Selections from Erasmus: Principally from his Epistles

by Desiderius Erasmus

119, 20. QUOD … ACCEPTUS FUISSEM] me acceptum fuisse would be more usual.

144. CEDO] ce[*]do, not ce[*]do.

[* i.e. short 'e', not long. Transcriptor.]

151. VIRGINIA MATRIS PURGATIO] The Feast of the Purification; 2 Feb.

179, 80. QUID MULTA?] sc. dicam.

186. GALLICE] sc. loqui.

201. DONEC] lit. 'until'; here marks the final action to be taken, when any suspicions on the part of their companions had been allayed.

INDUSIATI] Strictly 'wearing an under-garment' (indusium); so here 'partially dressed'.

217. HORA NOCTIS UNDECIMA] About 5 a.m.; according to the Roman reckoning, in which the day began at sunrise.

219. QUID MULTIS?] sc. verbis opus est.