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Cyprianus, Epistolae LXX-LXXXIII, cum epistola Cornelii papae

Letters LXXVIII–LXXX

EPISTOLA LXXVIII.

Letter 78.

(Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXVIII. Paris., Oxon., Lips., LXXXII.)

(Pamelius, Rigault, Baluze, 78; Paris, Oxford, Leipzig, 82.)

NEMESIANI, DATIVI, FELICIS ET VICTORIS RESPONSUM AD CYPRIANUM.

The reply of Nemesianus, Dativus, Felix and Victor to Cyprian.

ARGUMENTUM. — Epistola haec et duae sequentes nihil aliud quam responsa continent ad epistolam praecedentem, utpote quae gratiarum actionem continent, tum pro consolatione litteraria,tum pro subsidio una misso. Ex eo autem quod tres diversae epistolae rescriptae sunt ad unicam Cypriani, colligere est in diversis metalli fodinis constitutos fuisse episcopos qui eas scribunt. Quod confirmat Epistola LXXX, ubi certi metalli fit mentio.

Argument. This letter and the two following contain nothing other than replies to the preceding letter, inasmuch as they contain an expression of thanks, both for the consolation by letter and for the aid sent along with it. Moreover, from the fact that three different letters were written back in reply to a single one of Cyprian's, one may gather that the bishops who write them had been placed in different pits of the mines. This is confirmed by Letter 80, where mention is made of a particular mine.

I. Cypriano fratri Nemesianus, Dativus Felix, et Victor in Domino aeternam salutem. Semper magnis sensibus pro temporis conditione litteris tuis locutus es, Cypriane dilectissime; quibus assidue lectis et pravi corriguntur et bonae fidei homines corroborantur. Dum enim non desinis tractatibus tuis sacramenta nudare, sic nos in fide facis crescere et de saeculo homines ad credulitatem accedere. Nam quaecumque bona in multis libris tuis intulisti, nescius ipsum te nobis designasti; es enim omnibus hominibus in tractatu major, in sermone facundior, in consilio sapientior, in patientia simplicior, in operibus largior, in abstinentia sanctior, in obsequio humilior, et in actu bono innocentior. Scis ei ipse, charissime, nostrum optabile votum esse quod te videamus, doctorem et amatorem nostrum, ad coronam magnae confessionis pervenisse.

I. To Cyprian their brother, Nemesianus, Dativus Felix and Victor, eternal greeting in the Lord. You have always spoken in your letters with great understanding, as befitted the condition of the time, most beloved Cyprian; and by their constant reading both the wicked are corrected and men of good faith are strengthened. For while you do not cease to lay bare the sacraments in your treatises, you thus make us grow in faith, and men from the world come to belief. For whatever good things you have set forth in your many books, without knowing it you have portrayed yourself to us; for you are, beyond all men, greater in discourse, more eloquent in speech, wiser in counsel, more simple in patience, more generous in works, holier in abstinence, humbler in obedience, and more innocent in good action. You yourself know, dearest one, that our longed-for wish is that we may see you, our teacher and our lover, attain to the crown of a great confession.

Editors' notes and page, col. 420

Footnotes

(c) ‹anchor: not visible› · call in col 420

Fidem Voss. 2.

"Fidem" (faith), Vossianus 2.

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(d) ‹anchor: es enim› · call in col 420

Etenim omnibus NC. 2.

"Etenim omnibus" (for indeed … than all), New College 2.

STEPH. BALUZII NOTÆ.

NOTES OF ÉTIENNE BALUZE.

[Baluze] ‹anchor: Gemina› · col 419 VI. — Gemina. Ita veteres editiones, quatuordecim libri nostri, et septem Anglicani. Alia lectio, quæ habet geminata, quam Erasmus invexit, Manutius et Morellius retinuerunt, exstat in quinque codicibus antiquis.

VI. — "Twin." So the old editions, fourteen of our manuscripts and seven English ones. The other reading, "geminata" (doubled), which Erasmus brought in and Manutius and Morel kept, is found in five ancient manuscripts.

[Baluze] ‹anchor: In pueris quoque› · col 419 In pueris quoque. Infra Epist. lxxxi, pag. 164, Pueros etiam vobis gloriosa confessione sociavit divina dignatio. Multa virtutis ac fidei puerorum exempla nobis subministrat antiquitas. Ex multis quæ proferri possent afferam tantum nonnulla illustriora. Apud Eusebium videmus Pontium quindecim annorum puerum martyrio affectum cum Blandina martyre Lugdunensi, et Dioscorum quindecim quoque annorum puerum sub Decio multa passum apud Alexandriam pro nomine Christi. Prudentius in Carmine de sancto Romano martyre Antiocheno, celebrat incredibilem fere constantiam pueri adhuc lactentis. In Actis Martyrum Donatistarum editis in libro secundo miscellaneorum nostrorum pag. 70, cap. 15, mentio est Hilariani parvuli fortiter passi pro nomine Christi. Victor Vitensis commemorat filium cujusdam nobilis Carthaginensis annorum circiter septem post multos cruciatus demersum in gurgite. In Passione vero beatissimorum Martyrum 519 qui vi nonas julii passi sunt apud Carthaginem sub Hunerico rege Vandalorum nominatur infantulus nomine Maximus cum illis excruciatus et extinctus. Sufficiunt hæc exempla.

"In children too." Below, Letter 81, p. 164: "The divine favour has joined even children to you in a glorious confession." Antiquity supplies us with many examples of the courage and faith of children. Of the many that could be brought forward I will cite only some of the more famous. In Eusebius we see Ponticus, a boy of fifteen, given martyrdom with Blandina, the martyr of Lyons, and Dioscorus, also a boy of fifteen, suffering much at Alexandria under Decius for the name of Christ. Prudentius, in his poem on Saint Romanus, martyr of Antioch, celebrates the almost incredible constancy of a child still at the breast. In the Acts of the Donatist Martyrs, published in the second book of our Miscellanea, p. 70, ch. 15, mention is made of little Hilarianus, who suffered bravely for the name of Christ. Victor of Vita records the son of a certain noble of Carthage, about seven years old, plunged into a whirlpool after many torments. And in the Passion of the most blessed Martyrs [p. 519] who suffered at Carthage on the sixth day before the Nones of July under Huneric, king of the Vandals, a little child named Maximus is mentioned, tortured and put to death with them. These examples are enough.

[Baluze] ‹anchor: Exultantia› · col 420 Exultantia. Quinque libri veteres præferunt exultatio.

"Exultation." Five old manuscripts have "exultatio".

[Baluze] ‹anchor: De judicio Dei› · col 420 De judicio Dei. Quamvis hanc lectionem non invenerim nisi in tribus libris veteribus, non dubito tamen quin sit melior quam ea quæ habet de judicii die. Et tamen illa exstat in pluribus antiquis codicibus. Quod ideo annoto ut si quis illam præferat, sciat se posse facere cum auctoritate.

"Of the judgement of God." Although I have found this reading in only three old manuscripts, I do not doubt that it is better than the one that has "de judicii die" (of the day of judgement). And yet that one occurs in several ancient manuscripts. I note this so that anyone who prefers it may know he can do so with authority.

[Baluze] ‹anchor: In metallis› · col 420 In metallis. Ita veteres editiones et xxvii libri veteres. Rufinus lib. vii, cap. 7, in metalla destinatos, et lib. iv, cap. 23, per metalla fratribus relegatis. Manutius posuit in metallo.

"In the mines." So the old editions and twenty-seven old manuscripts. Rufinus, Book 7, ch. 7: "sent to the mines"; and Book 4, ch. 23: "to the brethren banished to the mines." Manutius printed "in metallo" (in the mine).

[Baluze] ‹anchor: Et amatorem› · col 420 Epist. lxxviii. — I. Et amatorem. Ista duo vocabula non habentur in editione Manutii, qui primus hanc epistolam edidit. Desunt etiam in codice Moyssiacensi, in Fuxensi, et in Lamoniano. Exstant autem in pluribus aliis antiquis, etiam in Veronensi et in editione Morelliana. Emendabo autem, data occasione, locum valde mendosum in Epistola xxxv Aviti episcopi Viennensis, qui sic habet: Nam per majorem domus Tellii, qui amorem tuum Dominum meum Sigismundum a patre tuo, etc. Multum torsit hic locus virum præstantissimum Jacobum Sirmondum. Neque id hercle injuria. At si Sirmondus vidisset veterem librum Petri Marnæsii senatoris Gratianopolitani, nullum in explicatione hujus loci laborem habuisset. Sic enim scriptum est in libro illo veteri: Nam per majorem domus tuæ, qui damnatorem domnum meum (continues)

Letter 78. — I. "And lover." These two words are not in the edition of Manutius, who first published this letter. They are missing also in the Moissac manuscript, the Foix one and Lamoignon's. But they are found in several other ancient ones, including the Verona manuscript, and in Morel's edition. I will take the occasion to correct a badly corrupt passage in Letter 35 of Avitus, bishop of Vienne, which reads thus: "For through the mayor of the house of Tellius, who your love my Lord Sigismund from your father," etc. This passage much tormented that most excellent man Jacques Sirmond — and, by Hercules, not without cause. But had Sirmond seen the old book of Pierre Marnais, senator of Grenoble, he would have had no labour in explaining it. For in that old book it is written thus: "For through the mayor of your house, who the condemner my lord (continues)

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running head: [cut off at left] DIVI CYPRIANI 420
marginal letters: A EPISTOLA LXXVIII.; B I. Cypriano fratri Nemesianus; C mus, doctorem et amatorem nostrum; D tius posuit in metallo (in Baluze's notes)
old-edition numerals: (none)

II. Nam, quasi bonus et verus doctor, quid no⟨s⟩ discipuli secuti apud praesidem dicere deberemus, prior apud acta proconsulis pronuntiasti, et tuba canens Dei milites, coelestibus armis instructos, ad congressionis praelium excitasti, et in acie prima pugnans spiritali gladio diabolum interfecisti, agmina quoque fratrum hinc et inde verbis tuis composuisti, ut insidiae inimico undique tenderentur, et cadaveris ipsius publici hostis nervi concisi calcarentur. Crede nobis, charissime, quoniam non est a centesimo praemio minor tua innocens anima, quae nec saeculi primos impetus timuit, nec ire in exsilium recusavit, nec relinquere civitatem dubitavit, nec in deserto loco commorari horruit; et, quoniam multis documentum confessionis dedit, ipsa martyrum prior duxit. Alios enim ad martyria facienda exemplo suo provocavit; et non tantum martyrum de saeculo jam excedentium socia esse coepit, sed cum et futuris coelestem amicitiam copulavit.

II. For, as a good and true teacher, you first declared in the proconsul's court record what we, the disciples following you, ought to say before the governor; and, sounding the trumpet, you roused God's soldiers, equipped with heavenly arms, to the battle of the encounter; and, fighting in the front line, you slew the devil with the spiritual sword; you also drew up the ranks of the brethren on this side and that with your words, so that snares might be laid for the enemy on every side, and the severed sinews of the very corpse of the public foe might be trampled underfoot. Believe us, dearest one, that your innocent soul is not less than the hundredfold reward, for it neither feared the first onsets of the world, nor refused to go into exile, nor hesitated to leave the city, nor shrank from dwelling in a desert place; and, since it gave to many a pattern of confession, it itself was the first to lead the way of the martyrs. For by its example it called forth others to undergo martyrdom; and it has not only begun to be the companion of the martyrs already departing from the world, but has also joined a heavenly friendship with those who are to come.

III. Agunt ergo tibi nobiscum damnati maximas apud Deum gratias, Cypriane dilectissime, quod litteris tuis laborantia pectora recreasti, fustibus vulnerata membra curasti, compedibus pedes ligatos resolvisti, semitonsis capitis capillaturam adaequasti, tenebras carceris illuminasti, montes metalli in planum deduxisti, naribus etiam fragrantes, flores imposuisti, et tetrum odorem fumi exclusisti. Fecit autem et prosecutum ministerium tuum et Quirini dilectissimi nostri quod per Herennianum hypodiaconum, et Lucianum et Maximum et Amantium acolytos distribuendum misisti quaecumque necessitatibus corporum defuerant expediri. Simus ergo orationibus nostris alterutrum adjutores, et rogemus, sicut mandasti, ut Deum et Christum et Angelos in omnibus actibus nostris habeamus fautores. Optamus

III. Therefore those condemned with us give you the greatest thanks before God, most beloved Cyprian, because by your letter you have refreshed labouring hearts, healed limbs wounded by cudgels, loosed feet bound with fetters, evened the hair of the half-shorn head, lit up the darkness of the prison, brought down the mountains of the mine to a plain, also set fragrant flowers to our nostrils, and shut out the foul smell of the smoke. Moreover, your ministry following upon this, and that of our most beloved Quirinus, which you sent to be distributed through Herennianus the subdeacon, and Lucianus and Maximus and Amantius the acolytes, caused whatever had been lacking for the needs of our bodies to be supplied. Let us therefore be helpers of one another in our prayers, and let us ask, as you have bidden, that we may have God and Christ and the angels as supporters in all our actions. We desire

Editors' notes and page, col. 421

Footnotes

LECTIONES VARIANTES.

VARIANT READINGS.

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(a) ‹anchor: not visible› · call in col 421

Morari Lin. NC. 2.

"Morari" (to stay), Lincoln, New College 2.

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(b) ‹anchor: semitonsis capitis› · call in col 421

Capitibus Lin.

"Capitibus" (heads), Lincoln.

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(c) ‹anchor: naribus etiam fragrantes› · call in col 421

Flagrantibus Voss. 2.

"Flagrantibus" (burning), Vossianus 2.

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(d) ‹anchor: fumi exclusisti› · call in col 421

Discussisti Pem. NC. 2. Voss. 2.

"Discussisti" (you dispelled), Pembroke, New College 2, Vossianus 2.

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(e) ‹anchor: distribuendum misisti› · call in col 421

Mandasti Pem.

"Mandasti" (you entrusted), Pembroke.

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(f) ‹anchor: not visible› · call in col 421

In congressione Ar., et ad congressionem Lam. Bod. 2.

"In congressione" (in the encounter), Arundel; and "ad congressionem" (to the encounter), Lambeth, Bodleian 2.

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running head: 421 EPISTOLA LXX (cut off at the right edge of the image)
marginal letters: A ‹II. Nam, quasi bonus et verus doctor›; B ‹Alios enim ad martyria facienda exemplo suo provo-›; C ‹lytos distribuendum misisti quaecumque necessita-›; D ‹est amatorem pro damnatorem› (in the Baluze notes)
old-edition numerals: (none)

te, domine frater, semper bene valere et nostri meminisse. Saluta omnes qui tecum sunt. Omnes nostri qui nobiscum sunt te amant et salutant, et videre desiderant.

you, lord brother, always to fare well and to remember us. Greet all who are with you. All of ours who are with us love and greet you, and long to see you.

EPISTOLA LXXIX.

Letter 79.

(Erasm., IV, 7. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXIX. Paris., Oxon., Lips., LXXVIII.)

(Erasmus, 4, 7; Pamelius, Rigault, Baluze, 79; Paris, Oxford, Leipzig, 78.)

AD EUMDEM LUCII ET CAETERORUM MARTYRUM RESPONSUM.

To the same, the reply of Lucius and the other martyrs.

ARGUMENTI esse ejusdem cum praecedenti, verba ipsa epistolae demonstrant, atque adeo non Lucii Romani Pontificis, sed Lucii martyris et episcopi Africani epistola est, multo minus autem Cypriani ad Lucium Papam.

That it is of the same argument as the preceding, the very words of the letter demonstrate, and so it is the letter not of Lucius the Roman Pontiff but of Lucius the martyr and African bishop, and much less is it Cyprian's to Pope Lucius.

I. Cypriano fratri et collegae, Lucius et qui mecum sunt fratres, omnes in Domino salutem. Exultantibus nobis et laetantibus in Deo quod nos ad congressionem armaverit et in praelio victores sua dignatione fecerit, supervenerunt litterae tuae, frater charissime, quas per Herennianum hypodiaconum et Lucianum et Maximum et Amantium acolythos misisti nobis; quibus lectis, recipimus in vinculis laxamentum, in pressura solatium et in necessitate praesidium, et excitati sumus et robustius animati ad si quid amplius fuerit poenarum. Nam ante passionem a te sumus ad gloriam provocati, qui prior nobis ducatum ad confessionem nominis Christi praebuisti. Nos vero, secuti vestigia confessionis tuae, parem gratiam tecum speramus. Nam qui prior est in cursu prior est et ad praemium; et qui prior occupasti de quo coepisti, inde hoc nobis communicasti, demonstrans scilicet individuam charitatem, quia semper nos dilexisti; ut quibus unus fuit spiritus in conjunctione

I. To Cyprian, brother and colleague, Lucius and the brethren who are with me, all [send] greeting in the Lord. While we were exulting and rejoicing in God that He had armed us for the encounter and by His condescension had made us victors in the battle, your letter arrived, dearest brother, which you sent us through Herennianus the subdeacon and Lucianus and Maximus and Amantius the acolytes; and when it had been read, we received relief in our chains, solace in our affliction and help in our need, and we were roused and more stoutly encouraged for whatever further punishments there may be. For before our suffering we were called forth by you to glory, you who first offered us leadership towards the confession of the name of Christ. We, for our part, having followed the footsteps of your confession, hope for equal grace with you. For he who is first in the race is first also for the prize; and you, who first took hold of that from which you began, have from there communicated this to us, showing indeed an undivided charity, because you have always loved us; so that for those who had one spirit in the bond

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Footnotes

(g) ‹anchor: recipimus› · call in col 422

Recepimus Oxon.

"Recepimus" (we received), Oxford edition.

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(h) ‹anchor: excitati› · call in col 422

Exercitati Ar. NC. 1.

"Exercitati" (exercised), Arundel, New College 1.

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(i) ‹anchor: nobis ducatum … præbuisti› · call in col 422

Tribuisti Bod. 2. NC. 1. Ebor.

"Tribuisti" (you granted), Bodleian 2, New College 1, York.

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(j) ‹anchor: individuam charitatem› · call in col 422

Inde eamdem NC. demonstrationem scilicet individuæ charitatis Ar. Voss. 2. Lin. Bod. Demonstrasti scilicet individuam Pem.

"Inde eamdem" (thence the same), New College; "demonstrationem scilicet individuae charitatis" (namely the demonstration of undivided charity), Arundel, Vossianus 2, Lincoln, Bodleian; "Demonstrasti scilicet individuam" (you have shown, namely, undivided [charity]), Pembroke.

STEPH. BALUZII NOTÆ.

NOTES OF ÉTIENNE BALUZE.

[Baluze, continued] ‹anchor: Et amatorem (lemma on previous page)› · col 421

(continued) Sigismundum a patre tuo, etc. Ubi tamen reponendum est amatorem pro damnatorem. Similis emendatio fortassis adhibenda est Epistolæ xi Nicolai Papæ I, in qua legitur: Apparet te minus saluti communi quam sorti privatæ intendere. Nam in veteri codice ms. monasterii sancti Remigii Remensis scriptum est quam amori privato.

[Baluze] ‹anchor: Cadaveris› · col 421 II. —Cadaveris. Duo libri veteres habent cadavera ipsius publici hostis et nervi concisi calcarentur. Sic etiam tres Anglicani. Ita quoque habuisse Veronensem omnium antiquissimum mihi compertum est. His auctoritatibus fultus constitui veram lectionem. Nam præterea certum est non esse plura cadavera in uno hoste.

II. — "Of the corpse." Two old manuscripts have "cadavera ipsius publici hostis et nervi concisi calcarentur" (that the corpses of the public enemy himself and his cut sinews be trampled). So too three English ones. I have found that the Verona manuscript, the most ancient of all, also had this. Supported by these authorities I have established the true reading. For besides, it is certain that there are not several corpses in one enemy.

[Baluze] ‹anchor: Per Herennianum› · col 421 III.—Per Herennianum. Codex Remensis sancti Dionysii, per Felicem Herennianum hypodiaconum et Lucianum et Maximum et Augustum et Amandum presbyterum distribuendam, etc. Sic etiam ferme in duobus Anglicanis. Hunc Herennianum Baronius putat illum esse per quem Cyprianus, cum esset exul, pecuniarum subsidia misit ad confessores ad metalla damnatos.

III. — "Through Herennianus." The manuscript of Saint-Denis at Reims: "to be distributed through Felix Herennianus the subdeacon and Lucianus and Maximus and Augustus and Amandus the presbyter," etc. Almost the same in two English manuscripts. Baronius thinks this Herennianus is the one through whom Cyprian, when he was in exile, sent help in money to the confessors condemned to the mines.

[Baluze] ‹anchor: Epist. LXXIX› · col 422 Epist. lxxix. — Difficile est certo definire an hæc epistola Cypriani sit, an vero Lucii, quamvis videatur esse Cypriani potius quam Lucii. In tribus enim antiquis codicibus dicitur scripta a Cypriano ad Lucium et qui cum eo sunt, in aliis vero Lucii ad Cyprianum. Duo autem tribuunt Lucio episcopo Romano. Existimat tamen Pamelius hunc Lucium esse diversum ab eo qui fuit episcopus Romanus. Ea vero Pamelii opinio hinc confirmari posse videtur quod si epistola ista est Cypriani, cum missa sit per eosdem qui attulerant eam quæ scripta est ad Nemesianum, missa videtur in Africam ad quemdam Lucium. Certe in Epistola lxxvii Cypriani ad Martyres in metallo constitutos, pag. 158, Lucius nominatur inter episcopos Afros ad quos ea scripta est.

Letter 79. — It is hard to determine with certainty whether this letter is Cyprian's or Lucius's, though it seems to be Cyprian's rather than Lucius's. For in three ancient manuscripts it is said to be written by Cyprian to Lucius and those with him, but in others by Lucius to Cyprian. Two ascribe it to Lucius, bishop of Rome. Pamelius, however, judges that this Lucius is different from the one who was bishop of Rome. And Pamelius's opinion seems confirmable from this: if the letter is Cyprian's, since it was sent by the same men who had brought the one written to Nemesianus, it seems to have been sent to a certain Lucius in Africa. Certainly in Cyprian's Letter 77, to the Martyrs placed in the mines, p. 158, a Lucius is named among the African bishops to whom it was written.

[Baluze] ‹anchor: Parem gratiam› · col 422 I.— Parem gratiam. Duo libri veteres habent parem gloriam.

I. — "Equal grace." Two old manuscripts have "parem gloriam" (equal glory).

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running head: EPISTOLA LXXIX.
marginal letters: A ‹te, domine frater›; B ‹in the gap between "Papam." and "I. Cypriano fratri"›; C ‹tiam tecum speramus›; D ‹in the Baluze notes, beside "natos.", below the text block›
old-edition numerals: 162 (superior figure) after ‹te, domine frater›
footnote calls: (f) stands in this column at ‹ad congressionem›; its footnote is set in n421 (which gives its call as col 421, anchor not visible), to be corrected there
other: "in Deo" looks like "Doo" in the blurred image, taken as worn type, UNSURE; full-width headings "LECTIONES VARIANTES" and "H. BALUZII NOTAE" at the page foot not set (apparatus, later pass); editors' matter set: the edition-concordance line (Erasm., IV, 7 ...) and the Argument (ARGUMENTI esse ejusdem ...); column begins mid-sentence with "te" and ends mid-sentence with "conjunctione"

pacis, esset precum tuarum gratia et una corona confessionis.

of peace, there would be the grace of your prayers and the one crown of confession.

II. Accessit autem tibi, frater charissime, ad confessionis coronam retributio operum abundans mensura, quam accipies a Domino in die remunerationis, qui et te nobis litteris tuis repraesentasti, ut pectus illud tuum candidum et beatum, quod semper novimus, manifestares, et secundum latitudinem ejus nobiscum laudes Deo diceres, non quantum nos meremur audire, sed quantum tu potes dicere. Tuis enim vocibus et quae minus in nobis instructa erant exornasti et confirmasti ad sustentationem earumdem passionum quas patimur, securi de praemio coelesti et de corona martyrii et de regno Dei, ex prophetia quam litteris tuis Spiritu sancto plenus spopondisti. Hoc totum fiet, dilectissime, si nos orationibus tuis in mente habueris, quod te facere confido, sicut et nos utique facimus.

II. Moreover, most dear brother, there has been added to you, besides the crown of confession, the reward of works in abundant measure, which you will receive from the Lord on the day of recompense, you who have also presented yourself to us in your letter, so that you might make manifest that pure and blessed heart of yours, which we have always known, and in accordance with its breadth might speak praises to God together with us, not as much as we deserve to hear, but as much as you are able to say. For by your words you have both adorned the things that were less well furnished in us and strengthened [us] for sustaining the same sufferings that we endure, secure of the heavenly reward and of the crown of martyrdom and of the kingdom of God, from the prophecy which, full of the Holy Spirit, you pledged in your letter. All this will come to pass, most beloved, if you keep us in mind in your prayers, which I trust you do, just as we too certainly do.

III. Accepimus itaque, frater desiderantissime, id quod a Quirino et a te ipso misisti sacrificium ex omni opere mundo. Sicut et Noe obtulit Deo, et delectatus est Deus in odorem suavitatis, et respexit in sacrificium ejus, ita et in vestrum respiciat et delectetur reddere vobis hujus tam boni operis mercedem. Peto autem ut litteras quas ad Quirinum fecimus transmitti praecipias. Opto te, frater charissime ac desiderantissime, semper bene valere et nostri meminisse. Saluta omnes qui tecum sunt. Vale.

III. We have therefore received, most longed-for brother, what you sent through Quirinus and from yourself, a sacrifice clean from every work. Just as Noah too offered to God, and God was delighted in an odour of sweetness, and had regard to his sacrifice, so may He also have regard to yours and be pleased to render to you the reward of so good a work. I ask, moreover, that you order the letter which we have written to Quirinus to be forwarded. I wish you, most dear and most longed-for brother, always to fare well and to remember us. Greet all who are with you. Farewell.

EPISTOLA LXXX.

Letter 80.

(Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXX. Paris., Oxon., Lips., LXXIX.)

(Pamelius, Rigault, Baluze, 80; Paris, Oxford, Leipzig, 79.)

FELICIS, JADERIS, POLIANI, ET CAETERORUM MARTYRUM RESPONSUM AD CYPRIANUM.

Reply of Felix, Jader, Polianus and the other martyrs to Cyprian.

Argumentum. — Martyres supra dicti subsidium a Cypriano transmissum grati agnoscunt.

Argument. — The martyrs named above gratefully acknowledge the aid sent by Cyprian.

Cypriano charissimo et dilectissimo Felix, Jader,

To Cyprian, most dear and most beloved, Felix, Jader,

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Footnotes

LECTIONES VARIANTES.

VARIANT READINGS.

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Unitarum Oxon.

"Unitarum" (of the united), Oxford edition.

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Hoc tamen Ar. Tantum Bod. 2.

"Hoc tamen" (this however), Arundel; "Tantum" (only), Bodleian 2.

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Vestrum add. Lin. NC. 2.

"Vestrum" (your) added by Lincoln, New College 2.

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Respiciet et delectabitur. Ver. Reddens Lin. NC. 2.

"Respiciet et delectabitur" (he will look upon it and be delighted), Verona; "Reddens" (rendering), Lincoln, New College 2.

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Cyrinum Ver.

"Cyrinum" (Cyrinus), Verona.

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Præcipias. Vale Sem. Voss. 2. Bod. 1.

"Praecipias. Vale" (you would order. Farewell), Sem., Vossianus 2, Bodleian 1.

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running head: DIVI CYPRIANI
marginal letters: A ‹confessionis.›; B ‹in mente habueris, quod te facere confido›; C ‹EPISTOLA LXXX.›; D ‹stri, et duo Anglicani› (in Baluze's notes at the page foot)
old-edition numerals: 163 before ‹EPISTOLA LXXX.›; 510 before ‹Epist. LXXX.› in Baluze's notes (not set here)
other: "confirmasti" and "confido" look like "coufirmasti"/"coufido" in the scan, read as a worn n, not as misprints; "spopondisti" shows a stray mark or damaged type mid-word; "coelesti" is printed with the œ ligature; editors' matter set: concordance line "(Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXX…)" and the Argumentum "Martyres supra dicti…"; Lectiones variantes and Steph. Baluzii notae at the page foot are not set (later pass); the "LECTIONES VARIANTES" and "STEPH. BALUZII NOTAE" headings run across both columns at the page foot and are not set