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Havercamp, Lectori (address to the reader)

Editors' preface

LECTORI CANDIDO S. P. D. SIGEBERTUS HAVERCAMPUS.

TO THE FAIR-MINDED READER, SIGEBERT HAVERCAMP SENDS MANY GREETINGS.

Semper Africa novi aliquid. Illa, solitudine horrida, ferarum altrix, scholas bestiarum, Romanorumque olim munera, mille, diversa horroris specie roborisque amplitudine, ditavit animalibus. Illa in sanctissima Martyrum corpora, spectante laeta Romuli plebe, spectatoribus non dissimilia Lybica immisit monstra. Fuit eadem Africa, quae non vulpes solum, doli plenum

Africa always brings something new. She, bristling with wilderness, the nurse of wild beasts, enriched the schools of beasts and the shows of the Romans of old with a thousand animals, of diverse kinds of horror and of hugeness of strength. She, while the plebs of Romulus looked on rejoicing, let loose against the most holy bodies of the Martyrs Libyan monsters not unlike the spectators. It was the same Africa which not only foxes, a breed full of guile,

Editors' notes and page, col. 249

Page

running head: LECTORI CANDIDO. (page head across cols 249–250; col. numeral 249)
marginal letters: A ‹quae veram vivamque vocem› (end of Proverbiales, previous unit); B ‹CAPUT I. De iniquitate judicandi.›; C ‹CAP. XVII. De Deo.›; D ‹Semper Africa novi aliquid.›
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: POINTER: the column opens with the last lines of the Proverbiales (no. 189 ends 'vocis et vitae expertes.'); the Proverbiales end in col 250 at no. 190 ('rei demonstratae obscuritatem.'), not set here. Then, before the Lectori, a full-width caption and two-column list 'ARGUMENTA CAPITUM' (chapters I–L of the Apologeticus, Havercamp's), cols 249–250. Ray NR-012 (2026-10-05) gives the list to the apologeticus unit as editors' matter: pointer only here, not set; the apologeticus unit sets it. The Lectori begins below it, col 249 lower, with its full-width title. settle: full_width p. 147 (both captions cut by the column crops; read whole from crops 249 and 250, set once here). The Lectori text is printed in italic; no markup.

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genus, triste malum uvis, protuberantibus primum in Ecclesia Christiana vitibus, procreavit; sed et metuendos dentibus apros, vineta ipsa effodientes, horre⟨n⟩dum rugientes leones, immitesque ursos subministra⟨vi⟩t. At vero sicut ad temperandam Urbis Aeternae, q⟨uae⟩ falso nomine sibi blandiebatur Roma, laetitiam, Afri praesertim efflagitabantur venatores, qui, viribus valentes,

a grim bane to grapes, brought forth when the vines were first putting out shoots in the Christian Church, but also supplied boars to be feared for their tusks, rooting up the very vineyards, lions roaring horribly, and savage bears. But just as, for tempering the joy of the Eternal City, by which name Rome falsely flattered herself, African hunters above all were demanded, who, strong in their might,

Editors' notes and page, col. 250

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running head: LECTORI CANDIDO. (page head across cols 249–250; col. numeral 250)
marginal letters: A ‹190. Umbram sine lumine colorare› (Proverbiales, previous unit); B ‹XXV. De Religiositate Romanorum.›; C ‹XLIII. De Lenocinio.›; D ‹genus, triste malum uvis›
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: POINTER: column opens with Proverbiales no. 190 ('Umbram sine lumine colorare' … 'rei demonstratae obscuritatem.'), the end of the Proverbiales; not set. Then the right half of the ARGUMENTA CAPITUM list (XXV–L), pointer only, given to the apologeticus unit by Ray NR-012 (2026-10-05); then the Lectori title (set once in col 249) and the Lectori text. Damaged type: 'horre dum' (gap) set horre⟨n⟩dum; 'subministra:i' set subministra⟨vi⟩t; 'q.x' set q⟨uae⟩. 'De Regno Dei' printed without stop.

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Editors' notes and page, col. 251