. Philip Melanchthon, the Protestant preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560 . s place among theauthors and humanists who were particularly hostileto the monkish pedantry of the day. A few extractsfrom this characteristic poem will interest the reader: Tunc prseterivi Studgardiam, quia habet ibi stanstiamReuchlin ille hsereticus, qui fuit mihi ad Tubingam abii, hie sedent multi socii,Qui novos libros faciunt et theologos vilipendunt:Quorum est vilissimus Philippus Melanchthonius,Sicut ego cognovi : et igitur Deo vovi, Si viderem ilium mortuum, quod irem ad Sanctum Paulus Vere
. Philip Melanchthon, the Protestant preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560 . s place among theauthors and humanists who were particularly hostileto the monkish pedantry of the day. A few extractsfrom this characteristic poem will interest the reader: Tunc prseterivi Studgardiam, quia habet ibi stanstiamReuchlin ille hsereticus, qui fuit mihi ad Tubingam abii, hie sedent multi socii,Qui novos libros faciunt et theologos vilipendunt:Quorum est vilissimus Philippus Melanchthonius,Sicut ego cognovi : et igitur Deo vovi, Si viderem ilium mortuum, quod irem ad Sanctum Paulus Vereander, die schvvuren alle mit einander,Quod vellent me percutere, si non vellem recedere,Sed quidam hie theologus cum nomine FranciscusSua cum cavisatione portavit me ex ilia cogitavi ire, et ab illis poetis venire. Finally this wanderer in search of poets comesback to Cologne: Sic ivi ad Coloniam, et inveni bonam componiam,Quamvis mihi Buschius cum suis auditoribus, See C. R., lo : 472 et seqq., and Rotermunds edition of the Epis-tola, pp. 142 et ULRICH VON HUTTEN. FROM A CONTEMPORARY WOODCUT. i5i8] Student and Teacher 27 Et Joannes CcEsarius, qui legit ibi Plinius, Facerent instantias, quia non curavi has : Sed steti cum Theologis, et vixi in laetitiis, Und gab nit ein Har auff den Graven von newen Ar, Quamvis sit Poeticus, quia Pepercornus In suis dictaminibus dicit de nobilibus, Qui quamvis sunt clari, non possunt excusari, Et debent sibi solvere, pro sua obscuritate, Et sic est finis propter honorem Universitatis. Melanchthons participation in the controversybrought him more discomfort than praise. Thespirit of Tubingen was still mainly subservient tothe old learning. The heresy of Luther wascombated by Jacob Lemp; and humanists andgrammarians were viewed with an evil eye. EvenSimler and Stadian clung to the old rather than ad-vanced with the new. Melanchthon was satirisedand described as a dangerous man. Hence Tubingenwas no longer a comfortable place
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