re (1453?-1530), at this time a Judge of Common Pleas,
promoted to the King's Bench in 1523.

[84] Jane Colt (_c._ 1487-1511).

[85] More's second daughter was Elizabeth; Alice was the name of his
stepdaughter.

[86] Alice Middleton.

[87] A group portrait of Sir Thomas More with his entire family was
painted by Hans Holbein about 1527-8 at More's house in Chelsea. It was
commissioned from the artist at the recommendation of Erasmus. The
original has been lost; see Plate XXIX and p. 260.

[88] More was elected Under-Sheriff, 1510.

[89] W. Pirckheimer (1470-1530), humanist. After studying law and Greek
in Italy he settled at Nuremberg. Some of his works were illustrated by
Duerer.

[90] Alexander Stewart (_c._ 1493-1513), natural son of James IV of
Scotland, fell at Flodden. Erasmus was his tutor in Italy in 1508-9. For
details of this ring see p. 247 f.

[91] Duerer made three portraits of him, two drawings (now in Berlin and
in Brunswick) and an engraving.

[92] The Greek sculptor, _c._ 350 B.C. In a letter to Pirckheimer dated
8 January 1523-4 (Allen 1408, 29 n.) Erasmus appears dissatisfied with
the reverse of the medal cast by Metsys in 1519. Extant examples all
show a reverse revised in accordance with his suggestions.

[93] A drawing of Erasmus was made by Duerer in 1520 (now in the Louvre),
and an engraving in 1526.

[94] Erasmus had his portrait painted by Holbein several times in 1523-4
and 1530-1. A number of originals and copies are still extant.

[95] Luther's letter, in which he evidently attempted to mitigate
Erasmus's indignation against his _De Servo Arbitrio_ (The Will not
free), which was a reply to Erasmus's _De Libero Arbitrio_ (On free
Will), 1524. Luther's letter came 'too late' because Erasmus had already
composed the _Hyperaspistes Diatribe adversus Servum Arbitrium Martini
Lutheri_, Basle, Froben, 1526.

[96] John Fisher (1459?-1535).

[97] John Dobeneck of Wendelstein.

[98] i.e., the _De Libero Arbitrio_.

[99] Reading _reticeo_ for _retices_.

[100] Theophrastus Bombast of Einsiedeln (also known as Theophrastus of
Hohenheim, whence his ancestors came), 1493-1541. The name Paracelsus
may be a translation of Hohenheim, or may signify a claim to be greater
than Celsus, the Roman physician. Appointed _physicus et ordinarius
Basiliensis_ in 1527.

[101] Paracelsus had diagnosed the stone, from which Erasmus suffered,
as being due to crystallization of salt in the kidneys.