De inductione gradus summi The last of these tracts is not by Suiseth, by Trincavellus himself, and at the end of the preceding treatise, De inductione, &c. is this Colophon. "Explicit calculationum opus aureum magistri Raymundi Suiseth Anglici viri in hac facultate eminentissimi atque acutissimi, nuper diligenti examine emendatum ab excellente doctore domino Victore Trincavello veneto." The above book occupies 74 leaves of a moder rately sized folio, printed in the Italian black letter. Bound up with the above book, in the copy belonging to the British Museum, is the following, of which I feel myself bound to subjoin an account, as I suspect it is intended to go with the other. The title is, Questio de modalibus BASSANI POLITI. Tractatus proportionum introductorius ad calculationes SUISSET. Tractatus proportionum THOME BARDUA DINI. Trac Tractatus proportionum NICHOLAI OREN. Venetiis mandato et sumptibus heredum Octaviani Scoti per Bonetum Locatellum. Kalendibus Septembribus, 1505. The following epigrams, and in particular the first, seem worthy of being preserved. The first is by Jo. Volcatius, who signs himself Angl. Ire per immensum scopulis latitantibus æquor PHILIPPUS COSSUS. Suspensos hominum vultus tua dicta tenebant Prefixed is a dedication by Bassanus Politus, who appears to have been a Doctor of Physic to Roderic Caravaial, Apostolical Prothonotary, in which he states the present to be an Isagogical work to that of SUISET. This book is printed much in the same manner as that which precedes, and has about the same number of leaves, the first sixteen of which only are numbered. JOANNES JOANNES HARTUNGUS. Among other particulars, for which I trust these volumes may now and hereafter be acceptable, the biographical sketches introduced of personages distinguished for their parts and learning, may claim some degree of attention. We often are sensible of obligation to eminent and acute critics, of whom we know little more than their names. I have taken some pains to enliven my work in its progress, by collecting incidental information on these subjects, from the best authorities in my power, and from books of no com mon occurrence. The name of JOANNES HARTUNGUS does not indeed often occur, but he was eminent in his day, and the few things which he has left are valued by scholars, and are objects of research with collectors. He was born at Miltenburg, and although he prosecuted his studies in the university of Heidelburg, he became a soldier, and served in the war against the Turks in Hungary. "Bello redux," says Fabricius, he became Professor of Greek at Heidelburg. But leaving this situation on account of his religion, he taught Greek at Friburg, where he died in 1579, with the highY 3 est est reputation for learning, diligence, and integrity. He wrote the following epitaph upon himself: Πολλὰ παθῶν και πολλὰ μαθὼν εν παιδοδιδάσκειν ἔνθα δε νῦν κειμαι συν θεῳ ἡσύχιος. Perhaps his principal work is LOCORUM MEMORABILIUM ex optimis quibusdam auctoribus excerptorum Decurias IV. These will be found in a collected form in the second volume of Gruters Fax Artium, and furnish the curious and learned reader with many and happy specimens of emendatory criticism. I subjoin two by way of example. Apud Demosthenem in oratione contra Midiam. The common reading is ἴσασι δίδωσι Moschopulus ἐν τῇ συνταξει—ὅσα σοι δίδωσι Whence it is evident that orag, must have been corrupted from όσα σοι. Again Apollonii Interpres lib. 1. citat ex Homero καίνεα γὰρ ζῶόν περ ἔτι κλείεσιν αοιδοί. Apud Homerum lib. «. Iliad. καίνεα γαρ του πρόσθεν επικλείουσιν αοιδοί, 5 The |