1 Dedicatory epistle Addressed to John Dudley, first Duke of Northumberland (created 1551). A dedicated Protestant, he led the government for Edward VI during his minority for the period 1550 - 1553, and then was executed for treason for attempting to install Lady Jane Grey on the throne in lieu of Mary Tudor. Unless Polydore was such an Italian that he clung to the Gregorian calendar, this letter must have been written during the final week of 1553, since according to the Julian calendar 1553 had only commenced on the 25t of the month. The reference below to his “martial glory” alludes to his defense of the city while serving as governor of Boulogne in 1544 and command of the English fleet in the Battle of the Solent in 1545.
libro Officiorum primo De Officiis I.vii.23.
2 Ita Iacob Joseph’s oath is actually mentioned at Genesis 50:5.
2 At Caius iurisconsultus Digesta XII.2.31
2 ut est Psal. 109 Psalm 109 [110 K. J. V.]:4.
2 Item Geneseos libro capite 22 Genesis 22:16.
2 Auctor Hieremias capite 4 Jeremiah 4:2.
2 veluti perhibet divus Hieronymus Jerome, Commentaries on Jeremiah I.iv (vol. XXIV, col. 0706B Migne).
2 teste Dionysio Halicarnasseo I can find no such statement in Dionysius’ Roman Antiquities.
2 Cicero in Academecis quaestionibus Academica lxv.12.
2 apud Ovidium Heroides xiii.159f.
3 ubi Blepharo inquit There is no such line in modern texts of the Amphitryo.
3 ut Cicero ad Atticum Epistulae ad Atticum XVI.xiii.1; ib. IV.xvii.5.
3 epistola priore ad Timotheum An exceedingly free paraphrase of 1 Timothy 6:13. Also periphrastic is his quotation of 1 Corinthians 15:31 below. More accurate (although not completely so) are his quotations of Galatians 1:20 and Romans 1:9.
3 Polydoro nostro De Inventoribus Rerum IV.viii.
4 titulo de iureiurando Digesta XII.2.0.
4 ut est apud Vegetium De Re Militari II.v.
6 apud Matthaeum evangelistam Matthew 5:34.
6 Ex quo Hieronymus See the note on §2 above. The following quotation is from Jerome’s Commentaria in Evangelium Matthaei I. (vol. XXVI, col. 0040B Migne).
6 Exodo capite 22 Exodus 22:10 - 11.
7 sicut divus Ambrosius sentit Epistle xvii.6 (a memorial to the emperor, delivered by Symmachus but drafted by Ambrose).
7 luculenter Augustinus De Sermone in Monte I.xvii (vol. XXXIV, col. 1255 Migne).
8 nec Hieronymus dissimile sentit Jerome, Commentarii in evangelium Mathhaei I.xxx (vol. XXVI, col. 0039D Migne). The quotation immediately following is Deuteronomy 6:13.
8 haud obscure ex Levitico Leviticus 19:12 (as embroidered by Polydore).
8 Paulus intellexit 1 Corinthians 15:31.
9 Pauli ad Galatas Galatians 1:20.
9 Augustini testimonio Epistulae ad Galatas Expositio Praefatio 9 (vol. XXXV, col. 2110 Migne), somewhat paraphrased.
10 teste Augustino Epistle LXVII.2 (vol. XXXIII, col. 0185 Migne).
11 malim Ambrosium De Cain et Abel I.43 (vol. XIV, col. 0338A Migne).
12 ut divus ait Augustinus Enchiridion xviii (vol. XL, col. 024 Migne). Polydore’s Dialogus de Veritate et Mendacio centers around this single thesis.
12 ut apud Augustinum Ib. 2 (vol. XXXIII, col. 0184 Migne).
13 Ciceronis distinctio De Officiis III.cvii.4.
13 Scite enim Euripides Hippolytus 612.
14 apud Sauromatas An Iranian nation of antiquity, mentioned as a representative example of a wild and uncouth people.
15 apud Matthaeo ex Levitico Matthew 5:33, citing Leviticus 19:12.
15 ut Cicero eodem libro De Officiis III.cvii - cviii.
15 apud Livium Periochae librorum XVIII.18.
15 libro Codicis secundo Corpus Iuris Civilis II.19.0.
15 Iepthe Galladites princeps The story is told at Judges 10 - 12.
16 teste Cicero De Legibus II.xli.12.
17 sicuti in Exodo capite 13 scribitur Exodus 13:13.
19 ut libro Codicis Quarto Codex Iuris Civilis IV.i.2.
20 in primo Regum libro I. e., 1 Samuel 25.
22 qui ita Abigail affatus est Ib. 25: 32 - 34. The following quote is verse 22 of the same chapter.
23 quod est capite 33 Ezechiel 33:11.
24 Iosephus libro Antiquitatum decimo Joseph tells the story at Jewish Antiquities X.vii.
24 sicut Ezechiel fore nuntiaverat Exechiel 17:15. The following quotation is from Jerome’s commentary on Ezechiel V. (vol. XXV, col. 0163C Migne).
25 per apostolum ad Hebraeos Hebrews 10:31.
26 sicut in Anglica est Historia Polydore devoted Book XXV of the Anglica Historia to the reign of Richard III.
26 veluti est in allegoria evangelica proverbiali Luke 23:31 (Polydore’s Adagiorum Libellus B208).
28 apud Cicero De Legibus libro II De Legibus II.xxii.12.
28 ut apostolus ad Romanos ait Romans 13:7.
30 apud Lucam Luke 12:35 - 48 (also Matthew 24:42 - 51 and Mark 13:34 - 37).
31 in libro primo Codicis Cidex I.45.
34 scitum apostoli Pauli Romans 2:25.
35 quemadmodum in proverbio est Cf., evidently, Erasmus, Adagiorum Chiliades I.viii.27, Graeca fide.
37 Sic libro Digestorum 12 Digesta XII.2.13..6
39 teste Cicerone De Officiis III.lxv.5.
40 Quod Cicero vocat Ib. III.xci.5.
41 sane apud Platonem Laws XI p. p917D Stephanus
41 libro IV Digestorum et XLVIII It is not clear what passage in Book IV is intended. In any event, the crucial item is ib. XLVIII.10.32.1
41 in Codicis iuris civilis libro X Corpus Iuris Civilis X.26.1.
43 Exodi capite 24 Exodus 24:1 - 3.
43 Ezechiel in extremo decimosexto capite Ezechiel 16:59 et seqq. (verses which have nothing to do with the present episode).
43 evangelistam Ioannem Polydore’s mistake: the proper reference is Matthew 27:22 - 26 (abridged).
44 libro De Prodigiis secundo Dialogus de Prodigiis II.5.
44 in Anglorum annalibus Cf. Polydore’s Anglica Historia VIII.5ff. “Canute III” is usually remembered under the name Harthacanute.
48 non plus quam The text should of course have minus, but since this seems to be Polydore’s own mistake I have let it stand.