145. SACERDOTIUM] The living of Aldington in Kent was given to Erasmus by Warham in March 1512. It was worth £33 6_s_. 8_d_. yearly; but after a few months Erasmus was allowed to resign, an annual pension of £20 being charged on the living and paid to him. 175. Erasmus' _De Copia_, first published in July 1512, was a treatise designed to assist the beginner in Latin composition by supplying him with variety of words and abundance of phrases. 178. CASTIGAVI] 'I have produced a critical edition of.' 180. OBELIS] The critical marks [Symbols: obelus, obelus] used to denote suspected passages in texts. IUGULAVI] 'I have disposed of', lit. 'have cut their throats'. 201. CULTU CANONICORUM] The proper dress of an Augustinian canon consisted of a 'tunica candida cum linea toga sub nigro pallio. Tegumentum a scapulis impositum cervicem totumque contegit caput'. 215. THESAURARII FILIOS] Matthias and Mark Lauweryn, sons of the Archduke Philip's Treasurer; who were studying at Bologna in 1507. Mark afterwards became an intimate friend of Erasmus. 218. Julius II was Pope, 1503-13. 228. _admonitus sum_ is followed here first by a statement and then by a piece of advice. 251. APUD MONACHAS ALIQUAS] Convents of nuns require a resident priest to conduct their services. These posts, the work of which was light, were usually given to monks advanced in years. Servatius himself in later life retired in this way to a convent of Augustinian nuns near Leiden. 253. NIHIL MOROR] The technical formula of dismissal, either of persons receiving an audience, or of an accused person when the charge against him is withdrawn. Then, by transference, 'I do not detain to make inquiries about,' 'I do not care about.' 268. PASCHA] Easter, 16 April 1514. In calculating dates the Romans reckoned inclusively, so that the _tertius dies_ is Tuesday. XVII [An extract from a letter written in September 1514. On his way to Basel Erasmus passed through Strasburg, where he was welcomed with enthusiasm, especially by the Literary Society, of which James Wimpfeling, a native of Schlettstadt, was head. After his departure the Society, through Wimpfeling, wrote him a formal letter of welcome into Germany, to which this letter is the reply.] 6. CANTHAROS] casks. 8. John Sapidus (a Latinized form of Witz) was headmaster of the Latin school at Schlettstadt, which was one of the most important in South Germany. 15. Beatus Rhenanus (1485-1547) became a most faithful friend to Erasmus, working as his coadjutor in many of his publications. 44, 5. DE EODEM ... OLEO] A proverbial phrase for an uninterrupted effort. For the combination cf. _oleum et operam perdere_, to lose time (literally, light) and trouble. 46. _liceat_ represents a slight change of mental attitude as to the condition being fulfilled. 62. CIRCUMFERUNT, &c.] The subjunctive would be more usual. XVIII