1 Montpellier.

4 The river Loire.

3 Perugia in Italy.

2 Albertus Magnus, a Swabian scholar and writer.

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

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.

M

1 Rostock.

2 Louvain.

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."

Griefswald, in Prussia.

8 Tubingen.

5 Lorenzo Valla, an Italian writer. The sun enters the "sign" Scorpio about 20th October. Konigsberg. 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. 14 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 VIADRI3 FLAVAS PROPE AQVAS EST STRVCTA DEABVS,
PARNASSI AONII QVÆ IVGA CELSA COLVNT.
Conradi Celtæ obitus, 1508.
VITALI EST CELEBRIS SPOLIATVS LVMINE CELTES
FEBRVA VBI AËRIO QVARTA SVB AXE FVIT.
Georgii Sabini natalis, 1508.
VT LVX EXORITVR VICESIMA TERTIA APRILIS,
VOCE SABINE POTENS NASCERIS ATQVE LYRA.
Angeli Politiani mors, 1509.
SPICA VAGO OCCVMBENS SE VESPERI IN AQVORE TINXIT,
POLITIANVS VBI HỌC RAPTVs ab orbe fVIT.

Joannis Stigelii ortus, 1516.
PROTVLIT IN LVCEM GENITRIX TE CLARE STIGELI,
PER IOVIS VT IVVENES SOLIS AGVNTVR EQVI.
Georgii Fabricii, Chemnic: mors, 1516.
PEGASEIS ORERIS FABRICI GRATE CAMŒNIS,

PHOEBÆA ASPERA HYAS LVCE VBI TECTA LATET.

Christophori Longolii mors, 1522.
OCCIDIT EVGANEIS LETHO LONGOLIVS ORIS,
ASTRÆÆ IN CASTRE SOLE SEDENTE SINV.
Ulrici Hutteni mors, 1523.
IGNIFER IN TEPIDO FVLSIT SOL SYDERE LIBRÆ,5
HVTTENE, VT CŒLI TECTA BEATA CAPIS.
Victorini Strigelii natalis, 1524.
VICTORINE PARENS VITÆ TE DONAT VT ISTI,
DELIACAS ALGENS RESPICIS, HIRCE, ROTAS.
Nicolai Leoniceni mors, 1524.
SOLSTITIVM CŒLO TITAN PERAGRABAT VT ALTO,
PARCA FEROX TERRA TE LEOCENE RAPIT.
Thomæ Linacri mors, 1524.
TOLLIT SE Calo 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.

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

5 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.

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.

Euritii Cordi obitus, 1538.
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 вVDÆVS9 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.

Joannis Eckii mors, 1543.
FVLSERAT A IANO DECIES TRITONIA CONIVNX,
ECCI13 VT TE STABILES SVRRIPVERE DEÆ.

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. • 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.

Academiæ Regiomontanæ,1 1544.
ARX EST AONII FABRICATA HELICONIS ALVMNIS,
HEIC VBI ARENOSAS BREGELA VOLVIT aqVas.
Valerii Cordi mors, 1544.

CORDVS3 VBI PRÆSTANS FATO EST SVBLATVS AVARO,
SOLE SVB OCCIDVO NEREA SPICA SVBIT.

Martini Lutheri obitus, 1545.
ATRIA TE CŒLI POSCVNT PIE CELSA LVTHERE,
LVX FEBRVI POSTQVAM NONA BIS ORTA FVIT.
Petri Bembi mors, 1547.
AFFLICTA VT TELLVS EST TEVTONIA VULNERE BELLI,
BEMBE SVBIS TRISTIS BLVRA SEVERA NECIS.
Caspari Crucigeri mors, 1548.
OCCVBVIT CRVCIGERS FATO, TOT TRIVIT VT ANNOS,
ASTRA OPHIVCHI ANGVIS QVOT GEMINATA TENET.
Academiæ Dillinganæ, 1549.
IN QVA SACRA COLIT? PHOEBI STVDIOSA IVVENTVS,
VRBE IN DILLINGA STRVCTA PALÆSTRA FVIT.
Viti Theodorici mors, 1549.
HAC TRISTI EST CLAVSVS VITVS THEODORICVS IN VRNA,
NORICIDE POPVLI PASTOR ET VRBIS HONOS.
Granvellani Cardinalis obitus, 1550.
LIMINA GRANVILLANE SVBIS IVNONIS AVERNÆ,
SVCCESSIT TECTIS SOL VBI VIRGO TVIS.

Paulli Fagii mors, 1550.
SOL ORTO, VOLVCRVM REGINA LEVATVR IN ORTV,
FAGIVS VT SENTIT TELA CRVENTA NECIS.

Andreæ Alciati mors, 1550.
SVSCEPIT CYNTHII TROIANVS PLAVSTRA MINISTER,
ALCIATE HAS PONIS CARNIS VT EXVVIAS.

Academiæ Jenensis, 1550.
VRBS VBI SALICOLA EST VVIS SITA CLARA, IOANNES
GYMNASII PRINCEPS NOBILE STRVXIT OPVS.

1 Konigsberg. 2 The river Pregel. 3 Valerius Cordus, German physician and botanist. Peter Bembo, cardinal, historian, and poet. 5 Gaspar Creutziger, German Protestant theologian. Paul Fagius, the Latin of his name Bucheim, Lutheran promoter of the reformation at Cambridge. 7 Andrea Alceati, Italian jurist, scholar, and writer. Andreas Osiander, German Lutheran divine. 11 Johann Æpinus, German theologian and reformer.

Martin Bucer, German reformer and writer. 10 Caspar Hedio, German reformer and writer.

12 German mathematician and astronomer.