Excerpt from C. Suetonii Tranquilli De Grammaticis Et Rhetoribus Libelli Ex Eiusdem Opere De Viris Illustribus Superstites
Uunm addo, quod si probabile videatur, sententiam a Ritsehelio de illa Operis secessione propositum et firmat et eperis rutioni illustrandae inser'vit. Videlicet in Vallae Commentariis ad lu vonal. III, 74, ubi de lsaeo oratore Romae cloro senno fit, nonnulla de cognomine oratore Attico ex Tranquillo refernu tur: lsaeus rhetor fuit Athenimais, ut Probns inquit, illins temporis cuius et Tranquillus mrminit, alter lsoeratis, ut fe runt, discipulus praeceptorque Demosthenis, ut quidem sen tinnt, Athenieusis, ut alii Chalcideus, sed lsaenm dixisse hnno eredi par est, de quo Plinius in epistolis ete. Quae de Sue touio lue atl'eruntur, lieta esse non possnnt, neque in fabulis rofert Otho labnius in nupera Scholiornm lnvenalis editione, commode ea ad librnm Snetonii de viris illustribus pertinere admonms. Recte. Quemadmodnm enim in profligandis operis partnbus singuĺs superstitibns de grammatieis et rhetoribns eum morem secutns est, ut singulorum virorum meensni introductionem quandam de argomenti tractandi historia prae miserit, ita etiam eius capitis, quod de oratoribus agit, pro oomio admodum credibile est de eloquentiae Graecae ori gine atque pregressa nonnihil auctorem inseruisse: quo lsaei mentie eo aptior videri debuit, quo is non solum orator ipse, sed etiam in ipsis eius artis doctoribns et professoribus fuit. Adiungo etiam aliam observationem, ad sectionem de poetis spectantem, hand minus probabilem: fragmentnm Tranquilli, quod de origine poeseos agit, Isidoro Orig. VIII, 7 citatum (apud Wolfium T. Lll. P. Sine dubitatione seetioni illi ad seribendum, pariter sedem suam in prooemio habuisse.test, qua pollet eximia acuminis facultate, in tam clara luce posuit, ut seenndis curis nihil iam relietum esse vi deatnr nisi nt magni illins 0peris quidquid aetatem tnlerit, auctoritate cuiusque fragmenti examinata, in unum colliga tur iustoque ordine digeratur, quo amissi oueris saltim imago reddatur. Hic labor tametsi cura hominis deeti sin gulari perquam dignus foret, tamen quominus ipse susci perem perficiendum, non tam argumeuti dil'ficultas quam cogitatio me deterruit, eam partem quae ad Vitas poetarum speetat, hand posse eorrectam ante vulgari qua'm quae ad bue in bibliotheeis subsidia mauuscripta delitescent usui publico reclusa sint. Itaque ego quidem manum de tabula, qui, quam in coueinnanda Historia Grammatieorum Latino rum multis abbine annis occupatus, intellexissem a Snetonii libello utroque de gramm. Et de rhet. Eummaxime profiei scendum mihi esse, nihilque in eo labore sustinendo perfici posse nisi in promptn esset eorum libellorum exemplum quantum fieri posset vitiis quibus etiamnunc eommaeulantur purgatum, Operam meam unice impenderim in colligen dis quibusdam criticis instrumeutis, de adornanda et in vulgus emitteuda editione handquaquam cogitans. Talem autem interim a Laur. Lerschio parari per ipsum, qui erat a primordiis ipsius studiorum ipsa horum cognatioue mihi intima ueeessitudine eoniunctus, eertior factns nullam interposui mora... quo minus quae ad iuvandum, quantum in me esset, consilium eius laboremquc susceptum perti nere seirem vel in promptu ipse haberem cum eo comma nicarem tantum non omnia. Sed coeptis fortuna non favit. Homine optime omnibus bonis litterisque matura eheu morte erepto, qunm neque pereunctauti mihi de relictarum a Ler schio schedarum fatis Benna responderetur, neque quem quam seirem qui desertas partes denuo in se suscipere vellet, primo meum in usum institui eorum libellorum exemplum coufieere, postea auctis subinde 00piis meis proximo anno consilium cepi laboris mei fruetum in vul vus emitteudi.
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