...he claims to postpone [the matter], adding that in the meantime expenses sufficient for necessity and dignity will be supplied. And therefore, the promise given should not be urged so urgently; it is better that superiors remember it of their own accord, for it is better that the Lords pursue a man than that a man pursues them. original German: "Es sey besser / daß die H. einem nachgehen / dann man jhnen." This proverb suggests that one gains more status when sought out by those in power rather than acting as a supplicant. Finally, even when he might consider that foreign man peregrinum: a traveler or stranger; in this context, it implies a mysterious outsider whose true origins are unknown to be somewhat hindered, making it seem he could not depart so freely, he revealed—relying on the trust of the magistrate A high-ranking civil official or local governing body. whom he visited very frequently—that he had brought all those things together, while the promise of that most ample stipend original: "stipendii" remained. He also claims to be a guarantor fideiussorem: a legal surety or bondsman who takes responsibility for another's debt or conduct for a thousand, asserting that everything will succeed according to his wish and in accordance with what he had promised, as certain writings indicate; thus, it remained doubtful how the matter actually stood.

DECLARATION

of the Opposing Opinion.

But if those points are surveyed which were brought forward in favor of the negative opinion, it seems to respond to certain...