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COLLECTED WORKS OF ERASMUS VOLUME 2 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations A bird's-eye view of Saint-Omer 36 Deventer/ Count Kennenberg besieging the town in 1578 64 Richard Foxe, bishop of Winchester 102 Julius n 104 Autograph letter, Erasmus to Aldo Manuzio, 1507 130 Aldo Manuzio, portrait medal 134 Erasmus Adagiorum chiliades title page 138 Ring and seal with Terminus figure 150 Thomas More 162 Plan of Cambridge in 1575 184 William Warham 228 Adolph of Burgundy, heer van Veere 236 John Yonge, Master of the Rolls 240 Contents Illustrations viii Preface xi Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume 2 xiv LETTERS 142 TO 297 1 The Purchasing Power of Coins and of Wages in England and the Low Countries from 1500 to 1514 307 Table of Correspondents 348 Works Frequently Cited 352 Short Title Forms for Erasmus' Works 354 Index 357 ADVISORY COMMITTEE Roland H. Bainton, Yale University Marcel Bataillon, College de France C.M. Bruehl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Myron P. Gilmore, Harvard University Etienne Gilson, Academic francaise S.L. Greenslade, Oxford University O.B. Hardison jr, Folger Shakespeare Library Otto Herding, Universitat Freiburg Werner Kaegi, Universitat Basel Robert M. Kingdon, University of Wisconsin Maurice Lebel, Universite Laval Jean-Claude Margolin, Centre d'etudes superieures de la Renaissance de Tours Jaroslav Pelikan, Yale University Margaret Mann Phillips, University of London Pierre Sage, Universite de Lyon and Universite Laval Richard S. Sylvester, Yale University J.B. Trapp, Warburg Institute The 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 Peter G. Bietenholz, University of Saskatchewan Beatrice Corrigan, University of Toronto, Co-ordinating Editor Wallace K. Ferguson, University of Western Ontario James K. McConica CSB, University of Toronto R.A.B. Mynors, Oxford University G.M. Story, Memorial University of Newfoundland Craig R. Thompson, University of Pennsylvania EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Peter G. Bietenholz, University of Saskatchewan Beatrice Corrigan, University of Toronto Wallace K. Ferguson, University of Western Ontario Jean C. Jamieson, University of Toronto Press Marsh Jeanneret, University of Toronto Press James K. McConica CSB, University of Toronto Ian Montagnes, University of Toronto Press R.J. Schoeck, University of Maryland R.M. Schoeffel, University of Toronto Press G.M. Story, Memorial University of Newfoundland Craig R. Thompson, University of Pennsylvania Prudence Tracy, University of Toronto Press The research costs of the Collected Works of Erasmus have been underwritten by a Killam Senior Research Scholarship awarded by the Killam Program of the Canada Council. www.utppublishing.com © University of Toronto Press 1975 Toronto and Buffalo Printed in Canada Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: The correspondence of Erasmus. (Collected works of Erasmus, v. i- ) CONTENTS: [i] Letters i to 141,1484 to 1500.- [2] Letters 142 to 297,1501 to 1514. i. Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536-Correspondence. PA85H.A5E551974 199'.492 72-97422 ISBN 0-8020-1983-8 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ERASMUS LETTERS 142 TO 297 1501 TO 1514 translated by R. A.B. Mynors and D.F.S. Thomson annotated by Wallace K. Ferguson University of Toronto Press Toronto and Buffalo Autograph letter, Erasmus to Thomas Wolsey, 1514 274 Thomas Wolsey 304 The ecu d'or a la couronne The Tudor gold angel-noble The first English shilling 340