-x rev University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council. University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial support for its publishing activities of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP). Collected Works of Erasmus The aim of the Collected Works of Erasmus is to make available an accurate, readable English text of Erasmus' correspondence and his other principal writings. The edition is planned and directed by an Editorial Board, an Executive Committee, and an Advisory Committee. EDITORIAL BOARD Alexander Dalzell, University of Toronto James M. Estes, University of Toronto Charles Fantazzi, University of Windsor James K. Farge, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies John N. Grant, University of Toronto Paul F. Grendler, University of Toronto James K. McConica, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Chairman John H. Munro, University of Toronto John O'Malley, Weston Jesuit School of Theology Mechtilde O'Mara, University of Toronto Jane E. Phillips, University of Kentucky Erika Rummel, Wilfrid Laurier University R.J. Schoeck, Lawrence, Kansas Robert D. Sider, Dickinson College James D. Tracy, University of Minnesota EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Alexander Dalzell, University of Toronto James M. Estes, University of Toronto Charles Fantazzi, University of Windsor Paul F. Grendler, University of Toronto Bill Harnum, University of Toronto Press James K. McConica, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies George Meadows, University of Toronto Press John O'Malley, Weston Jesuit School of Theology Mechtilde O'Mara, University of Toronto Jane E. Phillips, University of Kentucky Erika Rummel, Wilfrid Laurier University R.J. Schoeck, Lawrence, Kansas R.M. Schoeffel, University of Toronto Press, Chairman Robert D. Sider, Dickinson College James D. Tracy, University of Minnesota ADVISORY COMMITTEE Maria Cytowska, University of Warsaw Anthony Graf ton, Princeton University Robert M. Kingdon, University of Wisconsin Maurice Lebel, Universite Laval Jean-Claude Margolin, Centre d'etudes superieures de la Renaissance de Tours Bruce M. Metzger, Princeton Theological Seminary Clarence H. Miller, Saint Louis University John Rowlands, The British Museum J.S.G. Simmons, Oxford University John Tedeschi, University of Wisconsin J. Trapman, Conseil International ASD J.B. Trapp, Warburg Institute This book was published with the financial assistance of George S. Dembroski. Contents Illustrations ix Preface xi Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume 12 xxix LETTERS 1658-1801 1 Letters of Juan de Vergara and Others concerning Erasmus 519 Erasmus' First Will 537 Money, Wages, and Real Incomes in the Age of Erasmus 551 Table of Correspondents 702 Works Frequently Cited 706 Short-Title Forms for Erasmus' Works 709 Index 713 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Paris in the sixteenth century 26 The Raising of Lazarus 38 Luther and other Reformers 39 Katharina von Bora 78 Simon Pistoris 82 Prelum Ascensianum 117 Autograph letter from Louis de Berquin to Erasmus, Ep 1692 152 Leo Jud 200 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 22.6 Alberto Pio 232 Erasmus 263 Queen Claude of France 282