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1 Montpellier.

The river Loire.

2 Albertus Magnus, a Swabian scholar and writer.

3 Perugia in Italy.

5 Ferrara, in Italy, near the river Po. 6 Pavia, on the river Ticino in Italy. 10 Erfurt, in Thuringia. 11 Cracow.

7 Pisa, on the river Arno. 8 Prague. 9 Cologne.

12 The zodiac sign Sagittarius, which the sun enters about 20th November. 14 Constance, where the steadfast reformer, Huss, was burnt. VOL. XXII.

13 Leipzig.

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EX TENEBRIS SECLI PIVS IVIT AD ASTRA PHILELPHVS,
ÆTATIS SPECTAT LVSTRA VBI DENA SVÆ.

Academiæ Griveswaldensis, 1457.

ALTA SVIS SVRGIT QVA GRIVESVVALDIA TECTIS,
CECROPIÆ NoVa sVnt FIXA THEATRa DeÆ.

Laurentii Vallæ obitus, 1457.

EXIGVE CVMVLO VALLA EST HIC PRESSVS ARENÆ;
LAVS VIGET IN TERRIS; SPIRITVS ASTRA tenet.
Erasmus Roterdamus natus, 1465.
IN VITÆ EST SVAVES AVras exortVs ERASMVS,
ACCIPIT VT CVRRVS SCORPIO, PHŒBE, TVos.

Academiæ Ingolstadiensis, 1472.
QVÀ PROPE DANVBII IACET INGOLSTADIA RIPAS,
PHOEBI SVNT CASTO FACTA THEATRA CHORO.

Joannis Molitoris Regiomontani,7 1476.
LATONE SOBOLES PRÆCLARA IN PISCE tenetVr,
MOLITOR VT TERRAS LINQVIT, ET ASTRA SVBIT.
Academiæ Tubingensis, 1477.

ATRIA TVBINGÆ3 SVNT CLARE LOCATA MINERVÆ,
ALTISONI A CAPITE EST QVÆ GENERATA PATRIS.

Martinus Lutherus nascitur, 1483.

PONE SEQVENS NONAS CELO ORTA EST QUINTA NOVEMBRIS
CASTA VT te genVit Clare LVthere, parens.

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The sun enters the "sign" Cancer about 20th June. This Gerson was the French theologian, Chancellor of the University of Paris, the supposed writer of the "De imitatione Christi." 5 Lorenzo Valla, an Italian writer. 7 Konigsberg.

Griefswald, in Prussia.

8 Tubingen.

The sun enters the "sign" Scorpio about 20th October. A German philosopher whose name is further Latinized as "Ruricola"; his real name was Huysmann. 10 Eboanus Hessus, a German poet. This chronogram marks a date by some astronomical allusion. 11 Basle, on the Rhine. 1 Bretta, or Bretheim, in the Palatinate.

Joannis Brentii natalis, 1499.

EXIT VT AËRIAS IN LVCIS BRENTIVS oras,

PER CANCRI1 IMPEGIT VISCERE PHOEBVS EQVOS.
Joach: Camerarii ortus, 1500.

EST CREATVS CLARA CAMERARIVS VRBE PABERGA,2
ORTA TER APRILIS LVX VBI QVARTA FVIT.
Academiæ Wittebergensis, 1502.

ALBICOLA FERTVR PHOEBO FRIDERICVS IN VRBE
DVX SAXO POSITOS CONSTITVISSE LARES.

Jacobi Micylli natalis, 1503.

TE VATES NASCI VOLVERVNT FATA MICYLLI,
APRILIS BIS LVX TERTIA VT ORTA FVIT.

Academia Francofurdensis ad Viadrum,3 1506.

ARX VIADRI FLAVAS PROPE AQVAS EST STRVCTA DEABVS,
PARNASSI AONII QVÆ IVGA CELSA COLVNT.

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PROTVLIT IN LVCEM GENITRIX TE CLARE STIGELI,
PER IOVIS VT IVVENES SOLIS AGVNTVR EQVI.

Georgii Fabricii, Chemnic: mors, 1516.

PEGASEIS ORERIS FABRICI GRATE CAMŒNIS,

PHŒBÆA ASPERA HYAS LVCE VBI TEСta Latet.

Christophori Longolii mors, 1522.

OCCIDIT EVGANEIS LETHO LONGOLIVS ORIS,
ASTRÆÆ IN CASTRÆ SOLE SEDENTE SINV.

Ulrici Hutteni mors, 1523.

IGNIFER IN TEPIDO FVLSIT SOL SYDERE LIBRÆ,"
HVTTENE, VT CŒLI TEСTA BEATA CAPIS.

Victorini Strigelii natalis, 1524.
VICTORINE PARENS VITÆ TE DONAT VT ISTİ,
DELIACAS ALGENS RESPICIS, HIRCE, ROTAS.
Nicolai Leoniceni mors, 1524.
SOLSTITIVM CELO TITAN PERAGRABAT VT ALTO,
PARCA FEROX TERRA TE LEOCENE RAPIT.

Thomæ Linacri mors, 1524.
TOLLIT SE CŒLO SVB VESPERE ATLANTIAS ALTO,
TEMPORE QVO LINACER RAPTVS AB ORBE PERĪT.
Petri Mosellani mors, 1524.
TOLLIT VBI EOA E PONTO SE PLEIAS IN ASTRA,
MOSELLANÆ SVBIS TRISTIA VINCLA NECIS.
Caspar Peucerus oritur, 1525.

PEVCERE,10 AERIÆ CONTINGIS LVMINA VITÆ,
STIRPS LATONIA VBI TE CAPRICORNE tenet.

1 The precise date is marked by the arrival of the sun at the body of the sign Cancer, June-July.
2 Bamberg.
3 Frankfurt, on the Oder.

⚫ Meaning the sign Gemini, the twins, which the sun enters about May 20.

The fiery sun is here supposed to meet the cold star in Libra, some day in September or October. 6 A German divine. 7 An Italian physician and philologist.

8 Thomas Linacre, physician to Henry VIII., of England. Peter Mosellanus, a German philologist.

10 Gaspar Peucer, a German mathematician, was born in 1525; the chronogram makes 1529. The day and month are obscurely marked by an astronomical allusion.

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Grate gregI, CORDE, AONIO TE FATA TVLervnt,
LANI PRISCA VADIS VRBS VBI IVNCTA IACET.
Academiæ Hafniensis, 1540.

DOCTIS COLLAPSA EST SCHOLA RESTAVRATA DEABVS
HAFNIA® QVÀ ÆQVOREIS PVLSA FERITVR AQVIS.
Helii Eboani Hessi obitus, 1540.

LVCE MINVS QVINTA OCTOBRIS SVA FATA PEREGIT
PHOEBO HESSVS GraTVs CasTALIOQVE CHORO.

Guilhelmi Budæi mors, 1540.

OCCVBVIT CLARVS FATO BVDÆVS9 INIQVO,
ASTRÆE IN CASTO SOLE SEDENTE SINV.

Simonis Grynæi mors, 1541.

GRYNÆÆ10 ES DVro resoLVTVS CARCERE CARNIS,
VRBS RHENI IVNCTA EST QVÀ BASILIA VADIS.
Contareni Cardinalis mors, 1542.

FATA DECVS LATII VT FERS CONTARENE" SENATVS,
PERCVRRIT CLARIVS VIRGINIS ASTRA DEVS.

Hieronymi Aleandri mors, 1542.

SEPTENOS NOVIES ALEANDER12 CLAVSIT VBI ANNOS,
EX EVO LVBRICO CEDIT IN ASTRA POLI.

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1 Albert Dürer died in 1528.

2 Wilibald Pirkheimer, a German scholar and author; the name varied perhaps by local pronunciation. A Swiss mathematician; the date is marked by the sun entering the sign Pisces, about February 20. Marburg in Germany. 5 The river Lahn. 6 Ulrich Zase, a Swiss jurist.

? Strasburg. This chronogram seems to be wrong-it makes 1528. 8 Copenhagen.

9 Guillaume Budé, a French writer.

10 Simon Grynæus, a German theologian, died at Basle on the Rhine.

11 Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal, statesman and legate.

12 Jerome Aleandre, French Hellenist, cardinal, Archbishop of Brindes.

13 Johann Eckius, Chancellor of the University of Ingolstadt, opponent of Luther.

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