Excerpt from The Vision of Rubeta, an Epic Story of the Island of Manhattan: With Illustrations, Done on Stone Julius Scaliger wrote and published an oration, without his name, against the celebrated tract, by Erasmus, called Cicero nianus. Erasmus, having perused it, immediately (and upon conviction, as he thought, ) fixed upon Hieronymus Aleander, who was afterwards made an Archbishop by Leo the Tenth, and a Cardinal by Pope Paul the Third, as the author of the whole, or of the greatest part of it, by signs which he conceived to be certain and infallible. These signs were strong indeed: his phraseology, his manner Of speaking, his peculiar diction, his habits of life, and even the very intercourse which Erasmus had daily with him. Nay, his genius and disposition were so evident, that Aleander could not be more intimately known to himself, than he was to Erasmus. Yet erasmus was mis taken entirely. His judgment and sagacity will not be questioned. But hear his own words; for, on such an oc casion as the present, they are particularly remarkable. Ex phrasi, ex ore, ex locutione, aliisque compluribus, mihi persuasi hoc opus, maxima saltem ex parte, esse Hieronymi Aleandri. Nam mihi genius illins ex domestico convictu adeo cognitus perspectusque est, ut ipse sibi non possit esse notior (erasmi Epist. 370. C. 1755. Op. Fol. Ed. Opt. Lugd.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.