Epistola Sebast. Curionis ad amplissimum Collegium Iurisconsult. Patavinae civitatis

recall him, so that he is never removed from his vices, so that he holds in contempt the law of friendship by which he was joined with Augustinus, and so that he neglects his faith. But he wished to return a favor to the man, because he had once edited his brilliant explanations on the first book of Virgil. This, indeed, he did not think he could do without wrongdoing. He did it, therefore, as he could; he did it as he was accustomed to do. But it was, at the very least, the task of a philosopher, a sophist, and a perverse orator to conduct himself shrewdly in these matters, to have regard for so many most noble men to whom he had given his word—this most ample college, the most noble family, and the entire city, which he saw favoring Augustinus—and not to place any faith in his own slanders and curses. For this reason, he saw hatred being stirred up against himself. But he was attacked by Augustinus. Why? Because he once greeted the most learned man, Carolum Sigonium, and because he was both seen in the company of the most illustrious man, Petrus Lauredanus, and seen by his spies. Should he not greet a most learned man who had been his tutor for one year, from whose most learned lectures he had received the greatest benefit? Even though Robertellus is accustomed to proclaim that Sigonius is endowed with no learning and no judgment, and writes this even across the Alps—to which he adds Petrus Victorius, calling him slow—a most humane man, who, although he knew that Augustinus favored Robertellus and worked diligently for him, did not bear it with resentment. Should he not associate with, and walk with, a most illustrious, noble, and ample patron? He was affected by many, indeed, countless benefits from him, and everyone admires his humanity combined with the highest erudition. He ought to have observed him because of his senatorial and quaestorian dignity and the splendor of his family. Would he not have better provided for his own safety, reputation, and