,ver4#ab4ab4jj99;,,end99 ,this etext was produced by ,john ,mamoun mamounjo,,umdnj4,,edu ,albrecht ,drer's ,records letters_/memoirs of ,journeys to ,venice and the ,low ,countries 7,see the end of this electronic text for information about the edition7 ,,table ,,of ,,contents #a7 ,,basic ,,background ,,about ,,albrecht ,d,,rer ,,and ,,these ,,letters #b7 ,,excerpt ,,from ,,roger ,,fry',s ,,introduction ,,to ,,the #aiac ,,edition #c7 ,,cast ,,of ,,some ,,of ,,the ,,characters ,,appearing ,,in ,,the ,,letters #d7 ,,description ,,of ,,forms ,,of ,,money ,,referred ,,to ,,in ,,the ,,letters #e7 ,,part #a3 ,,letters ,,from ,,venice ,,to ,,wilibald ,,perkheimer #f7 ,,part #b3 ,,diary ,,of ,a ,,journey ,,in ,,the ,,netherlands #g7 ,,information ,,about ,,this ,,electronic ,,edition ,,basic ,,background ,albrecht ,drer 7#adga-aebh7 was probably the greatest graphical artist of the ,northern ,renaissance4 ,he is the first to have elevated the self-portrait to a high art form1 and was known for his fascination with animals1 which form the subjects of many of his graphical works4 ,he reveled in portraying men of learning and_/or high stature as well as peasants1 believing that portraits of the latter could be as instructive as those of the former4 ,his marriage to his wife ,agnes was childless and banal1 apparently because ,drer was too preoccupied with intellectual matters to be much interested in romantic pursuits4 ,in the letters below1 this unusually modern thinker demonstrates his noble1 righteous utilitarian personal philosophy1 and meticulously records his personal and travel expenses1 while journeying throughout ,venice and various other ,european cities and divided ,german states4 ,numerous kings and laypeople sought to meet and host him1 since he was renowned and loved as a painter while still alive4 ,he comments on ,martin ,luther1 ,erasmus of ,rotterdam and painting1 and demonstrates his curious1 inquiring nature4 ,he also describes his visit to ,zeeland to see a beached whale1 which washed away before he got there2 but during this visit1 ,drer may have caught the disease from which he may have died several years later4 ,like ,rembrandt1 he enjoyed collecting things1 and demonstrates this in his letters4 9999999999999999999999 ,,brief ,,excerpt ,,from ,,the ,,introduction ,,to ,,the #aiac ,,edition1 ,,written ,,by ,,roger ,,fry 7#ahff-aicd73 ,whatever one's final estimate of his art1 ,drer's personality is at once so imposing and so attractive1 and has been so endeared to us by familiarity1 that something of this personal attachment has been transferred to our aesthetic judgment4 ,the letters from ,venice and the ,diary of his journey in the ,netherlands1 which form the contents of this volume1 are indeed the singularly fortunate means for this pleasant intercourse with the man himself4 ,they reveal ,drer as one of the distinctively modern men of the ,renaissance3 intensely1 but not arrogantly1 conscious of his own personality2 accepting with a pleasant ease the universal admiration of his genius-a personal admiration1 too1 of an altogether modern kind2 careful of his fame as one who foresaw its immortality4 ,they show him as having1 though in a far less degree1 something of ,leonardo da ,vinci's scientific interest1 certainly as possessing a quick1 though naive curiosity about the world and a quite modern freedom from superstition4 ,it is clear that his dominating and yet kindly personality1 no less than his physical beauty and distinction1 made him the center of interest wherever he went4 ,his easy and humorous good- fellowship1 of which the letters to ,pirkheimer are eloquent1 won for him the admiring friendship of the best men of his time4 ,to all these characteristics we must add a deep and sincere religious feeling1 which led him to side with the leaders of the ,reformation1 a feeling which comes out in his passionate sense of loss when he thinks that ,luther is about to be put to death1 and causes him to write a stirring letter to ,erasmus1 urging him to continue the work of reform4 ,for all that1 there is no trace in him of either ,protestantism or ,puritanism4 ,he was perhaps fortunate--certainly as an artist he was fortunate--to live at a time when the line of cleavage between the reformers and the ,church was not yet so marked as to compel a decisive action4 9999999999999999999999 ,,cast ,,of ,,some ,,of ,,the ,,characters3 ,agnes3 ,drer's wife ,wilibald ,pirkheimer3 ,drer's best friend ,wolgemut3 ,the master painter to whom ,drer began formal training as an apprentice4 ,later1 ,drer painted a richly detailed self-portrait of him4 ,giovanni ,bellini3 ,famous ,renaissance painter and contemporary of ,drer4 ,jan van ,eyk3 ,famous ,renaissance painter4 ,imhof3 ,hans ,imhof1 the elder1 at ,nuremberg2 the younger ,imhof was in ,venice4 ,schott3 ,kunz ,schott1 an enemy of the town of ,nuremberg4 ,weisweber3 ,a ,nuremberg general4 999999999999999999999999 ,,forms ,,of ,,money ,,referred ,,to ,,in ,,the ,,letters3 ,marcelli3 ,a ,venetian coin worth #aj soldi4 ,stiver3 ,a ,netherlandish coin worth about #hj pfennigs4 ,philip's3 ,a ,netherlandish coin worth rather less than a ,rhenish florin4 ,crown3 ,a ,netherlandish coin worth #f4ce marks4 ,noble3 ,the ,rosennobel #h marks1 #bj pfennigs4 ,the ,flemish noble #i marks1 #ij pfennigs4 ,blanke3 ,a silver coin #b stivers4 ,angel3 ,an ,english coin #b florins1 #b stivers ,netherlandish4 99999999999999999999999999 ,,part #a3 ,,letters ,,from ,,venice ,,to ,,wilibald ,,pirkheimer ,venice1 #fth ,january1 #aejf ,to the ,honourable and wise ,wilibald ,pirkheimer1 in ,nuremberg4 ,my dear ,master1 ,to you and all yours1 many happy good ,new ,years4 ,my willing service to you1 dear ,herr ,pirkheimer4 ,know that ,i am in good health2 may ,god send you better even than that4 ,now as to what you commissioned me1 namely1 to buy a few pearls and precious stones1 you must know that ,i can find nothing good enough or worth the money3 everything is snapped up by the ,germans4 ,those who go about on the ,riva always expect four times the value for anything1 for they are the falsest knaves that live there4 ,no one expects to get an honest service of them4 ,for that reason some good people warned me to be on my guard against them4 ,they told me that they cheat both man and beast1 and that you could buy better things for less money at ,frankfort than at ,venice4 ,as for the books which ,i was to order for you1 ,imhof has already seen to it1 but if you are in need of anything else1 let me know1 and ,i shall do it for you with all zeal4 ,and would to ,god that ,i could do you some real good service4 ,i should gladly accomplish it1 since ,i know how much you do for me4 ,and ,i beg of you be patient with my debt1 for ,i think oftener of it than you do4 ,as soon as ,god helps me to get home ,i will pay you honourably1 with many thanks2 for ,i have to paint a picture for the ,germans1 for which they are giving me #aaj ,rhenish gulden1 which will not cost me as much as five4 ,i shall have finished laying and scraping the ground-work in eight days1 then ,i shall at once begin to paint1 and if ,god will1 it shall be in its place for the altar a month after ,easter4 ,editor note3 ,this refers to the altarpiece called the ,madonna of the ,rose ,garlands1 painted for the chapel of ,s4 ,bartolommeo1 the burial-place of the ,german colony4 ,about the year #afjj it was bought for a high price by the ,emperor ,rudolf ,,ii1 who is said to have had it carried over the ,alps by four men all the way to ,prague to avoid the risk of damage in transport4 ,it suffered serious water damage during the ,thirty ,years' ,war of #afah-afdh1 and many parts of it had to be repainted to replace much of the original paint that was lost1 but it still remains one of the most important and lavishly colored of all ,drer's works4 ,the money ,i hope1 if ,god will1 to put by2 and from that ,i will pay you3 for ,i think that ,i need not send my mother and wife any money at present2 ,i left #aj florins with my mother when ,i came away2 she has since got #i or #aj florins by selling works of art4 ,dratzieher has paid her #ab florins1 and ,i have sent her #i florins by ,sebastian ,imhof1 of which she has to pay ,pfinzing and ,gartner #g florins for rent4 ,i gave my wife #ab florins and she got #ac more at ,frankfort1 making all together #be florins1 so ,i don't think she will be in any need1 and if she does want anything1 her brother will have to help her1 until ,i come home1 when ,i will repay him honourably4 ,herewith let me commend myself to you4 ,given at ,venice on the day of the ,holy ,three ,kings 7,epiphany71 the year #aejf4 ,greet for me ,stephen ,paumgartner and my other good friends who ask after me4 --,albrecht ,drer #gth ,february1 #aejf ,first my willing service to you1 dear ,master4 ,if it is well with you1 ,i am as whole-heartedly glad as ,i should be for myself4 ,i wrote to you recently4 ,i hope the letter reached you4 ,in the meantime my mother has written to me1 chiding me for not writing to you1 and has given me to understand that you are displeased with me because ,i do not write to you2 and that ,i must excuse myself to you fully4 ,and she is much worried about it1 as is her wont4 ,now ,i do not know what excuse to make1 except that ,i am lazy about writing and that you have not been at home4 ,but as soon as ,i knew that you were at home or were coming home1 ,i wrote to you at once2 ,i also specially charged ,castel 7,fugger7 to convey my service to you4 ,therefore ,i most humbly beg you to forgive me1 for ,i have no other friend on earth but you2 but ,i do not believe you are angry with me1 for ,i hold you as no other than a father4 ,how ,i wish you were here at ,venice1 there are so many good fellows among the ,italians who seek my company more and more every day--which is very gratifying to me--men of sense1 and scholarly1 good lute-players1 and pipers1 connoisseurs in painting1 men of much noble sentiment and honest virtue1 and they show me much honour and friendship4 ,on the other hand1 there are also amongst them the most faithless1 lying1 thievish rascals2 such as ,i scarcely believed could exist on earth2 and yet if one did not know them1 one would think that they were the nicest men on earth4 ,i cannot help laughing to myself when they talk to me3 they know that their villainy is well known1 but that does not bother them4 ,i have many good friends among the ,italians who warn me not to eat and drink with their painters1 for many of them are my enemies and copy my work in the churches and wherever they can find it2 afterwards they criticize it and claim that it is not done in the antique style and say it is no good1 but ,giambellin 7,giovanni ,bellini7 has praised me highly to many gentlemen4 ,he would willingly have something of mine1 and came himself to me and asked me to do something for him1 and said that he would pay well for it1 and everyone tells me what an upright man he is1 so that ,i am really friendly with him4 ,he is very old and yet he is the best painter of all4 ,editor's note3 ,the character of ,bellini agrees with all we know of him4 ,camerarius tells an amusing story of the two artists1 to the effect that ,bellini once asked ,drer for one of the brushes with which he painted hairs4 ,drer produced several quite ordinary brushes and offered them to ,bellini4 ,bellini replied that he did not mean those1 but some brush with the hairs divided which would enable him to draw a number of fine parallel lines such as ,drer did4 ,drer assured him that he used no special kind1 and proceeded to draw a number of long wavy lines like tresses with such absolute regularity and parallelism that ,bellini declared that nothing but seeing it done would have convinced him that such a feat of skill was possible4 ,and the thing which pleased me so well eleven years ago pleases me no longer1 and if ,i had not seen it myself1 ,i would not have believed anyone who told me4 ,and you must know too that there are many better painters here than ,master ,jacob 7,jacopo de ,barbari71 though ,antonio ,kolb would take an oath that there was no better painter on earth than ,jacob4 ,others sneer at him and say if he were any good1 he would stay here4 ,i have only today begun the sketch of my picture1 for my hands are so scabby that ,i could not work1 but ,i have cured them4 ,and now be lenient with me and do not get angry so quickly1 but be gentile like me4 ,you will not learn from me1 ,i do not know why4 ,my dear1 ,i should like to know whether any of your loves is dead--that one close by the water1 for instance1 or the one like drawing of a flower or drawing of a brush or drawing of a running dog's girl so that you might get another in her stead4 ,given at ,venice at the ninth hour of the night on ,saturday after ,candlemas in the year #aejf4 ,editor's note3 ,reckoning from sunset1 at this season this would be about #b3cj a4m4 ,give my service to ,stephen ,paumgartner and to ,masters ,hans ,harsdorfer and ,volkamer4 --,albrecht ,drer #bhth ,february1 #aejf ,first my willing service to you1 dear ,herr ,pirkheimer4 ,if things go well with you1 then ,i am indeed glad4 ,know1 too1 that by the grace of ,god ,i am doing well and working fast4 ,still ,i do not expect to have finished before ,whitsuntide4 ,i have sold all my pictures except one4 ,for two ,i got #bd ducats1 and the other three ,i gave for these three rings1 which were valued in the exchange as worth #bd ducats1 but ,i have shown them to some good friends and they say they are only worth #bb1 and as you wrote to me to buy you some jewels1 ,i thought that ,i would send you the rings by ,franz ,imhof4 ,show them to people who understand them1 and if you like them1 keep them for what they are worth4 ,in case you do not want them1 send them back by the next messenger1 for here at ,venice a man who helped to make the exchange will give me #ab ducats for the emerald and #aj ducats for the ruby and diamond1 so that ,i need not lose more than #b ducats4 ,i wish you had occasion to come here1 ,i know the time would pass quickly1 for there are so many nice men here1 real artists4 ,and ,i have such a crowd of foreigners 7,italians7 about me that ,i am forced sometimes to shut myself up1 and the gentlemen all wish me well1 but few of the painters4 ,dear ,master1 ,andreas ,kunhofer sends you his service and means to write to you by the next courier4 ,herewith let me be commended to you1 and ,i also commend my mother to you4 ,i am wondering greatly why she has not written to me for so long1 and as for my wife1 ,i begin to think that ,i have lost her1 and ,i am surprised too that you do not write to me1 but ,i have read the letter which you wrote to ,sebastian ,imhof about me4 ,please give the two enclosed letters to my mother1 and have patience1 ,i pray1 till ,god brings me home1 when ,i will honourably repay you4 ,my greetings to ,stephen ,pirkheimer and other good friends1 and let me know if any of your loves are dead4 ,read this according to the sense3 ,i am hurried4 ,given in ,venice1 the ,sunday before ,whitsunday1 the year #aejf4 --,albrecht ,drer p4s4 ,tomorrow it is good to confess4 #hth ,march1 #aejf ,first my willing service to you1 dear ,herr ,pirkheimer4 ,i send you herewith a ring with a sapphire about which you wrote so urgently4 ,i could not send it sooner1 for the past two days ,i have been running around to all the ,german and ,italian goldsmiths that are in all ,venice with a good assistant whom ,i hired3 and we made comparisons1 but were unable to match this one at the price1 and only after much entreaty could ,i get it for #ah ducats #d marcelli from a man who was wearing it on his own hand and who let me have it as a favour1 as ,i gave him to understand that ,i wanted it for myself4 ,and as soon as ,i had bought it a ,german goldsmith wanted to give me #c ducats more for it than ,i paid1 so ,i hope that you will like it4 ,everybody says that it is a good stone1 and that in ,germany it would be worth about #ej florins2 however1 you will know whether they tell truth or lies4 ,i understand nothing about it4 ,i had first of all bought an amethyst for #ab ducats from a man whom ,i thought was a good friend1 but he deceived me1 for it was not worth #g2 but the matter was arranged between us by some good fellows3 ,i will give him back the stone and make him a present of a dish of fish4 ,i was glad to do so and took my money back quickly4 ,as my good friend values the ring1 the stone is not worth much more than #aj ,rhenish florins1 whilst the gold of the ring weighs about up to #e florins1 so that ,i have not gone beyond the limit set me1 as you wrote from #ae to #bj florins4 ,but the other stone ,i have not yet been able to buy1 for #aj one finds them rarely in pairs2 but ,i will do all ,i can about it4 ,they say here that such trumpery fool's work is to be had cheaper in ,germany1 especially now at the ,frankfurt ,fair4 ,for the ,italians take such stuff abroad1 and they laugh at me1 especially about the jacinth cross1 when ,i speak of #b ducats1 so write quickly and tell me what ,i am to do4 ,i have heard of a good diamond ornament in a certain place1 but ,i do not yet know what it will cost4 ,i shall buy it for you until you write again1 for emeralds are as dear as anything ,i have seen in all my days4 ,it is easy enough for anyone to get a small amethyst if he thinks it worth #bj or #be ducats4 ,it really seems to me you must have taken a mistress2 only beware you don't get a master4 ,but you are wise enough about your own affairs4 ,dear ,pirkheimer1 ,andreas ,kunhofer sends you his service4 ,he intends in the meantime to write to you1 and he prays you if necessary to explain for him to the ,council why he does not stay at ,padua2 he says there is nothing there for him to learn4 ,don't be angry ,i pray you with me for not sending all the stones on this occasion1 for ,i could not get them all ready4 ,my friends tell me that you should have the stone set with a new foil and it will look twice as good again1 for the ring is old1 and the foil spoiled4 ,and ,i beg you too to tell my mother to write me soon and have good care of herself4 ,herewith ,i commend myself to you4 ,given at ,venice on the second ,sunday in ,lent1 #aejf4 --,albrecht ,drer p4s4 ,greetings to your loves4 #bnd ,april1 #aejf ,first my willing service to you1 dear ,sir4 ,i received a letter from you on the ,thursday before ,palm ,sunday1 together with the emerald ring1 and went immediately to the man from whom ,i got the rings4 ,he will give me back my money for it1 although it is a thing that he does not like to do2 however1 he has given me his word and he must hold to that4 ,do you know that the jewelers buy emeralds abroad and sell them here at a profit8 ,but my friends tell me that the other two rings are well worth #f ducats apiece1 for they say that they are fine and clear and contain no flaws4 ,and they say that instead of taking them to the valuer you should enquire for such rings as they can show you and then compare them and see whether they are like them2 and if when ,i got them by exchange ,i had been willing to lose #b ducats on the three rings1 ,bernard ,holzbeck1 who was present at the transaction1 would have bought them of me4 ,i have since sent you a sapphire ring by ,franz ,imhof1 ,i hope it has reached you4 ,i think ,i made a good bargain at that place1 for they offered to buy it of me at a profit on the spot4 ,but ,i shall find out from you1 for you know that ,i understand nothing about such things and am forced to trust those who advise me4 ,the painters here you must know are very unfriendly to me4 ,they have summoned me three times before the magistrates1 and ,i have had to pay #d florins to their ,school4 ,you must know too that ,i might have gained much money if ,i had not undertaken to make the painting for the ,germans1 for there is a great deal of work in it and ,i cannot well finish it before ,whitsuntide2 yet they only pay me #he ducats for it4 ,editor's note3 ,bellini at this time received #ajj ducats for a large picture4 ,that1 you know1 will go in living expenses1 and then ,i have bought some things1 and have sent some money away1 so that ,i have not much in hand now2 but ,i have made up my mind not to leave here until ,god enables me to repay you with thanks and to have too florins over besides4 ,i should easily earn this if ,i had not got to do the ,german picture1 for1 except the painters1 everyone wishes me well4 ,please tell my mother to speak to ,wolgemut about my brother1 and to ask him whether he can give him work until ,i get back1 or whether he can find employment with others4 ,editor's note3 ,drer's brother was ,hans ,drer1 who was fifteen at this date4 ,he became a painter of second-rate ability1 and afterwards helped ,albrecht in the decoration of the ,emperor ,maximilian's prayer book4 ,i should like to have brought him with me to ,venice1 which would have been useful both to me and to him and he would have learned the language1 but she was afraid that the sky would fall on him4 ,i pray you keep an eye on him3 women are no use for that4 ,tell the boy1 as you can so well1 to be studious and independent till ,i come1 and not to rely on his mother1 for ,i cannot do everything although ,i shall do my best4 ,if it were only for myself1 ,i should not starve2 but to provide for so many is too hard for me1 and nobody is throwing money away4 ,now ,i commend myself to you1 and tell my mother to be ready to sell at the ,crown ,fair4 ,i am expecting my wife to come home1 and have written to her too about everything4 ,i shall not purchase the diamond ornament until you write4 ,i do not think ,i shall be able to return home before next ,autumn4 ,what ,i earn for the picture which was to have been ready by ,whitsuntide will all be gone in living expenses and payments4 ,but what ,i gain afterwards ,i hope to save4 ,if you think it right1 say nothing of this and ,i shall keep putting it off from day to day and writing as though ,i was just coming4 ,indeed ,i am quite irresolute2 ,i do not know myself what ,i shall do4 ,write to me again soon4 ,given on ,thursday before ,palm ,sunday in the year #aejf4 --,albrecht ,drer p4s4 ,your servant #bcrd ,april1 #aejf ,first my willing service to you1 dear ,sir4 ,i wonder why you do not write to me to say how you like the sapphire ring which ,hans ,imhof has sent you by the messenger ,schon from ,augsburg4 ,i do not know whether it has reached you or not4 ,i have been to ,hans ,imhof and enquired1 and he says that he knows no reason why it should not have reached you1 and there is a letter with it which ,i wrote to you1 and the stone is done up in a sealed packet and has the same size as is drawn here1 for #a drew it in my note-book4 ,i managed to get it only after hard bargaining4 ,the stone is clear and fine1 and my friends say it is very good for the money ,i gave for it4 ,it weighs about #c florins ,rhenish1 and ,i gave for it #ah ducats and #d marzelle1 and if it should be lost ,i should be half mad1 for it has been valued at quite twice what ,i gave for it4 ,there were people who would have given me more for it the moment ,i had bought it4 ,so1 dear ,herr ,pirkheimer1 tell ,hans ,imhof to enquire of the messenger what he has done with the letter and packet4 ,the messenger was sent off by ,hans ,imhof the younger on the #aath ,march4 ,now may ,god keep you1 and let me commend my mother to you4 ,tell her to take my brother to ,wolgemut that he may work and not be idle4 ,ever your servant4 ,read by the sense4 ,i am in a hurry1 for ,i have seven letters to write1 part written4 ,i am sorry for ,herr ,lorenz4 ,greet him and ,stephen ,paumgartner4 ,given at ,venice in the year #aejf1 on ,st4 ,mark's ,day4 ,write me an answer soon1 for ,i shall have no rest till ,i hear4 ,andreas ,kunhofer is deadly ill as ,i have just heard4 --,albrecht ,drer #bhth ,august1 #aejf ,to the first greatest man in the world2 your servant and slave1 ,albert ,drer1 sends salutation to his magnificent ,master ,wilibaldo ,pirkamer4 ,by my faith1 ,i hear gladly and with great pleasure of your health and great honour1 and ,i marvel how it is possible for a man like you to stand against so many1 tyrants1 bullies1 and soldiers4 ,not otherwise than by the grace of ,god4 ,when ,i read your letter about this strange abuse it gave me great fright2 ,i thought it was a serious matter4 ,but ,i warrant you frighten even ,schott's men1 for you look wild enough1 especially on holy days with your skipping gait6 ,but it is very improper for such a soldier to smear himself with civet4 ,you want to be a regular silk tail1 and you think that if only you manage to please the girls1 it is all right4 ,if you were only as taking a fellow as ,i am1 ,i should not be so provoked4 ,you have so many loves that it would take you a month and more to visit each4 ,however1 let me thank you for having arranged my affairs so satisfactorily with my wife4 ,i know there is no lack of wisdom in you4 ,if only you were as gentle as ,i am1 you would have all the virtues4 ,thank you1 too1 for everything you are doing for me1 if only you would not bother me about the rings4 ,if they do not please you1 break off their heads and throw them in the privy1 as ,peter ,weisweber says4 ,what do you mean by setting me to such dirty work1 ,i have become a gentiluomo at ,venice4 ,i have heard that you can make lovely rhymes2 you would be a find for our fiddlers here4 ,they play so beautifully that they weep over their own music4 ,would ,god that our ,rechenmeister girl could hear them1 she would cry too4 ,at your command ,i will again lay aside my anger and behave even better than usual4 ,but ,i cannot get away from here in two months1 for ,i have not enough money yet to start myself off1 as ,i have written to you before2 and so ,i pray you if my mother comes to you for a loan1 let her have #aj florins till ,god helps me out4 ,then ,i will scrupulously repay you the whole4 ,with this ,i am sending you the glass things by the messenger4 ,and as for the two carpets1 ,anthon ,kolb will help me to buy the most beautiful1 the broadest1 and the cheapest4 ,as soon as ,i have them ,i'll give them to ,imhof the younger to pack off to you4 ,i shall also look after the crane's feathers4 ,i have not been able to find any as yet4 ,but of swan's feathers for writing with there are plenty4 ,how would it do if you stuck them on your hats in the meantime8 ,a book printer of whom ,i enquired tells me that he knows of no ,greek books that have been brought out recently1 but any that he comes across he will acquaint me with that ,i may write to you about them4 ,and please inform me what sort of paper you want me to buy1 for ,i know of no finer quality than we get at home4 ,as to the ,historical pieces1 ,i see nothing extraordinary in what the ,italians make that would be especially useful for your work4 ,it is always the same thing4 ,you yourself know more than they paint4 ,i have sent you a letter recently by the messenger ,kannengiesser4 ,also ,i should like to know how you are managing with ,kunz ,imhof4 ,herewith let me commend myself to you4 ,give my willing service to our prior4 ,tell him to pray ,god for me that ,i may be protected1 and especially from the ,french sickness1 for there is nothing ,i fear more now and nearly everyone has it4 ,many men are quite eaten up and die of it4 ,and greet ,stephen ,paumgartner and ,herr ,lorenz and those who kindly ask after me4 ,given at ,venice on the #ahth ,august1 #aejf --,albrecht ,drer ,noricus civis ,p4,s4 ,lest ,i forget1 ,andreas is here and sends you his service4 ,he is not yet strong1 and is in want of money4 ,his long illness and debts have eaten up everything he had4 ,i have myself lent him #h ducats1 but don't tell anyone1 in case it should come back to him4 ,he might think ,i told you in bad faith4 ,you must know1 too1 that he behaves himself so honourably that everyone wishes him well4 ,i have a mind1 if the ,king comes to ,italy1 to go with him to ,rome4 #hth ,september1 #aejf ,most learned1 approved1 wise1 master of many languages1 keen to detect all uttered lies1 and quick to recognize real truth1 honourable1 ,herr ,wilibald ,pirkheimer1 your humble servant1 ,albrecht ,drer1 wishes you all health1 great and worthy honour1 with the devil as much of such nonsense as you like4 ,i will wager that for this you too would think me an orator of a hundred headings4 ,a chamber must have more than four corners which is to contain gods of memory4 ,i will not addle my pate with it4 ,i will recommend it to you1 but ,i believe that however many chambers there may be in the head1 you would have a little bit in each of them4 ,the ,margrave would not grant a long enough audience4 ,a hundred headings and to each head say a hundred words3 that takes #i days1 #g hours1 #eb minutes1 not counting the sighs1 which ,i have not yet reckoned2 but you could not get through the whole in one go3 it would draw itself out like some dotard's speech4 ,i have taken every trouble about the carpets1 but ,i cannot find any wide ones2 they are all narrow and long4 ,however1 ,i still look out for them every day1 and so does ,anthon ,kolb4 ,i gave your respects to ,bernhard ,hirschvogel and he sent you his service4 ,he is full of sorrow for the death of his son1 the nicest boy that ,i have ever seen4 ,i can't get any of your fool's feathers4 ,oh1 if you were only here1 how you would admire these fine ,italian soldiers6 ,how often ,i think of you6 ,would ,god that you and ,kuntz ,kamerer could see them6 ,they have scythe-shaped lances with #bah points2 if they only touch a man with them he dies1 for they are all poisoned4 ,heigho6 but ,i can do it well1 ,i'll be an ,italian soldier4 ,the ,venetians are collecting many men2 so is the ,pope and the ,king of ,france4 ,what will come of it ,i don't know1 for people scoff at our ,king a great deal4 ,wish ,stephen ,paumgartner much happiness from me4 ,i can't wonder at his having taken a taken wife4 ,my greeting to ,borsch1 ,herr ,lorenz1 and our fair friend1 as well as to your ,rechenmeister girl1 and thank your ,club for its greeting2 says it's a dirty one4 ,i sent you olive-wood from ,venice to ,augsburg1 where ,i let it stay1 a full ten hundred weight4 ,but it says it won't wait1 hence the stink4 ,my picture the self-portrait ,drer painted81 you must know1 says it would give a ducat for you to see it4 ,it is well painted and finely coloured4 ,i have got much praise but little profit by it4 ,i could have easily earned #bjj ducats in the time1 and ,i have had to decline big commissions in order to come home4 ,i have shut up all the painters1 who used to say that ,i was good at engraving1 but that in painting ,i didn't know how to handle my colours4 ,now they all say they never saw better colouring4 ,my ,french mantle greets you1 and so does my ,italian coat4 ,it seems to me that you smell of gallantry4 ,i can scent it from here2 and they say here1 that when you go courting1 you pretend to be no more than #be years old4 ,oh1 yes6 ,multiply that and ,ill believe it4 ,my friend1 there s a devil of a lot of ,italians here who are just like you4 ,i don't know how it is6 ,the ,doge and the ,patriarch have seen my picture4 ,herewith let me commend myself as your servant4 ,i really must sleep1 for it's striking seven at night1 and ,i have already written to the ,prior of the ,augustines1 to my father-in-law1 to ,mistress ,dietrich1 and to my wife1 and they are all sheets cram full4 ,so ,i have had to hurry over this4 ,read according to the sense4 ,you would do it better if you were writing to princes4 ,many good nights to you1 and days too4 ,given at ,venice on ,our ,lady's ,day in ,september4 ,you needn't lend my wife and mother anything4 ,they have got money enough4 --,albert ,drer #bc ,sept4 #aejf ,your letter telling me of the overflowing praise that you received from princes and nobles gave me great allegrezza4 ,editor's note3 ,allegrezza means joy2 in ,venetian in original4 ,you must have changed completely to have become so gentle2 ,i must do likewise when ,i meet you again4 ,know also that my picture is finished1 likewise another quadro1 ,editor's note3 quadro is ,venetian for painting the like of which ,i never made before4 ,and as you are so pleased with yourself1 let me tell you now that there is no better ,madonna picture in all the land1 for all the painters praise it as the nobles do you4 ,they say that they have never seen a nobler1 more charming painting4 ,the oil for which you wrote ,i am sending by ,kannengiesser4 ,and burnt glass that ,i sent you by ,farber--tell me if it reached you safely4 ,as for the carpets1 ,i have not bought any yet1 for ,i cannot find any square ones4 ,they are all narrow and long4 ,if you would like any of these1 ,i will willingly buy them2 let me know about it4 ,know also that in four weeks at the latest ,i shall be finished here1 for ,i have to paint first some portraits that ,i have promised1 and in order that ,i may get home soon1 ,i have refused1 since my picture was finished1 orders for more than #b1jjj ducats2 all my neighbours know of this4 ,now let me commend myself to you4 ,i had much more to write1 but the messenger is ready to start3 besides1 ,i hope1 if ,god will1 to be with you again soon and to learn new wisdom from you4 ,bernhard ,holzbeck told me great things of you1 but ,i believe that he did so because you have become his brother- in-law4 ,but nothing makes me more angry than to hear anyone say that you are handsome1 for then ,i should have to be ugly2 that would make me mad4 ,the other day ,i found a gray hair on my head1 which was produced by sheer misery and annoyance4 ,i think ,i am fated to have evil days4 ,my ,french mantle and the doublet and the brown coat send you a hearty greeting4 ,but ,i should like to see what your drinking club can do that you hold yourself so high4 ,given the year #aejf on ,wednesday after ,st4 ,matthew's --,albrecht ,drer ,about the #acth ,october1 #aejf ,once ,i know that you are aware of my devotion to your service1 there is no need to write about it2 but so much the more necessary is it for me to tell you of the great delight it gives me to hear of the high honour and fame that you have attained to by your manly wisdom and learned skill4 ,this is the more to be wondered at1 for seldom or never can the like be found in a young body2 but it comes to you by the special grace of ,god1 as it does to me4 ,how pleased we both feel when we think well of ourselves1 ,i with my picture1 and you con vostra with your learning6 ,when anyone praises us we hold up our head and believe him1 yet perhaps he is only some false flatterer who is making fun of us1 so don't credit anyone who praises you1 for you have no notion how unmannerly you are4 ,i can readily portray you to myself standing before the ,margrave and making pretty speeches4 ,you carry on just as though you were making love to the ,rosentaler girl1 cringing so4 ,it did not escape me1 when you wrote the last letter1 you were full of amorous thoughts4 ,you ought to be ashamed of yourself1 for making yourself out so good looking when you are so old4 ,your flirting is like a big shaggy dog playing with a little kitten4 ,if you were only as nice and sleek as ,i am1 ,i might understand it2 but when ,i get to be a burgomaster ,i will shame you with the ,luginsland ,editor's note3 this was a ,nuremberg prison1 as you do the pious ,zamener and me4 ,i will have you shut up there for once with the ,rechenmeister1 ,rosentaler1 ,gartner1 ,schlitz1 and ,por girls1 and many others whom for shortness ,i will not name4 ,they must deal with you4 ,they ask after me more than after you1 however1 for you yourself write that both girls and ladies ask after me--that is a sign of my virtue6 ,but if ,god brings me home again safely1 ,i do not know how ,i shall get along with you with your great wisdom3 but ,i m glad on account of your virtue and good nature2 and your dogs will be the better for it1 for you will not beat them lame any more4 ,but if you are so highly respected at home1 you will not dare to be seen speaking with a poor painter in the streets1 it would be a great disgrace1 con poltrone di pintore4 ,oh1 dear ,herr ,pirkheimer1 this very minute1 while ,i was writing to you in good humour1 the fire alarm sounded and six houses over by ,peter ,pender's are burned1 and woolen cloth of mine1 for which ,i paid only yesterday #h ducats1 is burned2 so ,i too am in trouble4 ,there are often fire alarms here4 ,as for your plea that ,i should come home quickly1 ,i will come just as soon as ,i can2 but ,i must first gain money for my expenses4 ,i have paid out about #ajj ducats for colours and other things1 and ,i have ordered two carpets which ,i shall pay for tomorrow2 but ,i could not get them cheaply4 ,i will pack them up with my linen4 ,as for your previous comment that ,i should come home soon or else you would give my wife a washing1 you are not permitted to do so1 since you would ride her to death4 ,know1 too1 that ,i decided to learn dancing and went twice to the school1 for which ,i had to pay the master a ducat4 ,no one could get me to go there again4 ,to learn dancing1 ,i should have had to pay away all that ,i have earned1 and at the end ,i should have known nothing about it4 ,as for the glass1 the messenger ,farber will bring it to you4 ,i cannot find out anywhere that they are printing any new ,greek books4 ,i will pack up a ream of your paper for you4 ,i thought ,keppler had more like it2 but ,i have not been able to get the feathers you wanted1 and so ,i bought white ones instead4 ,if ,i find the green ones1 ,i will buy some and bring them with me4 ,stephen ,paumgartner has written to me to buy him fifty ,carnelian beads for a rosary4 ,i have ordered them1 but they are dear4 ,i could not get any larger ones1 and shall send them to him by the next messenger4 ,as to your question as to when ,i shall come home1 ,i tell you1 so that my lords may make their arrangements1 that ,i shall have finished here in ten days4 ,after that ,i should like to travel to ,bologna to learn the secrets of the art of perspective1 which a man there is willing to teach me4 ,i should stay there about eight or ten days and then come back to ,venice2 after that ,i should come with the next messenger4 ,how ,i shall freeze after this sun6 ,here ,i am a gentleman1 at home a parasite4 ,let me know how old ,dame ,kormer behaves as a bride1 and that you will not grudge her to me4 ,there are many things about which ,i should like to write to you1 but ,i shall soon be with you4 ,given at ,venice about the #adth day after ,michaelmas1 #aejf4 --,albrecht ,drer ,p4,s4 ,when will you let me know whether any of your children have died8 ,you also wrote me once that ,joseph ,rummel had married ----z's daughter1 and forgot to mention whose4 ,how should ,i know what you mean8 ,if ,i only had my cloth back6 ,i am afraid my mantle has been burned too4 ,that would drive me crazy4 ,i seem doomed to bad luck2 not more than three weeks ago a man ran away who owed me #h ducats4 ,,part ,,ii3 ,,diary ,,of ,a ,,journey ,,the ,,netherlands 7,july1 #aebj- ,july1 #aeba7 ,anno #aebj ,on ,thursday after ,st4 ,kilian's ,day1 ,i1 ,albrecht ,drer1 at my own charges and costs1 took myself and my wife from ,nuremberg away to the ,netherlands1 and the same day1 after we had passed through ,eriangen1 we put up for the night at ,baiersdorff1 and spent there #c crowns1 less #f pfennigs4 ,from thence on the next day1 ,friday1 we came to ,forchheim1 and there paid for the conveying thence on the journey to ,bamberg #bb pf41 and presented to the ,bishop a painted ,virgin and a ,life of the ,virgin1 an ,apocalypse1 and a florin's worth of engravings4 ,he invited me to be his guest1 gave me a toll-pass and three letters of introduction1 and settled my bill at the inn1 where ,i had spent about a florin4 ,i paid #f florins in gold to the boatmen who took me from ,bamberg to ,frankfurt4 ,master ,lucas ,benedict and ,hans the painter sent me a present of wine4 ,spent #d pf4 for bread and #ac pf4 as tips4 ,then ,i journeyed from ,bamberg to ,eltman and showed my pass1 and they let me go free4 ,and from there we passed by ,zeil2 in the meantime ,i spent #ba pf4 ,next ,i came to ,hassfurt1 and showed my pass1 and they let me go without paying duty2 ,i paid #a florin to the ,bishop of ,bamberg's chancery4 ,next ,i came to ,theres to the monastery1 and ,i showed my pass1 and they also let me go free2 then we journeyed to ,lower ,euerheim4 ,there ,i stayed the night and spent ,i pf4 ,thence we went to ,meinberg1 and ,i showed my papers and was allowed to pass4 ,then we came to ,schweinfurt1 where ,dr4 ,george ,rebart invited me1 and he gave us wine in the boat3 they let me also pass free4 #aj pf4 for a roast fowl1 #ah pf4 in the kitchen and to the boy4 ,then we traveled to ,volkach and ,i showed my pass1 and we went on and came to ,schwarzach1 and there we stopped the night and spent #bb pf41 and on ,monday we were up early and went toward ,tettelbach and came to ,kitzingen1 and ,i showed my letter1 and they let me go on1 and ,i spent #cg pf4 ,after that we went past ,sulzfeld to ,marktbreit1 and ,i showed my letter and they let me through1 and we traveled by ,frickenhausen to ,ochsenfurth1 where ,i showed my pass and they let me go free3 and we came to ,eibelstadt1 and from that to ,haidingsfeldt1 and thence to ,wurzburg2 there ,i showed my pass and they let me go free4 ,thence we journeyed to ,erlabrunn and stopped the night there1 and ,i spent #bb pf4 ,from that we journeyed on past ,retzbath and ,zellingen and came to ,karlstadt2 here ,i showed my pass and they let me go on4 ,thence ,i traveled to ,gmunden1 and there we breakfasted and spent #bb pf4 ,i also showed my pass1 and they let me go free4 ,we traveled thence to ,hofstetten2 ,i showed my pass1 and they let me through4 ,we came next to ,lohr1 where ,i showed my pass and passed on2 from there we came to ,neustadt and showed our letter1 and they let us travel on2 also ,i paid #aj pf4 for wine and crabs4 ,from there we came to ,rothenfels1 and ,i showed my pass1 and they let me go free1 and we stayed there for a night1 and spent #bj pf42 and on ,wednesday early we started and passed by ,st4 ,eucharius and came to ,heidenfeld1 and thence to ,triefenstein2 from there we came to ,homburg1 where ,i showed my pass and they let me through2 from there we came to ,wertheim1 and ,i showed my letter1 and they let me go free1 and ,i spent #eg pf4 ,from there we went to ,prozelten2 here ,i showed my pass1 and they let me through4 ,next we went on past ,freudenberg1 where ,i showed my letter once more1 and they let me through2 from there we came to ,miltenberg and stayed there over night1 and ,i also showed my pass and they let me go1 and ,i spent #fa pf42 from there we came to ,klingenberg4 ,i showed my pass and they let me through2 and we came to ,worth and from there passed ,obernburg to ,aschaffenburg2 here ,i presented my pass and they let me through1 and ,i spent #eb pf42 from there we journeyed on to ,selgenstadt2 from there to ,steinheim1 where ,i showed my letter and they let me go on1 and we stayed with ,johannes for the night1 who showed us the town and was very friendly to us2 there ,i spent #af pf41 and so early on ,friday morning we traveled to ,kesselstadt1 where ,i showed my pass and they let me go on2 from there we came to ,frankfurt1 and ,i showed my pass again1 and they let me through1 and ,i spent #f white pf4 and one thaler and a half1 and ,i gave the boy #b white pf4 ,herr ,jacob ,heller gave me some wine at the inn4 ,i bargained to be taken with my goods from ,frankfurt to ,mainz for #a florin and #b white pf41 and ,i also gave the lad #e ,frankfurt thaler1 and for the night we spent #h white pf4 ,on ,sunday ,i traveled by the early boat from ,frankfurt to ,mainz1 and midway there we came to ,hochst1 where ,i showed my pass and they let me go on2 ,i spent #h ,frankfurt pf4 there4 ,from there we journeyed to ,mainz2 ,i have also paid ,i white pf4 for landing my things1 besides #ad ,frankfurt thaler to the boatmen and #ah pf4 for a girdle2 and ,i took passage in the ,cologne boat for myself and my things for #c florins1 and at ,mainz also ,i spent #ag white pf4 ,peter ,goldschmidt1 the warden there1 gave me two bottles of wine4 ,veit ,varnbuler invited me1 but his host would take no payment from him1 insisting on being my host himself2 they showed me much honour4 ,so ,i started from ,mainz1 where the ,main flows into the ,rhine1 and it was the ,monday after ,mary ,magdalen's ,day1 and ,i paid #aj thaler for meat and bread1 and for eggs and pears #i thaler4 ,here1 too1 ,leonhard ,goldschmidt gave me wine and fowls in the boat to cook on the way to ,cologne4 ,master ,jobst's brother likewise gave me a bottle of wine1 and the painters gave me two bottles of wine in the boat4 ,from there we came to ,elfeld1 where ,i showed my letter and they took no toll2 from there we came to ,rudesheim and ,i gave #b white pf4 for loading the boat2 then we came to ,ehrenfels1 and there ,i showed my letter1 but ,i had to give two gold florins2 if1 however1 ,i were to bring them a free pass within two months1 the customs officer would give me back the #b gold florins4 ,from there we came to ,bacharach1 and there ,i had to promise in writing that ,i would either bring them a free pass in two months1 or pay the toll2 from there we came to ,caub1 and there again ,i showed my pass1 but it would carry me no further1 and ,i had to promise in writing as before2 there ,i spent #aa thaler4 ,next we came to ,st4 ,goar1 and here ,i showed my pass1 and the customs officer asked me how they had treated me elsewhere1 so ,i said ,i would pay him nothing2 ,i gave #b white pf4 to the messenger4 ,from there we came to ,boppard1 and ,i showed my pass to the ,trier customhouse officer1 and they let me go through1 only ,i had to certify in writing under my seal that ,i carried no common merchandise1 and then the man let me go willingly4 ,from there we came to ,lahnstein1 and ,i showed my pass1 and the customs officer let me go through1 but he asked me that ,i should speak for him to my most gracious ,lord of ,mainz1 and he gave me a can of wine1 too1 for he knew my wife well and he was glad to see me4 ,from there we came to ,engers1 which is in the ,trier territory2 ,i presented my pass and they let me go through2 ,i said1 too1 that ,i would mention it to my ,lord of ,bamberg4 ,from there we came to ,andernach1 and ,i showed my pass1 and they let me go through2 and ,i spent there #g thaler and #d thaler more2 then on ,st4 ,james's ,day early ,i traveled from ,andernach to ,linz2 from there we went to the custom house at ,bonn1 and there again they let me go through2 from there we came to ,cologne1 and in the boat ,i spent #i white pf4 and ,i more1 and #d pf4 for fruit4 ,at ,cologne ,i spent #g white pf4 for unloading1 to the boatmen #ad thaler1 and to ,nicolas1 my cousin1 ,i made a present of my black fur-lined coat edged with velvet1 and to his wife ,i gave a florin2 also at ,cologne ,fugger gave me wine3 ,johann ,grosserpecker also gave me wine1 and my cousin ,nicolas gave me wine4 ,they gave us also a collation at the ,barefoot ,convent1 and one of the monks gave me a handkerchief2 moreover1 ,herr ,johann ,grosserpecker has given me #ab measures of the best wine1 and ,i paid #b white pf4 and #h thaler to the boy2 ,i have spent besides at ,cologne #b florins and #ad white pf4 and #aj white pf4 for packing1 and #c pf4 for fruit2 further1 ,i gave ,i pf4 at leaving1 and ,i white pf4 to the messenger4 ,from there we journeyed on ,st4 ,pantaleon's ,day from ,cologne to a village called ,busdorf4 ,we lay there over night1 and spent #c white pf42 and early on ,sunday1 we traveled to ,rodingen1 where we had breakfast and spent #b white pf4 and #c pf4 more1 and again #c pf4 ,thence we came to ,frei-,aldenhoven1 where we lay the night1 and spent #c white pf42 thence we traveled early on ,monday to ,frelenberg1 and passed the little town of ,gangelt1 breakfasting at a village called ,stisterseel1 and spent #b white pf4 #b thaler1 further #a white pf41 and again #b white pf4 ,from there we journeyed to ,sittard1 a pretty little town1 and from there to ,stocken1 which belongs to ,liege2 where we had a fine inn and stayed there over night1 and spent #d white pf4 ,and when we had crossed over the ,maas we started off early on ,tuesday morning and came to ,merten ,lewbehen sic3 there we had breakfast and spent #b stivers and gave a white pf4 for a young fowl4 ,from there we traveled across the heath and came to ,stosser1 where we spent #b stivers1 and lay there the night3 from thence on ,wednesday morning early we traveled to ,west ,meerbeck1 where ,i paid #c stivers for bread and wine2 and we went on as far as ,branthoek1 where we had breakfast and spent #a stiver2 from there we traveled to ,uylenberg1 where we stayed the night and spent #c stivers2 from there we traveled on ,thursday early to op ten ,kouys1 where we breakfasted and spent #b stivers2 thence we came to ,antwerp4 ,there ,i sent to ,jobst ,planckfelt's inn1 and the same evening the ,fugger's factor1 by name ,bernhard ,stecher1 invited me and gave us a costly meal--my wife dined at the inn4 ,i paid the driver for bringing us three1 #c florins in gold1 and #b stivers for carrying the goods4 ,on ,saturday after the ,feast of ,st4 ,peter in ,chains1 my host took me to see the burgomaster's house at ,antwerp1 which is newly built and large beyond measure1 very well arranged with extraordinarily beautiful large rooms2 a tower1 splendidly ornamented2 a very large garden2 in short1 such a noble house as ,i have never seen in all ,german lands4 ,a very long new street has been built in his honour1 and with his assistance1 leading up to the house on both sides4 ,i gave #c stivers to the messenger1 and #b pf4 for bread and #b pf4 for ink2 and on ,sunday1 which was ,st4 ,oswald's ,day1 the ,painters invited me to their hall with my wife and maid1 where everything was of silver1 and they had other costly ornaments and very costly meats2 and all their wives were there too2 and as ,i was being led to the table1 everyone on both sides stood up as if they were leading some great lord4 ,there were among them men of high position1 who all showed me the greatest respect and bowed low to me1 and said they would do everything in their power to serve and please me4 ,and as ,i sat there in honour1 there came the messenger of the ,town ,council of ,antwerp with two servants and presented to me four cans of wine from the ,magistrates of ,antwerp1 who told him to say that they wished thereby to show their respect for me and to assure me of their good-will2 wherefore ,i returned them my humble thanks and offered my humble services4 ,thereupon came ,master ,peter1 the town carpenter1 and gave me two cans of wine with offer of his willing service2 so when we had spent a long time together merrily1 till late into the night1 they accompanied us home with lanterns in great honour4 ,they begged me to be assured of their good-will1 and promised that in whatever ,i did they would help me in every way2 so ,i thanked them1 and laid down to sleep4 ,also ,i have been in ,master ,quentin's house1 and ,i have been in all the three great shooting places4 ,editor's note3 ,quentin ,matsys1 the painter4 ,i had a very splendid dinner at ,staiber's4 ,another time at the ,portuguese factor's1 whose portrait ,i have drawn in charcoal2 ,i have made a portrait of my host as well2 ,jobst ,plankfelt gave me a branch of white coral2 paid #b stivers for butter and #b stivers to the joiner at the ,painters' armoury4 ,also my host took me to the ,painters' workshop in the armoury at ,antwerp1 where they are making the triumphal arches through which ,king ,charles is to make his entry4 ,it is #djj bows in length and each arch is #dj feet wide3 they are to be set up on both sides of the streets1 beautifully arranged and two stories high1 and on them they are to act the plays2 and this costs to make1 #d1jjj florins for the joiners and painters1 and the whole work is very magnificently done4 ,i have dined again with the ,portuguese factor1 and once with ,alexander ,imhof4 ,sebald ,fischer bought of me at ,antwerp sixteen ,small ,passions for #d florins1 thirty-two of the large books for #h florins1 also six engraved ,passions for #c florins1 also twenty half-sheets of all kinds taken together at #a florin to the value of #c florins1 and again #e #a_/d florins' worth of quarter-sheets1--forty-five of all kinds at #a florin1 and eight miscellaneous leaves at #a florin2 it is paid4 ,to my host ,i have sold a ,madonna picture1 painted on small canvas1 for #b florins ,rhenish4 ,i took once more the portrait of ,felix the lute player4 #a stiver for pears and bread2 #b stivers to the surgeon-barber3 besides ,i have given #ad stivers for three small panels1 besides #d stivers for laying in the white and preparing them4 ,i have dined once with ,alexander the goldsmith1 and once with ,felix ,hungersberg2 once ,master ,joachim has eaten with me1 and his partner also once4 ,i have made a drawing in half colours for the ,painters4 ,i have taken #a florin for expenses4 ,i made ,peter ,wolffgang a present of four new little pieces4 ,master ,joachim's partner has again dined with me4 ,i gave ,master ,joachim #a florin's worth of prints for lending me his apprentice and colours1 and ,i gave his apprentice #c crowns' worth of prints4 ,i have sent the four new pieces to ,alexander1 the goldsmith4 ,i made charcoal portraits of these ,genoese by name3 ,tomasin ,florianus ,romanus1 native of ,lucca1 and his two brothers1 named ,vincentius and ,gerhard1 all three ,bombelli4 ,i have dined with ,tomasin so often3 ,,iiiiiiiiiiii4 ,the treasurer also gave me a ,child's ,head on linen and a weapon from ,calicut1 and one of the light wood reeds4 ,tomasin ,imhof has also given me a plaited hat of elder pith4 ,i dined once more with the ,portuguese2 ,i also gave one of ,tomasin's brothers #c florins' worth of engravings4 ,herr ,erasmus has given me a small ,spanish mantilla and three portraits of men4 ,tomasin's brother gave me a pair of gloves for #c florins' worth of engravings4 ,i have once more made the portrait of ,tomasin's brother ,vincentius2 and ,i gave ,master ,augustus ,lombard two of the ,imagines4 ,moreover1 ,i made a portrait of the crooked-nosed ,italian named ,opitius4 ,also my wife and maid dined one day at ,herr ,tomasin's2 that makes four meals4 ,our ,lady's ,church at ,antwerp is so vast that many masses may be sung there at one time without interfering one with another4 ,the altars are richly endowed2 the best musicians that can be had are employed2 the ,church has many devout services and much stonework1 and in particular a beautiful tower4 ,i also visited the rich ,abbey of ,st4 ,michael1 where are the finest galleries of stonework that ,i have ever seen1 and a rich throne in the choir4 ,but at ,antwerp they spare no cost in such things1 for they have plenty of money4 ,i have made a portrait of ,herr ,nicolas1 an astronomer who lives with the ,king of ,england1 and is very helpful and of great service to me in many matters4 ,he is a ,german1 a native of ,munich4 ,also ,i have made the portrait of ,tomasin's daughter1 ,maid ,zutta by name4 ,hans ,pfaffroth gave me a ,philip's florin for taking his portrait in charcoal4 ,i have dined once more with ,tomasin4 ,my host's brother-in-law entertained me and my wife once4 ,i changed #b light florins for #bd stivers for living expenses2 and ,i gave #a stiver for a tip to a man who let me see an altar-piece4 ,the ,sunday after the ,feast of the ,assumption ,i saw the great procession of ,our ,lady's ,church at ,antwerp1 where all the whole town was gathered together1 with all the trades and professions1 and each was dressed in his best according to his rank2 every guild and profession had its sign by which it might be recognized4 ,between the companies were carried great costly gold pole-candlesticks and their long old ,frankish silver trumpets2 and there were many pipers and drummers in the ,german fashion2 all were loudly and noisily blown and beaten4 ,i saw the procession pass along the street1 spread far apart so that they took up much space crossways1 but close behind one another3 goldsmiths1 painters1 stonecutters1 broiderers1 sculptors1 joiners1 carpenters1 sailors1 fishermen1 butchers1 leather workers1 cloth makers1 bakers1 tailors1 shoemakers1 and all kinds of craftsmen and workmen who work for their livelihood4 ,there were likewise shopkeepers and merchants with their assistants of all sorts4 ,after them came the marksmen with their guns1 bows1 and cross-bows2 then the horsemen and foot soldiers2 then came a large company of the town guard2 then a fine troop of very gallant men1 nobly and splendidly costumed4 ,before them1 however1 went all the religious orders and the members of some foundations1 very devoutly1 in their respective groups4 ,there was1 too1 in this procession1 a great troop of widows1 who support themselves by their own labour and observe special rules1 all dressed from head to foot in white linen robes made expressly for the occasion1 very sorrowful to behold4 ,among them ,i saw some very stately persons1 the ,canons of ,our ,lady's ,church with all their clergy1 scholars1 and treasures4 ,twenty persons bore the image of the ,virgin ,mary and of the ,lord ,jesus1 adorned in the richest manner1 to the honour of the ,lord ,god4 ,the procession included many delightful things splendidly got up1 for example1 many wagons were drawn along with stagings of ships and other constructions4 ,then there came the company of the ,prophets in their order1 and scenes from the ,new ,testament1 such as the ,annunciation1 the ,three ,magi riding great camels1 and other strange beasts1 very skillfully arranged1 and also how ,our ,lady fled into ,egypt-- very conducive to devotion--and many other things which for shortness ,i must leave out4 ,last of all came a great dragon1 which ,st4 ,margaret and her maidens led by a girdle2 she was extraordinarily beautiful4 ,behind her followed a ,st4 ,george with his squire1 a very fine cuirassier4 ,there also rode in the procession many pretty and richly dressed boys and girls in the costumes of many lands representing various saints4 ,this procession from beginning to end1 where it passed our house1 lasted more than two hours2 there were so many things there that ,i could not write them in a book1 so ,i let it alone4 ,i visited ,fugger's house in ,antwerp1 which is newly built1 with a wonderful tower1 broad and high1 and with a beautiful garden1 and ,i also saw his fine stallions4 ,tomasin has given my wife fourteen ells of good thick arras for a mantle and three and a half ells of half satin to line it4 ,i drew a design for a lady's forehead band for the goldsmith4 ,the ,portuguese factor has given me a present of wine in the inn1 both ,portuguese and ,french4 ,signor ,rodrigo of ,portugal has given me a small cask full of all sorts of sweetmeats1 amongst them a box of sugar candy1 besides two large dishes of barley sugar1 marchpane1 many other kinds of sugar-work1 and some sugar-canes just as they grow2 ,i gave his servant in return #a florin as a tip4 ,i have again changed for my expenses a light florin for #ab stivers4 ,the pillars in the ,convent of ,st4 ,michael of ,antwerp are all made out of single blocks of a beautiful black touchstone4 ,herr ,egidius1 ,king ,charles's warden1 has taken for me from ,antwerp the ,st4 ,jerome in the ,cell1 the ,melancholy1 and three new ,marys1 the ,anthony and the ,veronica for the good sculptor1 ,master ,conrad1 whose like ,i have not seen2 he serves ,lady ,margaret1 the ,emperor's daughter4 ,also ,i gave ,master ,figidius a ,eustace and a ,nemesis4 ,i owe my host #g florins1 #bj stivers1 ,i thaler--that is1 on ,sunday before ,st4 ,bartholomew3 for sitting room1 bedroom1 and bedding ,i am to pay him #aa florins a month4 ,i came to a new agreement with my host on the #bjth ,august-- on the ,monday before ,st1 ,bartholomew's1 ,i am to eat with him and pay #b stivers for the meal1 and extra for drink1 but my wife and the maid can cook and eat up here4 ,i gave the ,portuguese factor a statuette of a child3 besides that1 ,i gave him an ,adam and ,eve1 a ,jerome in his ,cell1 a ,hercules1 a ,eustace1 a ,melancholy1 and a ,nemesis2 then of the half-sheets1 three new ,virgins1 the ,veronica1 the ,anthony1 ,the ,nativity1 and ,the ,crucifixion1 also the best of the quarter-sheets1 eight pieces1 and then the three books of the ,life of the ,virgin1 ,the ,apocalypse1 and the ,great ,passion1 also the ,little ,passion and the ,passion on copper1 all together1 #e florins' worth4 ,the same quantity ,i gave to ,signor ,rodrigo1 the other ,portuguese4 ,rodrigo has given my wife a small green parrot4 ,,visit ,,to ,,brussels ,on the ,sunday after ,st4 ,bartholomew's1 ,i traveled with ,herr ,tomasin from ,antwerp to ,mechlin1 where we lay for the night2 there ,i invited ,master ,conrad and a painter with him to supper1 and this ,master ,conrad is the good carver in ,lady ,margaret's service4 ,from ,mechlin we traveled through the small town of ,vilvorde and came to ,brussels on ,monday at midday2 ,i gave the messenger #c stivers2 ,i dined with my lords at ,brussels2 also once with ,herr ,bannisis1 and ,i gave him a ,passion on copper4 ,i gave the ,margrave ,hansen of ,brussels the letter of recommendation which my lord of ,bamberg wrote for me1 and ,i made him a present of a ,passion1 engraved on copper for a remembrance4 ,i have also dined once more with my lords of ,nuremberg4 ,i saw in the town hall at ,brussels1 in the golden chamber1 four paintings which the great ,master ,rogier did2 and behind the ,king's palace in ,brussels1 the fountains1 labyrinth1 zoological garden4 ,anything more beautiful and pleasing to me1 more like a paradise1 ,i have never seen4 ,erasmus is the name of the little man ,editor's note3 not ,erasmus of ,rotterdam1 but a clerk of ,bannisis who wrote out my supplication at ,jacob ,bannisis' house4 ,at ,brussels there is a very splendid town hall1 large and covered with beautiful stonework1 with a noble open tower4 ,i have made a portrait of ,master ,conrad of ,brussels by candlelight2 he is my host4 ,at the same time ,i drew ,doctor ,lamparter's son in charcoal1 and also the hostess4 ,also ,i have seen the things which they have brought to the ,king out of the new land of gold3 a sun all of gold1 a whole fathom broad1 and a moon1 too1 of silver1 of the same size1 also two rooms full of armour1 and the people there with all manner of wondrous weapons1 harness1 darts1 wonderful shields1 extraordinary clothing1 beds1 and all kinds of wonderful things for human use1 much finer to look at than prodigies4 ,these things are all so precious that they are valued at #ajj1jjj gulden1 and all the days of my life ,i have seen nothing that reaches my heart so much as these1 for among them ,i have seen wonderfully artistic things and have admired the subtle ingenuity of men in foreign lands2 indeed1 ,i don't know how to express what ,i there found4 ,i also saw many other beautiful things at ,brussels1 and especially a great fish bone there1 as vast as if it had been built up of square stones2 it was a fathom long1 very thick1 weighs up to #a cwt4 7#ae centner71 and it has the form as is here drawn2 it stood behind on the fish's head4 ,i have also been in the ,lord of ,nassau's house1 which is so magnificently built and so beautifully decorated4 ,i have again dined twice with my lords4 ,lady ,margaret sent after me to ,brussels and promised that she would speak in my behalf to ,king ,charles1 and has shown herself quite exceptionally kind to me3 ,i sent her my engraved ,passion and such another to her treasurer1 ,jan ,marnix by name1 and ,i made his portrait in charcoal4 ,i paid #b stivers for a buffalo ring1 and also #b stivers for opening ,st4 ,luke's picture4 ,when ,i was in ,herr von ,nassau's house ,i saw in the chapel the fine painting that ,master ,hugo has made1 and ,i also saw two large beautiful halls1 and all the treasures in various parts of the house1 and the large bed in which fifty men can lie4 ,and ,i also saw the great stone which the storm cast down in the field close to ,herr von ,nassau4 ,this house lies high1 and there is a most beautiful view at which one cannot but wonder4 ,and ,i think that in all ,german lands there is not the like of it4 ,master ,bernhard1 the painter1 invited me to dinner1 and had prepared a meal so costly that ,i do not think #aj florins will pay for it4 ,three friends invited themselves to it to give me good company1 to wit1 ,lady ,margaret's treasurer1 whose portrait ,i made1 and the ,king's steward1 de ,metenye1 and the town treasurer1 ,van ,busleyden2 ,i gave him a ,passion engraved on copper1 and he gave me in return a black ,spanish bag worth #c florins4 ,and ,i also gave a ,passion engraved on copper to ,erasmus of ,rotterdam2 likewise one to ,erasmus1 the secretary of ,bannisis4 ,the man at ,antwerp who gave me the ,child's ,head is called ,lorenz ,sterk4 ,i took the portrait in charcoal of ,master ,bernhard1 ,lady ,margaret's painter4 ,i have taken ,erasmus of ,rotterdam's portrait once more4 ,i gave ,lorenz ,sterk a sitting ,st4 ,jerome and the ,melancholy1 and ,i made a portrait of my hostess's godmother4 ,six people whose portraits ,i painted at ,brussels gave me nothing4 ,i paid #c stivers for two buffalo horns and #a stiver for two ,eulenspiegels4 ,so then on the ,sunday after ,st4 ,giles'1 ,i traveled with ,herr ,tomasin to ,mechlin and took leave of ,herr ,hans ,ebner1 and he would take nothing for my expenses while ,i was with him seven days2 ,i paid #a stiver on behalf of ,hans ,geuder2 ,i gave #a stiver as a tip to the host's servant2 and at ,mechlin ,i took supper with the ,lady ,nieuwekerke2 and early on ,monday ,i traveled from ,mechlin to ,antwerp4 ,,at ,,antwerp 7,september #c - ,october #d1 #aebj7 ,i breakfasted with the ,portuguese factor1 who gave me three porcelain dishes1 and ,rodrigo gave me some ,calicut feathers4 ,i spent #a florin and paid my messenger #b stivers4 ,i bought ,susanna a mantle for #b florins1 #aj stivers4 ,my wife paid #d florins ,rhenish for a washtub1 a bellows1 a basin1 a pair of slippers1 wood for cooking1 stockings1 a cage for the parrot1 #b jugs1 and for tips2 she spent1 moreover1 for eating1 drinking1 and various necessaries1 #ba stivers4 ,now on ,monday after ,st4 ,giles' ,i am back again at ,jobst ,planckfelter's1 and have dined with him as many times as are drawn here-,,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii4 ,i gave ,nicolas1 ,tomasin's man1 #a stiver2 ,i paid #e stivers for the little frame1 and #a stiver more4 ,my host gave me an ,indian cocoanut and an old ,turkish whip2 then ,i have dined ,,iiiiiiiiiiiii more with ,tomasin4 ,the two lords of ,rogendorf have invited me2 ,i have dined once with them and made a large drawing of their coat of arms on wood1 for engraving4 ,i gave away #a stiver2 my wife changed a florin for #bd stivers2 ,i gave #b stivers as a tip4 ,i have dined once in ,focker's house with the young ,jacob ,rehlinger1 and ,i have also dined once more with him4 ,my wife has changed a florin for #bd stivers for expenses4 ,i gave to ,wilhelm ,hauenhut1 the servant of my lord ,duke ,frederick1 the ,platzgraf1 an engraved ,jerome1 and the two new half-sheets1 the ,mary and the ,anthony4 ,i gave ,herr ,jacob ,bannisis a good painting of a ,veronica face1 a ,eustace1 a ,melancholy1 and a sitting ,jerome1 a ,st4 ,anthony1 the two new ,marys1 and the new ,peasants4 ,and ,i have given his secretary1 ,erasmus1 who wrote my supplication1 a sitting ,jerome1 a ,melancholy1 an ,anthony1 the two new ,marys1 and the ,peasants1 and ,i have given him also two small ,marys1 and all together what ,i have given is worth #g florins1 and ,i have given ,master ,marc1 the goldsmith1 a ,passion on copper1 and he gave me #c florins in payment2 besides this ,i have received #c florins1 #bj stivers1 for prints4 ,to the glazier ,honigen1 ,i have given four little engravings4 ,i have dined with ,herr ,bannisis ,,iii4 ,i paid #d stivers for carbon and black chalk2 ,i have given #a florin1 #h stivers for wood1 and spent #c stivers more4 ,i have dined with the lords of ,nuremberg ,,iiiiiiiiii4 ,master ,dietrich1 the glass painter1 sent me the red colour which is found in the new bricks at ,antwerp4 ,i made charcoal portrait of ,jacob von ,lubeck2 he gave my wife a ,philip's florin4 ,i have again changed a ,philip's florin for expenses4 ,i presented to ,lady ,margaret a seated ,jerome engraved on copper4 ,i sold a woodcut ,passion for #ab stivers1 besides an ,adam and ,eve for #d stivers4 ,felix1 the captain and lute- player1 bought a whole set of copper-engravings and a woodcut ,passion and an engraved ,passion1 two half-sheets and two quarter-sheets1 for #h gold florins2 so ,i gave him another set of engravings4 ,i have taken ,herr ,bannisis's portrait in charcoal4 ,rodrigo gave me another parrot1 and ,i gave his boy #b stivers for a tip4 ,i gave ,johann von den ,winckel1 the trumpeter1 a small woodcut ,passion1 ,st4 ,jerome in his ,cell1 and a ,melancholy4 ,i paid #f stivers for a pair of gloves4 ,i paid #c stivers for a bamboo rod1 and ,george ,schlaudersbath gave me another which cost #f stivers4 ,i have dined once with ,wolff ,haller1 who is employed by the ,fuggers1 when he had invited my lords of ,nuremberg4 ,i have received for works of art1 #b ,philip's florins1 and #f stivers4 ,i have again dined once with my wife2 ,i gave #a stiver to ,hans ,denes' boy for a tip4 ,i have taken #ajj stivers for works of art4 ,i made a charcoal portrait of ,master ,jacob1 ,lord ,rogendorf's painter1 and ,i have drawn for ,lord ,rogendorf his arms on wood1 for which he gave me seven ells of velvet4 ,i dined once more with the ,portuguese2 ,i took the portrait of ,master ,john ,prost of ,bruges1 and he gave me #a florin2 it was done in charcoal2 #bc stivers for a fur coat of rabbit- skin4 ,i sent ,hans ,schwarz #b golden florins for my picture in a letter sent through the ,antwerp ,fuggers to ,augsburg1 ,i gave #ca stivers for a red woolen shirt4 ,i dined once more with ,rogendorf4 ,i gave #b stivers for the colour which is found in the bricks2 and ,i paid #i stivers for an ox horn4 ,i made a charcoal portrait of a ,spaniard4 ,i have dined once with my wife4 ,i gave #b stivers for a dozen little pipes2 ,i gave #c stivers for two little maplewood bowls1 two such ,felix gave my wife1 and ,master ,jacob1 the painter from ,lubeck1 has given my wife another2 dined once with ,rogendorf4 ,i paid #a stiver for the printed ,entry into ,antwerp1 showing how the ,king was received with a splendid triumph2 the gates were beautifully decorated1 and there were plays1 much rejoicing1 and beautiful maidens in tableaux vivants1 whose like ,i have seldom seen4 ,changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i have seen the bones of the great giant at ,antwerp2 his leg above his knee is five and a half feet long1 and beyond measure heavy2 so were his shoulder blades--a single one is broader than a strong man's back--and his other limbs4 ,the man was eighteen feet high1 and reigned at ,antwerp and did great wonders1 as is set out in an old book which belongs to the town magistrates4 ,raphael of ,urbino's effects have been all dispersed after his death1 but one of his disciples1 ,tommaso of ,bologna by name1 a good painter1 desired to see me1 so he came to me and gave me a gold ring1 an antique with a well-cut stone worth #e florins1 but ,i have been already offered twice as much for it2 in return ,i gave him my best engravings1 worth #f florins4 ,i bought a piece of calico for #c stivers1 ,i gave the messenger #a stiver1 and spent #c stivers in company4 ,i presented to ,lady ,margaret1 the ,emperor's sister ,editor's note3 ,actually1 she was his aunt1 a whole set of all my works1 and have drawn her two pictures on parchment with the greatest pains and care2 all this ,i have put at #cj florins1 and ,i have had to draw the design of the house for her physician1 the doctor1 according to which he intends to build one1 and for drawing that ,i would not willingly take less than #aj florins4 ,i have given the servant #a stiver1 and ,i paid #a stiver for brick colour2 ,i have given ,herr ,nicolas ,ziegler a ,christ lying dead1 worth #c florins4 ,to the ,portuguese factor ,i gave a painting of a ,child's ,head1 worth #a florin4 ,i have given #aj stivers for a buffalo horn2 ,i gave #a gold florin for an elk's hoof4 ,i have done ,master ,adrian's portrait in charcoal4 ,i gave #b stivers for the ,condemnation and the ,dialogue1 #c stivers to the messenger2 to ,master ,adrian ,i have given #b florins' worth of works of art2 bought a piece of red chalk for #a stiver4 ,i have done ,herr ,wolff von ,rogendorf in silverpoint4 ,gave away #c stivers2 did the portrait of a noble lady at ,tomasin's house4 ,i have given to ,nicolas a ,jerome in the ,cell1 and two new ,marys4 ,on ,monday after ,st4 ,michael's ,day1 #aebj1 ,i gave to ,tommaso of ,bologna a whole set of prints to send for me to ,rome to another painter1 who will send me ,raphael's work in return4 ,i dined once with my wife2 gave #c stivers for the little tract4 ,the ,bolognese has painted my portrait1 which he will take with him back to ,rome4 ,i bought an elk's foot for #bj stivers1 besides ,i paid #b gold florins1 #d stivers1 for ,herr ,hans ,ebner's little panel2 dined out2 changed a crown for expenses2 dined out4 ,am taking #aa florins for my expenses to ,aachen2 have received #b florins1 #d stivers1 from ,ebner2 paid #i stivers for wood2 gave ,meyding #bj stivers for sending my box4 ,i have taken the portrait of a lady of ,bruges1 who has given me ,i ,philip's florin4 ,i gave away #c stivers as a tip2 paid #b stivers for fir cones and ,i for stone colour2 paid #ac stivers to the furrier1 #a stiver for leather2 bought two mussels for #b stivers4 ,in ,john ,gabriel's house ,i have taken the portrait of an ,italian lord1 who gave me #b gold florins4 ,bought a portmanteau for #b florins1 #d stivers4 ,,visit ,,to ,,aachen ,on ,thursday after ,st4 ,michael's ,day1 ,i journeyed from ,antwerp to ,aachen1 and ,i took #a gulden and ,i noble with me2 and after passing through ,maestricht we came to ,gulpen1 and from there to ,aix on ,sunday2 there ,i have spent up till now1 with the fare and all1 #c florins4 ,at ,aachen ,i saw the well- proportioned pillars with their good capitals of green and red porphyry and granite which ,carolus ,charlemagne had brought from ,rome and set up there4 ,these are made truly according to ,vitruvius's writings4 ,at ,aachen ,i bought an ox horn for #a gold florin4 ,i have taken the portraits of ,herr ,hans ,ebner and ,george ,schlaudersbach1 and ,hans ,ebner's a second time4 ,i paid #b stivers for a fine whetstone1 also #e stivers for a bath and drinking in company2 changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i gave the town servant who took me up into the hall #b white pf42 spent #e white pf4 ,with companions1 drinking and bathing2 ,i have lost #g stivers at play with ,herr ,hans ,ebner at the ,mirror4 ,i have made a charcoal portrait of the young ,christopher ,groland1 also of my host1 ,peter von ,enden4 ,i spent #c stivers in company1 and gave the messenger #a stiver4 ,i have taken the portraits of ,paul ,topier and ,martin ,pfinzing in my sketch-book4 ,i have seen the arm of the ,emperor ,henry1 the shirt and girdle of ,our ,lady1 and other holy relics4 ,i have sketched the ,church of ,our ,lady with its surroundings4 ,i took ,sturm's portrait4 ,made the portrait in charcoal of ,peter von ,enden's brother-in-law4 ,have given #aj white pf4 for a large ox horn2 gave #b white pf4 for a tip1 and ,i have changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i have lost #c white pf4 at play1 also #b stivers2 gave #b white pf4 to the messenger4 #a have given ,tomasin's daughter the painted ,trinity1 it is worth #d florins2 paid #a stiver for washing4 ,i took the portrait in charcoal of the ,kopffrngrin's sister at ,aachen1 and another in silverpoint4 ,spent #c white pf4 for a bath2 paid #h white pf4 for a buffalo horn2 #b white pf4 for a girdle3 paid ,i ,philip's florin for a scarlet shawl2 #f pf4 for paper2 changed #a florin for expenses2 paid #b white pf4 for washing4 ,on the #bcrd day of ,october ,king ,charles was crowned at ,aachen2 there ,i saw all manner of lordly splendour1 the like of which those who live in our parts have never seen--all1 as it has been described4 ,i gave ,mathes works of art worth #b florins1 and presented ,stephen1 ,lady ,margaret's chamberlain1 with #c prints4 ,paid #a florin1 #aj white pf4 for a cedarwood rosary2 gave #a stiver to little ,hans in the stable1 and #a stiver to the child in the house2 lost #b stivers at play2 spent #b stivers1 gave #b stivers to the barber4 ,i have again changed #a florin2 ,i gave away #g white pf4 in the house on leaving4 ,,second ,,visit ,,to ,,cologne ,and ,i traveled from ,aachen to ,julich1 and thence to4442 paid #d stivers for two eye-glasses4 ,i played away #b stivers in an embossed silver medal of the king4 ,i have given #h white pf4 for two ox horns4 ,on the ,friday before ,st4 ,simon and ,st4 ,jude ,i left ,aachen and traveled to ,duren1 where ,i visited the church where ,st4 ,anne's head is4 ,thence we traveled and came on ,sunday1 which was ,st4 ,simon and ,st4 ,jude's ,day1 to ,cologne4 ,i had lodging1 food1 and drink at ,brussels with my lords of ,nuremberg1 and they would take nothing from me for it1 and at ,aachen likewise ,i ate with them three weeks and they brought me to ,cologne1 and would take nothing for it4 ,i have bought a tract of ,luther's for #e white pf4 besides #a white pf4 for the ,condemnation of ,luther1 the pious man1 besides #a white pf4 for a ,paternoster1 and #b white pf4 for a girdle1 ,i white pf4 for one pound of candles2 changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i had to give ,herr ,leonhard ,groland my great ox horn1 and to ,hans ,ebner ,i had to give my large rosary of cedarwood4 ,paid #f white pf4 for a pair of shoes2 ,i gave #b white pf4 for a little skull2 #a white pf4 ,i gave for beer and bread2 #a white pf4 for a pertele braid4 ,i have given #d white pf4 to two messengers2 ,i have given #b white pf4 to ,nicolas's daughter for lace1 also #a white pf4 to a messenger4 ,i gave prints worth #b florins to ,herr ,ziegler ,linhard2 paid the barber #b white pf4 paid #c white pf4 and then #b white pf4 for opening the picture which ,master ,stephan made at ,cologne2 ,i gave the messenger #a white pf41 and spent #b white pf4 drinking in company4 ,i made the portrait of ,gottschalk's sister3 #a paid ,i white pf4 for a little tract4 ,at ,cologne1 on ,sunday evening after ,all ,saints' ,day in the year #aebj1 ,i saw the nobles dance and banquet in the ,emperor ,charles's dancing saloon3 it was splendidly arranged4 ,i have drawn for ,staiber his coat of arms on wood4 ,i gave a ,melancholy to a young count at ,cologne1 and a new ,mary to ,duke ,frederick4 ,i have made ,nicolas ,hailer's portrait in charcoal2 paid #b white pf4 to the door porter4 ,i have given #c white pf4 for two little tracts1 also #aj white pf4 for a cow horn4 ,at ,cologne ,i went to ,st4 ,ursula's ,church and to her grave1 and saw the holy maiden and the other great relics4 ,fernberger's portrait ,i took in charcoal2 changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i gave ,nicolas's wife #h white pf4 when she invited me as a guest4 ,i bought two prints for #a stiver4 ,herr ,hans ,ebner and ,herr ,nicolas ,groland would take nothing from me for eight days at ,brussels1 three weeks at ,aachen1 and fourteen days at ,cologne4 ,i made the nun's portrait1 and gave #g white pf4 to the nun4 ,i made her a present of three half-sheet engravings on copper4 ,my ,confirmation from the ,emperor came to my lords of ,nuremberg the ,monday after ,st4 ,martin's1 the year #aebj1 after great trouble and labour4 ,i gave ,nicolas's daughter #g white pf4 on departing1 #a florin to his wife1 and again #a ort to his daughter on leaving2 and ,i started away from ,cologne4 ,before that1 ,staiber invited me once as his guest1 and so did my cousin ,nicolas once1 and old ,wolfgang once1 and once besides ,i dined as his guest4 ,i have given ,nicolas's man a ,eustace on leaving1 and his little daughter another ort1 as they took much trouble for me4 ,i have given #a florin for a little ivory skull1 and ,i white pf4 for a turned box1 also #g white pf4 for a pair of shoes1 and ,i gave ,nicolas's man a ,nemesis on leaving4 ,,second ,,journey ,,from ,,cologne ,,to ,,antwerp ,i started off early by boat from ,cologne on ,wednesday after ,st4 ,martin's1 and went as far as 4 4 4 ,paid #f white pf4 for a pair of shoes4 ,i gave #d white pf4 to the messenger4 ,from ,cologne ,i traveled by the ,rhine to ,zons1 from ,zons to ,neuss1 and from thence to ,stain where we stayed the day1 and ,i spent #f white pf4 ,thence we came to ,dusseldorf1 a little town1 where ,i spent #b white pf42 from thence to ,kaiserswerth2 from thence to ,duisburg1 another little town1 and we passed two castles1 ,angerort and ,rurort2 thence we went to ,orsoy1 a little town2 from thence we went to ,rheinberg1 another little town1 where ,i lay overnight1 and spent #f white pf42 from there ,i traveled to the following towns1 ,burg ,wesel1 ,rees1 and from there to ,emmerich4 ,we came next to ,thomas1 and from there to ,nymwegen2 there we stayed over the night and spent #d white pf42 from ,nymwegen ,i traveled to ,tiel1 and from there to ,herzogenbusch4 ,at ,emmerich ,i stopped and spent #c white pf4 on a very good meal4 ,there ,i took the portrait of a goldsmith's apprentice1 ,peter ,federmacher of ,antwerp1 and of a woman4 ,the reason of our staying was that a great storm of wind overtook us4 ,i spent besides #e white pf41 and ,i changed #a florin for expenses2 also ,i took the host's portrait1 and we did not get to ,nymwegen until ,sunday2 ,i gave the boatmen #bj white pf4 ,nymwegen is a beautiful city1 and has a fine church and a well-situated castle2 from there we traveled to ,tiel1 where we left the ,rhine and continued on the ,maas to ,heerewarden1 where the two towers stand2 there we lay over night1 and during this day ,i spent #g stivers4 ,from there we started early on ,tuesday for ,bommel on the ,maas2 there a great storm of wind overtook us and we hired some peasant horses and rode without saddles as far as ,herzogenbusch1 and ,i paid #a florin for the journey by boat and horse4 ,herzogenbusch is a beautiful city1 and has an extremely beautiful church and a strong fortress2 there ,i spent #aj stivers1 although ,arnold settled for the repast4 ,the goldsmiths came to me and showed me great honour4 ,from there we traveled on ,our ,lady's ,day early and came through the large and beautiful village of ,oosterwyck4 ,we breakfasted at ,tilborch and spent #d white pf42 from there we came to ,baarle1 lay the night there1 and spent #c stivers1 and my companions got into an argument with the innkeeper1 so we went on in the night to ,hoogstraten2 there we stopped two hours and went by ,st4 ,leonhard ,kirchen to ,harscht4 ,we breakfasted there and spent #d stivers4 ,,second ,,stay ,,at ,,antwerp 7,november #bb-;,december #c1 #aebj7 ,from there we journeyed to ,antwerp and gave the driver #ae stivers4 ,this was on ,thursday after ,our ,lady's ,assumption by error for ,presentation2 and ,i gave an engraving of the ,passion to ,john1 ,jobst ,schwager's man1 and ,i made a portrait of ,nicolas ,sopalis1 and on the ,thursday after ,our ,lady's ,assumption ,presentation1 #aebj1 ,i was once more back in ,jobst ,planckfelt's house2 ,i have eaten with him ,,iiii times4 ,my wife-,,ii-changed #a florin for expenses1 besides a crown2 and the seven weeks that ,i have been away my wife and maid have spent #g crowns and bought another #d florins' worth of things4 ,i spent #d stivers in company4 ,i have dined with ,tomasin ,,iiiiii times4 ,on ,st4 ,martin's ,day my wife had her purse cut off in ,our ,lady's ,church at ,antwerp2 there were #b florins in it1 and the purse itself1 besides what was in it1 was worth another florin1 and some keys were in it1 too4 ,on the eve before ,st4 ,catherine's ,i paid ,jobst ,planckfelt1 my host1 #aj gold crowns for my reckoning4 ,i dined two times with the ,portuguese4 ,rodrigo gave me six ,indian nuts1 so ,i gave his boy #b stivers for a tip4 ,i paid #ai stivers for parchment2 changed #b crowns for expenses4 ,i sold two ,adam and ,eves1 one ,sea ,monster1 one ,jerome1 one ,knight1 one ,nemesis1 one ,st4 ,eustace1 one whole sheet1 besides seventeen etched pieces1 eight quarter- sheets1 and ten wood-cuts1 seven of the bad woodcuts1 two books1 and ten small wood ,passions1 the whole for #h florins4 ,also ,i exchanged three large books for one ounce ell of8 camlet4 ,i changed a ,philip's florin for expenses and my wife likewise changed a florin4 ,at ,zierikzee in ,zeeland a whale has been washed ashore by a great tide and storm2 it is much more than a hundred fathoms long2 no one in ,zeeland has ever seen one even one-third as long1 and the fish cannot get off the land4 ,the people would be glad to see it gone1 for they fear the great stink1 for it is so big they say it could not be cut in pieces and the oil got out of it in half a year4 ,stephen ,capello has given me a cedarwood rosary1 in return for which ,i was to take and have taken his portrait4 ,i paid #d stivers for furnace brown and a pair of snuffers2 ,i gave #c stivers for paper2 made a portrait of ,felix1 kneeling1 in his book in pen and ink1 and ,felix gave me one hundred oysters4 ,i gave ,herr ,lazarus1 the great man1 an engraved ,jerome and three large books4 ,rodrigo sent me some wine and oysters4 ,i paid #g white pf4 for black chalk4 ,i have had to dinner ,tomasin1 ,gerhard1 ,tomasin's daughter1 her husband1 the glass painter ,hennick1 ,jobst and his wife1 and ,felix1 which cost #b florins4 ,tomasin made me a gift of four ells of gray damask for a doublet4 ,i have changed a ,philip's florin for expenses4 ,,visit ,,to ,,zeeland 7,december #c-ad1 #aebj7 ,on ,st4 ,barbara's ,eve ,i traveled from ,antwerp to ,bergen-op- ,zoom2 ,i paid #b stivers for the horse1 and ,i spent #a florin #f stivers here4 ,at ,bergen ,i bought my wife a thin ,netherlandish head cloth1 which cost #a florin1 #g stivers1 besides #f stivers for three pairs of shoes1 #a stiver for eyeglasses1 and #f stivers for an ivory button2 gave #b stivers for a tip4 ,i have drawn the portraits in charcoal of ,jan de ,has1 his wife1 and two daughters2 and the maid and the old woman in silverpoint1 in my sketch-book4 ,i saw the ,van ,bergen house1 which is a very large and beautiful building4 ,bergen is a pleasant place in summer1 and two great fairs are held there yearly4 ,on ,our ,lady's ,eve ,i started with my companions for ,zeeland1 and ,sebastian ,imhof lent me five florins2 and the first night we lay at anchor in the sea2 it was very cold and we had neither food nor drink4 ,on ,saturday we came to ,goes1 and there ,i drew a girl in the costume of the place4 ,thence we traveled to ,arnemuiden1 and ,i paid #ae stivers for expenses4 ,we went by a sunken place1 where we saw the tops of the roofs standing up above the water1 and we went by the island of ,wolfersdyk1 and passed the little town ,kortgene on another island lying near4 ,zeeland has seven islands1 and ,arnemuiden1 where ,i lay the night1 is the biggest4 ,from there ,i traveled to ,middelburg4 ,there in the abbey ,jan de ,mabuse has made a great picture1 not so good in the drawing as in the colouring4 ,from there ,i went to the ,veere1 where ships from all lands lie4 ,it is a very fine little town4 ,but at ,arnemuiden1 where ,i landed1 there happened to me a great misfortune4 ,as we were coming to land and getting out our rope1 just as we were getting on shore1 a great ship ran into us so hard that in the crush ,i let everyone get out before me1 so that no one but myself1 ,george ,kotzler1 two old women1 the sailor1 and a little boy were left in the ship4 ,when now the other ship knocked against us and ,i with those mentioned was on the ship and could not get out1 the strong rope broke1 and at the same moment a violent storm of wind arose which forcibly drove back our ship4 ,so we all called for help1 but no one would risk himself1 and the wind carried us back out to sea4 ,then the skipper tore his hair and cried aloud1 for all his men had landed and the ship was unmanned4 ,it was a matter of fear and danger1 for there was a great wind and no more than six persons in the ship1 so ,i spoke to the skipper that he should take heart and have hope in ,god1 and should take thought for what was to be done4 ,he said that if he could pull up the small sail1 he would try if we could come again to land4 ,so we all helped one another and pulled it half-way up with difficulty1 and went on again towards the land4 ,and when those on the land who had already given us up saw how we helped ourselves1 they too came to our aid1 and we got to land4 ,middelburg is a good town2 it has a very beautiful town hall with a fine tower4 ,there is much art shown in all things here4 ,there are very rich and beautiful stalls in the abbey1 and a splendid gallery of stone and a beautiful parish church4 ,the town is excellent for sketching4 ,zeeland is beautiful and wonderful to see on account of the water1 for it stands higher than the land4 ,i have made a portrait of my host at ,arnemuiden4 ,master ,hugo1 ,alexander ,imhof1 and the ,hirschvogel's servant ,frederick gave me each of them an ,indian nut that they had won at play1 and the host gave me a sprouting bulb4 ,early on ,monday morning we went back to the ship and set out for the ,veere and for ,zierikzee2 ,i wanted to get sight of the great fish1 but the tide had carried it off again4 ,i paid #b florins for fare and expenses and #b florins for a rug1 #d stivers for a fig-cheese and #c stivers for carriage1 and ,i lost #f stivers at play4 ,when we came back to ,bergen ,i gave #aj stivers for an ivory comb4 ,i have taken ,schnabhan's portrait1 and ,i have also taken the portrait of my host's son-in-law1 ,klautz4 ,gave #b florins less #e stivers for a piece of tin2 also #b florins for a bad piece of tin4 ,i have also taken the portrait of little ,bernard of ,brussels1 ,george ,kotzler1 and the ,frenchman from ,kamrick2 each of them gave me #a florin at ,bergen4 ,jan de ,has' son-in-law gave me #a ,horn florin for his portrait1 and ,kerpen of ,cologne also gave me a florin1 and besides this ,i bought two bed-covers for #d florins less #aj stivers4 ,i have made the portrait of ,nicolas1 the jeweler4 ,these are the number of times that ,i have dined at ,bergen since ,i came from ,zeeland3 ,,iiiiiiiii and once for #d stivers4 ,i paid the driver #c stivers and spent #h stivers1 and came back to ,antwerp1 to ,jobst ,planckfelt's1 on ,friday after ,st4 ,lucy's1 #aebj1 and ,i have dined this number of times with him3 ,,iiii4 ,it is paid1 and my wife3 ,,iiii1 and that is paid4 ,,at ,,antwerp 7,december1 #aebj - ,april1 #aeba7 ,in return for the three books which ,i gave him1 ,herr ,lazarus of ,ravensburg has given me a big fish scale1 five snail shells1 four silver medals1 five copper ones1 two little dried fishes and a white coral1 four reed arrows and another white coral4 ,i changed #a florin for expenses1 and like-wise #a crown4 ,i have dined alone so many times3 ,,iiiiiiiii4 ,the factor of ,portugal has given me a brown velvet bag and a box of good electuary2 ,i gave his boy #c stivers for wages4 ,i gave #a ,horn florin for two little panels1 but they gave me back #f stivers4 ,i bought a little monkey for #d gulden1 and gave #ad stivers for five fish4 ,i paid ,jobst #aj stivers for three dinners2 ,i gave #b stivers for two tracts2 and #b stivers to the messenger4 ,i gave ,lazarus of ,ravensburg a portrait head on panel which cost #f stivers1 and besides that ,i have given him eight sheets of the large copper engravings1 eight of the half-sheets1 an engraved ,passion1 and other engravings and woodcuts1 all together worth more than #d florins4 ,i changed a ,philip's florin for expenses1 and besides that a gold florin for expenses4 ,i gave #f stivers for a panel1 and did the portrait of the servant of the ,portuguese on it in charcoal1 and ,i gave him all that for a ,new ,year's present and #b stivers for a tip4 ,changed #a florin for expenses and gave ,bernhard ,stecher a whole set of prints4 ,i bought #ca stivers' worth of wood4 ,i have made the portraits of ,gerhard ,bombelli and ,sebastian the procurator's daughter4 ,i have changed #a florin for expenses4 ,have spent #c stivers besides #c more for a meal4 ,i have given ,herr ,wolff of ,rogendorf a ,passion on copper and one in woodcut4 ,gerhard ,bombelli has given me a printed ,turkish cloth1 and ,herr ,wolff of ,rogendorf gave me seven ,brabant ells of velvet1 so ,i gave his man #a ,philip's florin for a tip4 ,spent #c stivers on a meal2 gave #d stivers for tips4 ,i have drawn the new factor's portrait in charcoal4 ,gave #f stivers for a panel4 ,have dined with the ,portuguese ,,iiiiiii times1 with the treasurer #a1 with ,tomasin ,,iiiiiiiiii times4 ,gave #d stivers for tips4 ,with ,lazarus of ,ravensburg #a1 ,wolff of ,rogendorf #a1 ,bernhard ,stecher #a1 ,utz ,hanolt ,meyting #a1 ,caspar ,lewenter #a4 ,i gave #c stivers to the man whose portrait ,i drew2 gave the boy #b stivers4 ,i have given #d florins for flax4 ,have taken #d florins for prints2 have changed #a crown for expenses4 ,paid the furrier #d stivers and again #b stivers4 ,lost #d stivers at play2 spent #f stivers4 ,i have changed #a noble for expenses2 gave #ah stivers for raisins and three pairs of knives4 ,i paid #b florins for some meals at ,jobst's4 ,have lost #d stivers at play1 and gave #f stivers to the furrier4 ,have given ,master ,jacob two engraved ,st4 ,jeromes4 ,lost #b stivers at play3 changed #a crown for expenses2 lost #a stiver at play4 ,have given to ,tomasin's three maids three pairs of knives1 which cost #e stivers4 ,have taken #bi stivers for prints4 ,rodrigo gave me a muskball just as it had been cut from the musk deer1 also a #a_/d lb4 of persin a dark red paint8 and a box full of quince electuary and a big box of sugar1 so ,i gave his boy #e stivers for a tip4 ,lost #b stivers at play4 ,i have done the portrait of ,jobst's wife in charcoal4 ,i have got #d florins1 #e stivers for three small canvases4 ,changed #b florins in succession for expenses4 ,lost #b stivers at play4 ,my wife gave me #a florin for the child1 and #d stivers in the child's bed4 ,i have changed #a crown for expenses2 spent #d stivers1 lost #b stivers at play1 and gave #d stivers to the messenger4 ,changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i gave ,master ,dietrich1 the glass painter1 an ,apocalypse and the six ,knots4 ,paid #dj stivers for flax4 ,lost #h stivers at play4 ,i have given the little ,portuguese factor1 ,signor ,francisco1 my small canvas with the small child1 that is worth #aj florins4 ,i have given ,dr4 ,loffen at ,antwerp the four books and an engraved ,jerome1 and the same to ,jobst ,planckfelt4 ,i have done the arms of ,staiber and another4 ,i have made a portrait of ,tomasin's son and daughter in silverpoint2 also ,i have painted a small panel in oil of the ,duke4 ,have got #c stivers for engravings4 ,rodrigo1 the ,portuguese secretary1 has given me two ,calicut cloths1 one of them is silk1 and he has given me an ornamented cap and a green jug with myrobalans1 and a branch of cedar tree1 worth #aj florins altogether4 ,and ,i gave the boy for a tip #e stivers and #b stivers for a brush4 ,i have made a drawing for a mask for the ,fugger's people for masquerade1 and they have given me an angel4 ,i have changed #a florin for expenses4 ,gave #h stivers for two little powder horns4 ,lost #c stivers at play4 ,changed an angel for expenses4 ,i have drawn two sheets full of beautiful little masks for ,tomasin4 ,i have painted a good ,veronica face in oils2 it is worth #ab florins4 ,i gave it to ,francisco1 the ,portuguese factor4 ,since then ,i have painted ,santa ,veronica in oils2 it is better than the former1 and ,i gave it to ,factor ,brandan of ,portugal4 ,francisco gave the maid #a ,philip's florin for a tip1 and afterwards1 because of the ,veronica1 #a florin more1 but the ,factor ,brandan gave her #a florin4 ,i paid ,peter #h stivers for two cases4 ,i changed an angel for expenses4 ,on ,carnival ,sunday early1 the goldsmiths invited me to dinner1 with my wife4 ,in their assembly were many notable men4 ,they prepared a very grand meal1 and did me the greatest honour4 ,in the evening the old bailiff of the town invited me and gave me a splendid meal1 and did me great honour4 ,thither came many strange maskers4 ,i have drawn the portrait of ,florent ,nepotis1 ,lady ,margaret's organist1 in charcoal4 ,on ,monday night ,herr ,lopez invited me to the great banquet on ,shrove ,tuesday1 which lasted till two o'clock1 and was very grand4 ,herr ,lorenz ,sterk has given me a ,spanish fur4 ,and to the above-mentioned feast came many very splendid masks1 especially ,tomasin ,bombelli4 ,i have won #b florins at play4 ,have changed an angel for expenses3 paid #ad stivers for a basket of raisins4 ,i have made the portrait in charcoal of ,bernhard von ,castell1 from whom ,i won the money4 ,tomasin's brother ,gerhardt has given me four ,brabant ells of the best black satin1 and has given me three big boxes of candied citron1 so ,i gave the maid #c stivers for a tip4 ,paid #ac stivers for wood1 and #b stivers for pine kernels4 ,i drew the procurator's daughter very carefully in silver-point4 ,have changed #a angel for expenses4 ,i have drawn the portrait in black chalk of the good marble worker1 ,master ,johann1 who looks like ,christopher ,kohler2 he has studied in ,italy1 and comes from ,metz4 ,i have changed #a ,horn florin for expenses4 ,i have given #c florins to ,jan ,turck for ,italian works of art2 ,i gave him #ab ducats' worth of works of art for one ounce of good ultramarine4 ,i have sold a small woodcut of the ,passion for florins4 ,i sold two reams and four books of ,schauflein's prints for #c florins4 ,have given #c florins for two ivory salt-cellars from ,calicut4 ,have taken #b florins for prints2 have changed #a florin for expenses4 ,rudiger von ,gelern gave me a snail shell1 together with coins of gold and silver1 with an ort4 ,i gave him in return the three large books and an engraved ,knight2 have taken #aa stivers for prints4 ,i gave #b ,philip's florins for ,,ss4 ,peter and ,paul1 which ,i shall present to ,herr ,kohler's wife4 ,rodrigo has given me two boxes of quince ,electuary and all kinds of sweetmeats1 and ,i gave #e stivers for a tip1 ,paid #af stivers for boxes4 ,lazarus of ,ravensburg gave me a sugar loaf1 so ,i gave his boy #a stiver4 ,paid #f stivers for wood4 ,have eaten once with the ,frenchman2 twice with the ,hirschvogel's ,fritz1 and once with ,master ,peter1 the secretary1 when ,erasmus of ,rotterdam also dined with us4 ,i paid #a stiver to be allowed to go up the tower at ,antwerp1 which is said to be higher than that at ,strasburg4 ,from thence ,i saw the whole town on all sides1 which was very pleasant4 ,paid #a stiver for a bath4 ,have changed #a angel for expenses4 ,the ,factor ,brandon of ,portugal has given me two large beautiful white sugar loaves1 a dishful of sweetmeats1 two green pots of preserves1 and four ells of black satin1 so ,i gave the servant #aj stivers for a tip4 ,paid the messenger #c stivers4 ,i have drawn twice in the more in silverpoint the beautiful maiden for ,gerhardt4 ,again changed an angel for expenses2 took #d florins for prints2 paid #aj stivers for ,rodrigo's case4 ,dined with the treasurer1 ,herr ,lorenz ,sterk1 who gave me an ivory whistle and a very beautiful piece of porcelain1 and ,i have given him a whole set of prints4 ,i also gave a whole set to ,herr ,adrian1 the ,antwerp town orator4 ,also ,i changed a ,philip's florin for expenses4 ,i presented a sitting ,st4 ,nicolas to the largest and richest guild of merchants at ,antwerp1 for which they have made me a present of #c ,philip's florins4 ,i gave ,peter ,egidius the old frame of the ,st4 ,jerome besides #d gulden for a frame for the treasurer's likeness4 ,paid #aa stivers for wood4 ,again changed a ,philip's florin for expenses4 ,gave #d stivers for a bore4 ,gave #c stivers for three canes4 ,i have handed over my bale to ,jacob and ,andreas ,hessler to take to ,nuremberg1 and ,i am to pay them #b florins per cwt41 ,nuremberg weight1 and they are to take it to ,herr ,hans ,imhof1 the elder1 and ,i have paid #b florins on it4 ,moreover ,i have done it up in a packing case4 ,this was in the year #aeba1 on the ,saturday before ,judicz4 ,also on the ,saturday before ,judicz1 ,rodrigo gave me six large ,indian cocoanuts1 a very fine piece of coral1 and two large ,portuguese florins1 one of which weighs #aj ducats1 and ,i gave the boy #ae stivers for a tip4 ,i have bought a lode- stone for #af stivers4 ,i have changed an angel for expenses4 ,paid #f stivers for packing4 ,sent ,master ,hugo at ,brussels an engraved ,passion and some other prints for his little porphyry stone4 ,i have made for ,tomasin a design drawn and tinted in half-colours1 from which he means to have his house painted4 ,i painted ,jerome in oils with care and gave it to ,rodrigo of ,portugal1 who gave ,susanna a ducat for a tip4 ,have changed a ,philip's florin for expenses and gave #aj stivers to my ,father ,confessor4 ,gave #d stivers for the little tortoise4 ,i have dined with ,herr ,gilbert1 who gave me a ,calicut target made of a fish skin1 and two gloves as they use them for fighting4 ,i have given ,peter #b stivers4 ,gave #aj stivers for the fish fins1 and #c stivers for a tip4 ,i have made a very good portrait in hard chalk of ,cornelius1 the secretary of ,antwerp4 ,i have given #c florins1 #af stivers1 for the five silk girdles which ,i mean to give away1 besides #bj stivers for an edging lace84 ,these six edgings ,i have sent as presents to the wives of ,kasperi ,nutzel1 ,franz ,imhof1 ,straub1 the two ,spenglers1 ,loffelholz1 besides a good pair of gloves to each4 ,to ,pirkheimer ,i have sent a large cap1 a very handsome buffalo horn inkstand1 a silver medal of the ,emperor1 a pound of pistachios1 and three sugar canes4 ,to ,kasper ,ntitzel ,i have sent a great elk's foot1 ten large fir cones with pine kernels4 ,to ,jacob ,muffel ,i have sent a scarlet breast cloth of one ell2 to ,hans ,imhof's child an embroidered scarlet cap and pine kernels2 to ,kramer's wife four ells of taffeta1 worth #d florins4 ,to ,lochinger's wife one ell of taffeta1 of #a florin's worth2 to the two ,spenglers1 each a bag and three fine horns2 to ,herr ,hieronimus ,holzschuher1 a very large horn4 ,have eaten twice with the factor2 dined with ,master ,adrian1 the secretary of the town council of ,antwerp1 who gave me the small painted panel made by ,master ,joachim de ,patinir3 it is of ,lot and his ,daughters4 ,have taken #ab florins for prints1 also ,i have sold some of ,hans ,baldung ,grun's works for #a florin4 ,rudiger von ,gelern has given me a piece of sandalwood2 ,i gave his boy a stiver4 ,i have painted the portrait of ,bernhard of ,brussels in oils2 he gave me #h florins for it1 and gave my wife a crown1 and ,susanna a florin worth #bd stivers4 ,i have given #c stivers for the ,swiss jug1 and #b stivers for the ship1 also #c stivers for the case and #d stivers to the ,father ,confessor4 ,i have changed an angel for expenses2 have taken #d florins1 #aj stivers for works of art3 paid #c stivers for salve2 gave #ab #a_/b stivers for wood2 changed #a florin for expenses2 have given #a florin for #ad pieces of ,french wood4 ,i gave ,ambrozio ,hochstutter a ,life of ,our ,lady1 and he gave me a model of his ship4 ,rodrigo gave my wife a little ring which is worth more than #e florins4 ,have changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i have done the portrait of ,factor ,brandon's secretary in charcoal2 ,i have done the portrait of his ,moorish woman in silverpoint1 and ,i have done ,rodrigo's portrait on a large sheet of paper with the brush1 in black and white4 ,i have given #af florins for a piece of camlet measuring twenty-four ells1 and it cost #a stiver to bring home4 ,have paid #b stivers for gloves4 ,i have done ,lucas of ,dantzic's portrait in charcoal4 ,he gave me #a florin for it1 and a piece of sandalwood4 ,,visit ,,to ,,bruges ,,and ,,ghent 7,april #f-aa1 #aeba7 ,on the ,saturday after ,easter1 with ,hans ,luber and ,master ,jan ,prevost1 a good painter born at ,bruges1 ,i set out from ,antwerp towards ,bruges by way of the ,scheldt and came to ,beveren1 a large village4 ,from there to ,vracene1 also a big village2 thence we passed through some villages and came to a fine large village1 where the rich farmers live1 and there we breakfasted4 ,thence we journeyed towards ,st4 ,paul's1 the rich abbey1 and went through ,caudenborn1 a fine village2 thence through the large village of ,kalve1 and thence to ,ertvelde2 there we lay the night and started early on ,sunday morning and came from ,ertvelde to a small town4 ,from that we went to ,ecloo1 which is a mighty large village2 it is plastered1 and has a square2 there we breakfasted4 ,thence we went to ,maldegem1 and then through other villages1 and came to ,bruges--which is a fine noble town4 ,i paid #ba stivers for fare and other expenses4 ,and arriving at ,bruges1 ,jan ,prevost took me into his house to lodge1 and the same night prepared a costly meal1 and asked much company to meet me4 ,the next day ,marx1 the goldsmith1 invited me1 and gave me a costly meal and asked many to meet me2 afterwards they took me to see the ,emperor's house1 which is large and splendid4 ,there ,i saw the chapel which ,roger painted1 and some pictures by a great old artist4 ,i gave the man who showed them to us #a stiver2 afterwards ,i bought two ivory combs for #cj stivers4 ,thence they took me to ,st4 ,james's and let me see the splendid paintings of ,roger and ,hugo1 who are both great masters4 ,afterwards ,i saw the alabaster ,madonna in ,our ,lady's ,church that ,michelangelo of ,rome made2 afterwards they took me to many churches and let me see all the fine paintings1 of which there is abundance there1 and when ,i had seen the ,jan ,van ,eyck and all the other things1 we came at last to the ,painters' ,chapel1 in which there are good things4 ,then they prepared a banquet for me1 and ,i went thence with them to their guildhall2 there were many honourable men gathered together1 goldsmiths1 painters1 and merchants1 and they made me sup with them1 and they gave me presents and sought my acquaintance and did me great honour2 and the two brothers ,jacob and ,peter ,mostaert1 the town councilors1 gave me twelve cans of wine1 and the whole assembly1 more than sixty persons1 accompanied me home with many torches4 ,i also saw in their shooting gallery the great fish tub from which they eat1 which is #ai feet long1 #g high1 and #g broad4 ,early on ,tuesday we departed1 but before that1 ,i did ,jan ,prevost's portrait in silverpoint1 and gave his wife #aj stivers at parting4 ,and so we traveled to ,ursel2 there we breakfasted4 ,on the way there are three villages4 ,then we traveled towards ,ghent1 again through three villages1 and ,i paid #d stivers for the journey1 and #d stivers for expenses2 and on my arrival at ,ghent1 there came to me the dean of the painters and brought with him the first masters in painting2 they showed me great honour1 received me most courteously1 and commended to me their good-will and service1 and supped with me4 ,on ,wednesday early they took me to the tower of ,st4 ,john's1 whence ,i looked all over the great and wonderful town1 where ,i had just been treated as a great person4 ,afterwards ,i saw the ,jan ,van ,eyck's picture1 which is a very splendid1 deeply studied painting1 and especially the ,eve1 the ,mary1 and ,god the ,father were extremely good4 ,then ,i saw the lions and drew one of them in silverpoint2 also ,i saw on the bridge1 where men are beheaded1 two pictures which were made as a sign that there a son had beheaded his father4 ,ghent is beautiful and a wonderful town2 four great waters flow through it4 ,i gave #c stivers as a tip to the sacristan and the lions' keeper4 ,i saw many other remarkable things in ,ghent1 and the painters with their dean did not forget me1 but ate with me morning and evening1 and paid for everything1 and were very friendly4 ,i gave away #c stivers at the inn on leaving4 ,then early on ,thursday ,i set out from ,ghent and came through various villages to the inn called ,the ,swan1 where we breakfasted2 thence we passed through a beautiful village and came to ,antwerp1 and ,i paid #h stivers for the fare4 ,,at ,,antwerp 7,april #aa-,may #ag1 #aeba7 ,i have taken #d florins for works of art2 changed one florin for expenses4 ,have taken the portrait of ,hans ,lieber of ,ulm in charcoal2 he wished to pay me #a florin1 but ,i would not take it4 ,gave #g stivers for wood and #a stiver for bringing it2 changed #a florin for expenses4 ,in the third week after ,easter a violent fever came upon me with great weakness1 nausea1 and headache2 and before1 when ,i was in ,zeeland1 a strange illness overcame me such as ,i never heard of from anyone1 and this illness ,i have still4 ,i paid #f stivers for a case4 ,the monk has bound two books for me for the prints which ,i gave him4 ,i have given #aj florins1 #h stivers for a piece of arras for two mantles for my mother-in-law and my wife4 ,i gave the doctor #h stivers1 and #c stivers to the apothecary1 also changed #a florin for expenses and spent #c stivers in company4 ,paid the doctor #aj stivers2 again paid the doctor #f stivers4 ,during my illness ,rodrigo sent me many sweetmeats2 ,i gave the boy #d stivers for a tip4 ,i have drawn ,master ,joachim ,patinir in silverpoint1 and made him besides another likeness in silverpoint4 ,again changed a crown for expenses1 and again #a florin for expenses4 ,paid the doctor #f stivers1 and #g stivers at the apothecary's2 changed #a florin for expenses4 ,for packing the third bale1 which ,i sent from ,antwerp to ,nuremberg by a carrier called ,hans ,staber1 ,i paid #ac stivers1 and ,i paid the carrier #a florin for it1 and ,i agreed with him to take it from ,antwerp to ,nuremberg for #a florin1 ,i ort1 per cwt41 and this bale is to be taken to ,herr ,hans ,imhof1 the elder4 ,i have paid the doctor1 the apothecary1 and the barber #ad stivers4 ,i gave ,master ,jacob1 the surgeon1 #d florins' worth of prints4 ,i have made a portrait in charcoal of ,thomas ,polonius of ,rome4 ,my camlet cloak came to twenty-one ,brabant ells1 which are three finger-breadths longer than the ,nuremberg ells4 ,i have also bought four black ,spanish skins1 which cost #c stivers each1 and they come to #cd1 that makes #aj florins1 #b stivers2 ,i paid the skinner furrier #a florin to make them up1 then there were two ells of velvet for trimming1 #e florins2 also for silk cord and thread1 #cd stivers2 then the tailor's wage1 #cj stivers2 the camlet which is in the cloak cost #ad #a_/b florins1 and the boy #e stivers for a tip4 ,cross ,sunday after ,easter2 from this ,i start a fresh account4 ,again paid the doctor #f stivers2 ,i have gained #ec stivers for works of art1 and have taken them for expenses4 ,on ,sunday before ,holy ,cross ,week1 ,master ,joachim ,patinir1 the good landscape painter1 asked me to his wedding1 and showed me all honour2 there ,i saw two beautiful plays1 the first was especially pious and devout4 ,i again paid the doctor #f stivers1 and have changed #a florin for expenses4 ,on ,sunday after ,our ,lord's ,ascension1 ,master ,dietrich1 the glass painter of ,antwerp1 invited me and asked many other people to meet me1 and especially among them ,alexander1 the goldsmith1 a rich1 stately man1 and we had a splendid dinner1 and they did me great honour4 ,i have done in charcoal the portrait of ,master ,marx1 the goldsmith1 who lives at ,bruges4 ,i bought a broad cap for #cf stivers4 ,i paid ,paul ,geiger #a florin to take my little chest to ,nuremberg1 and #d stivers for the letter4 ,i have taken the portrait of ,ambrosius ,hochstatter in charcoal1 and ,i dined with him3 ,i have dined at least six times with ,tomasin4 ,i bought some wooden dishes and platters for #c stivers4 ,i have given the apothecary #ab stivers4 ,i have given two books of the ,life of ,our ,lady1 one to the foreign surgeon1 the other to ,marx's house servant2 ,i also paid the doctor #h stivers1 and gave #d stivers for cleaning an old cap4 ,lost #d stivers at play2 have given #b florins for a new cap4 ,i have changed the old cap because it was clumsy1 and have given #f stivers more for another4 ,painted a portrait of the duke in oils3 have made a very fine and careful portrait in oils of the treasurer1 ,lorenz ,sterk2 it was worth #be florins4 ,i presented it to him1 and in return he gave me #bj florins1 and to ,susanna #a florin for a tip4 ,likewise ,i painted the portrait of ,jobst1 my host1 very well and carefully in oils2 he has now given me the portrait ,i did of him before8 and ,i have done his wife again and painted her portrait in oils4 ,on the ,friday before ,whitsuntide1 #aeba1 tidings came to me at ,antwerp that ,martin ,luther had been so treacherously taken prisoner1 for he trusted the ,emperor ,charles's herald1 who had been granted to him with the ,imperial safe conduct1 but as soon as the herald had brought him near ,eisenach1 to an unfriendly place1 he said that he would not need him any more and rode away4 ,immediately there appeared ten knights1 who treacherously carried off the pious man1 who had been betrayed2 a man enlightened by the ,holy ,ghost1 a follower of ,christ and of the true ,christian faith1 and whether he lives yet or whether they have put him to death1 ,i know not4 ,if he has suffered1 it is for the sake of ,christian truth and because he has fought with the un-,christlike papacy1 which strives with its heavy load of human laws against the redemption of ,christ2 and if so1 it is that we may be again robbed and stripped of the fruit of our blood and sweat1 that the same may be shamelessly and scandalously squandered while poor and sick men must therefore die of hunger4 ,and this is above all most grievous to me1 that ,god perhaps will let us remain yet under their false1 blind doctrine1 invented and set forth by the men whom they call ,fathers1 through whom the ,word of ,god is in many places falsely expounded or not taught at all4 ,editor's note3 ,this form of abduction was the usual idea at the time4 ,but ,luther was really taken by the order of ,frederick the ,wise in order to protect him4 ,o ,god of ,heaven1 have pity on us1 ,o ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 pray for ,thy people4 ,deliver us in due time1 uphold in us the right and true ,christian ,faith4 ,gather together ,thy far scattered sheep by ,thy voice1 in the ,scripture called ,thy godly ,word4 ,help us that we may know this ,thy voice and may follow no other deceiving call of human error1 that we may not1 ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 fall away from ,thee4 ,call together again the sheep of ,thy pasture1 who are still in part found in the ,roman ,church1 and with them1 too1 the ,indians1 ,muscovites1 ,russians1 and ,greeks1 who have been thus cut off by the oppression and pride of the pope and by false appearance of holiness4 ,o ,god1 redeem thy poor folk constrained by heavy ban and edict which it no wise willingly obeys1 whereby it is bound continually to sin against its conscience if it disobeys them4 ,o ,god1 never hast ,thou so heavily burdened a people under human laws as us poor ones beneath the ,roman chair1 who daily long to be free ,christians ransomed by ,thy blood4 ,o ,highest ,heavenly ,father1 pour into our hearts through ,thy ,son ,jesus ,christ such a light1 that we may know thereby which messenger we are to obey1 so that with good conscience we may lay aside the burdens of others1 and may serve ,thee1 ,eternal ,heavenly ,father1 with free and joyful heart4 ,and if we lose this man1 who has written more clearly than anyone in a hundred and forty years1 and to whom ,thou hast given such an evangelic spirit1 we pray ,thee1 ,o ,heavenly ,father1 that ,thou give again ,thy spirit to another1 that he may gather together anew from all parts the holy ,christian ,church1 that we may all live again in a pure and ,christian manner1 so that from our good works all unbelievers1 with ,turks1 heathens1 and ,calicuts1 may turn themselves to us and embrace the ,christian faith4 ,but1 ,lord1 ,thou willest1 ere ,thou judgest1 that as ,thy ,son ,jesus ,christ was constrained to die by the hands of the priests and rise from the dead and after to ascend to heaven1 that so too1 in like manner1 it should be with ,thy follower1 ,martin ,luther1 whose life the pope compasses1 with money1 treacherously towards ,god1 him1 ,thou wilt quicken again4 ,and as ,thou1 ,lord1 ordainedst that ,jerusalem should be destroyed1 so wilt ,thou also destroy this self-assumed authority of the ,roman chair4 ,o lord1 give us thereafter the new beautified ,jerusalem1 which descends from heaven1 whereof the ,apocalypse writes1 the holy pure gospel which is not darkened by human doctrine4 ,whoever reads ,martin ,luther's books may see how clear and transparent his doctrine is1 for he teaches the ,holy ,gospel4 ,wherefore his writings are to be held in the greatest honour1 and not to be burned2 unless1 indeed1 his opponents1 who always fight against the truth1 were also cast into the fire with all their opinions1 they who would make gods out of men1 but then only if there were printed new ,lutheran books4 ,o ,god1 if ,luther be dead1 who will henceforth expound the ,holy ,gospel so clearly to us6 ,ah1 ,god1 what might he not have written for us in the next ten or twenty years6 ,oh1 all ye pious ,christian men1 help me to lament this ,god- inspired man and pray to ,him that ,he will send us another enlightened man4 ,oh1 ,erasmus of ,rotterdam1 where wilt thou stay8 ,dost thou see how the unjust tyranny of worldly power and the might of darkness prevail8 ,hear1 thou knight of ,christ1 ride on beside the ,lord ,jesus2 guard the truth1 win the martyr's crown6 ,thou art already only a little old man1 and ,i have heard thee say that thou givest thyself but two years more in which thou mayest avail to accomplish something4 ,lay out the same now well for the gospel and the true ,christian ,faith and make thyself heard1 so shall the gates of hell1 the ,roman ,chair1 as ,christ says1 in no wise prevail against thee3 and if here1 like thy ,master ,christ1 thou were to suffer shame at the hands of the liars of this time and therefore were to die a little sooner1 the sooner wouldst thou come from death into life and be glorified through ,christ4 ,for if thou drinkest out of the cup whereof ,he drank1 with ,him thou shalt reign1 and judge with justice those who have dealt unrighteously4 ,oh1 ,erasmus1 hold to this1 that ,god may be thy praise1 even as it is written of ,david1 for verily thou mayest overthrow ,goliath4 ,for ,god stands by the ,holy ,christian ,church1 as ,he only upholds the ,romish ,church according to ,his ,godly will text here corrupt4 ,may ,he help us to everlasting happiness1 ,who is ,god the ,father1 the ,son1 and the ,holy ,ghost1 one ,god1 ,amen4 ,oh1 ye ,christian men1 pray ,god for help1 for ,his judgment draws near and ,his justice shall appear4 ,then shall we behold the innocent blood which the pope1 priests1 bishops1 and monks have shed1 judged and condemned4 ,apocalypse3 ,these are the slain who lie beneath the altar of ,god and cry for vengeance1 to whom the voice of ,god answers1 ,await the full number of the innocent slain1 then will ,i judge4 ,again changed #a florin for expenses1 and gave the doctor #h stivers2 dined twice with ,rodrigo2 dined with the rich canon2 changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i had ,master ,conrad1 the sculptor of ,mechlin1 as a guest on ,whitsunday2 paid #ah stivers for ,italian prints3 again #f stivers to the doctor4 ,for ,master ,joachim ,i have drawn four ,st4 ,christophers on gray paper1 heightened with white4 ,on the last day of ,whitsuntide ,i was at ,antwerp at the great yearly horsefair2 there ,i saw a great number of beautiful stallions ridden1 and two stallions in particular were sold for #gjj florins4 ,i have taken #a florin1 #c ort1 for prints and used the money for expenses2 #d stivers to the doctor1 #c stivers for two little books4 ,i have dined thrice with ,tomasin4 ,i have designed three dagger grips for him1 and he gave me a small alabaster bowl4 ,i have taken the portrait in charcoal of an ,english nobleman1 who gave me #a florin which ,i changed for expenses4 ,master ,gerhardt1 the miniature painter1 has a daughter about eighteen years old1 called ,susanna1 who has illuminated a little page with a ,saviour1 for which ,i gave her #a florin4 ,it is very wonderful that a woman's picture should be so good4 ,have lost #f stivers at play4 ,i saw the great procession at ,antwerp on ,holy ,trinity ,day4 ,master ,conrad has given me a beautiful pair of knives1 and so ,i gave his little old man a ,life of ,our ,lady in return4 ,i have taken the portrait in charcoal of ,johann1 the ,brussels goldsmith1 likewise his wife's4 ,i have received #b florins for prints1 also ,master ,johann1 the ,brussels goldsmith1 paid me #c ,philip's florins for what ,i did for him1 namely1 the drawing for the seal and the two portraits4 ,i have given the ,veronica which ,i painted in oils1 and the ,adam and ,eve that ,franz did to ,johann1 the goldsmith1 in return for a jacinth and an agate with a ,lucrecia engraved in it4 ,each of us valued his portion at #ad florins4 ,further1 ,i gave him a whole set of engravings for a ring and six stones2 each valued his portion at #g florins4 ,gave #ad stivers for two pairs of gloves2 gave #b stivers for two small boxes2 changed #b ,philip's florins for expenses4 ,i drew three ,bearing of the ,cross and two ,mount of ,olives on five half-sheets4 ,i have taken three portraits in black and white on gray paper2 also ,i drew in black and white on gray paper1 two ,netherlandish costumes4 ,for the ,englishman ,i have painted his arms in colours1 for which he gave me #a florin4 ,besides this1 one way and another1 ,i have done many drawings and other things to serve people1 and for the greater part of my work ,i have received nothing4 ,andreas of ,cracow paid me #a ,philip's florin for a shield and a child's head4 ,changed #a florin for expenses4 ,have given #b stivers for sweeping brushes4 ,at ,antwerp ,i saw the great procession on ,corpus ,christi ,day1 which was very splendid4 ,gave in the #d stivers for a tip and #f stivers to the doctor2 changed #a florin for expenses2 #a stiver for a box4 ,have dined five times with ,tomasin2 paid #aj stivers to the apothecary and to his wife #ad stivers for the clyster1 and #ae stivers to him for the prescription4 ,again changed #b ,philip's florins for expenses2 #f stivers again to the doctor1 and once more #aj stivers for a clyster to the apothecary's wife1 and #d stivers to the apothecary4 ,i gave the monk who confessed my wife #h stivers4 ,i have given #h florins for a whole piece of arras1 and again for fourteen ells of fine arras1 #h florins3 the apothecary #cb stivers for medicines2 to the messenger ,i have given #c stivers and the tailor #d stivers4 ,i have dined once with ,hans ,fehler1 and thrice with ,tomasin4 ,gave #aj stivers for packing4 ,on the ,wednesday after ,corpus ,christi in the year #aeba1 ,i gave over my great bale at ,antwerp to be sent to ,nuremberg1 to the carrier1 by name ,kunz ,metz of ,schlaudersdorf1 and ,i am to pay him for carrying it to ,nuremberg #a #a_/b florins for every cwt41 and ,i paid him #a gulden on account1 and he is to hand it over to ,herr ,hans ,imhof1 the elder4 ,i have done the portrait of young ,jacob ,rehlinger at ,antwerp2 have dined three times with ,tomasin4 ,on the eighth day after ,corpus ,christi ,i went with my wife to ,mechlin to ,lady ,margaret2 took #e florins with me for expenses2 my wife changed #a florin for expenses4 ,at ,mechlin ,i lodged with ,master ,heinrich1 the painter1 at the sign of the ,golden ,head4 ,the painters and sculptors made me their guest at my inn1 and did me great honour in their gathering2 and ,i visited the ,poppenreuter's1 the gun-maker's house1 and found wonderful things there4 ,and ,i have been to ,lady ,margaret's1 and ,i let her see my ,kaiser1 and would have presented it to her1 but she disliked it so much that ,i took it away again4 ,and on ,friday ,lady ,margaret showed me all her beautiful things1 and among them ,i saw about forty small pictures in oils1 the like of which for cleanness and excellence ,i have never seen4 ,and there ,i saw other good works by ,jan ,van ,eyck and ,jacopo de' ,barbari4 ,i asked my lady for ,jacopo's little book1 but she said she had promised it to her painter2 then ,i saw many other costly things and a fine library4 ,master ,hans ,poppenreuter invited me as his guest4 ,i have had ,master ,conrad twice1 and his wife once1 as my guests1 also the chamberlain ,stephen and his wife1 both as guests4 #bg stivers and #b stivers for fare4 ,i have taken in charcoal the portrait of ,stephen1 the chamberlain1 and ,master ,conrad1 the carver1 and on ,saturday ,i came back from ,mechlin to ,antwerp4 ,my trunk started on the ,saturday after ,corpus ,christi week4 ,changed #a florin for expenses1 gave the messenger #c stivers4 ,dined twice with the ,augustines2 dined with ,alexander ,imhof2 paid #f stivers at the apothecary's2 dined again with the ,augustines4 ,i have drawn in charcoal ,master ,jacob1 and had a little panel made for it1 which cost #f stivers1 and gave it to him4 ,i have done the portrait of ,bernhard ,stecher and his wife1 and gave him a whole set of prints1 and ,i took his wife's portrait again1 and gave #f stivers for making the little panel1 all of which ,i gave him1 and he in return gave me #aj florins4 ,master ,lucas1 who engraves in copper1 invited me as his guest4 ,he is a little man1 born at ,leyden1 in ,holland1 and was at ,antwerp4 ,i have eaten with ,master ,bernhard ,stecher4 ,gave #a #a_/b stivers to the messenger2 have taken #a florin1 #a ort1 for prints4 ,i have drawn ,master ,lucas von ,leyden in silverpoint4 ,i have lost #a florin2 paid the doctor #f stivers and again #f stivers4 ,i gave the steward of the ,augustines' ,convent at ,antwerp a ,life of ,our ,lady1 and #d stivers to his man1 ,i have given ,master ,jacob a copper ,passion and a wood ,passion1 and five other pieces1 and #d stivers to his man2 have changed #d florins for expenses2 gave #b ,philip's florins for fourteen fish skins2 made portraits in black chalk of ,art ,braun and his wife4 ,i gave the goldsmith who valued the ring for me #a florin's worth of prints2 of the three rings which ,i took in exchange for prints1 the two smaller are valued at #ac crowns1 but the sapphire at #be crowns2 that makes #ed florins1 #h stivers2 and what1 amongst other things1 the above ,frenchman took was thirty-six large books1 which makes #i florins4 ,have given #b stivers for a screw knife4 ,the man with the three rings has overreached me by a half4 ,i understood nothing in the matter4 ,i gave #ah stivers for a red cap for my godchild2 lost #ab stivers at play2 drank #b stivers1 bought three fine small rubies for #aa gold florins1 #a #b stivers2 changed #a florin for expenses4 ,dined again with the ,augustines2 dined twice with ,tomasin4 ,i gave #f stivers for thirteen porpoise-bristle brushes1 and #c stivers for six bristle brushes4 ,i have made a careful portrait in black chalk on a royal sheet of the great ,anthony ,hainault1 and ,i have done careful portraits in black chalk of ,braun and his wife on royal sheets1 and ,i have done another one of him in silverpoint2 he has given me an angel4 ,changed #a florin for expenses1 paid #a florin for a pair of shoes2 gave #f stivers for an inkstand4 ,i gave #ab stivers for a case for packing2 #ba stivers for one dozen ladies' gloves2 #f stivers for a bag2 #c stivers for three bristle brushes2 changed #a florin for expenses2 gave #a stiver for a piece of fine red leather4 ,anthony ,hainault1 whose portrait ,i did1 has given me #c ,philip's florins1 and ,bernhard ,stecher has made me a present of a tortoise shell2 ,i have done the portrait of his wife's niece2 dined once with her husband and he gave me #b ,philip's florins2 gave #a stiver for a tip4 ,i have given ,anthony ,hainault two books2 received #ac stivers for prints4 ,i have given ,master ,joachim the ,hans ,grun woodcut4 ,i have changed #c ,philip's florins for expenses2 dined twice with ,bernhard ,stecher2 again twice with ,tomasin4 ,i have given ,jobst's wife four woodcuts2 gave ,friedrich1 ,jobst's man1 two large books2 gave glazier ,hennick's son two books4 ,rodrigo gave me one of the parrots which they bring from ,malacca1 and ,i gave his man #c stivers for a tip4 ,again dined twice with ,tomasin2 have given #b stivers for a little cage1 #c stivers for one pair of socks1 and #d stivers for eight little boards4 ,i gave ,peter two whole sheet engravings and one sheet of woodcut4 ,again dined twice with ,tomasin2 changed #a florin for expenses4 ,i gave ,master ,art1 the glass painter1 a ,life of ,our ,lady1 and ,i gave ,master ,jean1 the ,french sculptor1 a whole set of prints2 he gave my wife six little glasses with rose water2 they are very finely made4 ,bought a packing-case for #g stivers2 changed #a florin for expenses2 have given #g stivers for a cut leather bag4 ,cornelius1 the secretary1 has given me ,luther's ,babylonian ,captivity3 in return ,i gave him my three big books4 ,i gave ,peter ,puz1 the monk1 one florin's worth of prints2 to the glass painter1 ,hennick1 ,i gave two large books2 gave #d stivers for a piece of glazed calico2 changed #a ,philip's florin for expenses4 ,i gave #h florins' worth of my prints for a whole set of ,lucas's engravings2 again changed #a ,philip's florin for expenses4 ,i gave #h stivers for a bag and #g stivers for half a dozen ,netherlandish cards1 and #c stivers for a small yellow post-horn4 ,i paid #bd stivers for meat1 #ab stivers for coarse cloth1 and again #c stivers for coarse cloth4 ,have eaten twice with ,tomasin4 ,i gave #a stiver to ,peter2 gave #g stivers for a present and #c stivers for sacking4 ,rodrigo has presented me with six ells of coarse black cloth for a cape2 it cost a crown an ell4 ,changed #b florins for expenses2 gave the tailor's man #b stivers for a tip4 ,i have reckoned up with ,jobst and ,i owe him #ca florins1 which ,i paid him4 ,therein were charged and deducted two portrait heads which ,i painted in oils1 for which he gave me five pounds of borax1 ,netherlandish weight4 ,in all my doings1 spendings1 sales1 and other dealings in the ,netherlands1 in all my affairs with high and low1 ,i have suffered loss1 and ,lady ,margaret in particular gave me nothing for what ,i gave her and did for her4 ,this settlement with ,jobst was made on ,,ss4 ,peter and ,paul's ,day4 ,i gave ,rodrigo's man #g stivers for a tip4 ,i have given ,master ,hennick an engraved ,passion2 he gave me some burning pastilles4 ,i had to pay the tailor #be stivers for making up the cape4 ,i have engaged a carrier to take me from ,antwerp to ,cologne4 ,i am to pay him #ac light florins1 each of #bd stivers1 and am to pay besides the expenses for a man and a boy4 ,jacob ,rehlinger has given me #a ducat for his charcoal portrait4 ,gerhard has given me two little pots with capers and olives1 for which ,i gave #d stivers as a tip4 ,gave ,rodrigo's man #a stiver4 ,i have given my portrait of the ,emperor in exchange for a white ,english cloth which ,jacob1 ,tomasin's son-in-law1 gave me4 ,alexander ,imhof has lent me a full hundred gold florins1 on the ,eve of ,our ,lady's ,crossing the ,mountains1 #aeba4 ,for this ,i have given him my sealed signature1 which he will have presented to me at ,nuremberg1 when ,i will pay him back with thanks1 gave #f stivers for a pair of shoes2 paid the apothecary #aa stivers1 paid #c stivers for cord4 ,in ,tomasin's kitchen ,i gave away a ,philip's florin in leaving gifts1 and ,i gave his maiden daughter a gold florin on leaving4 ,i have dined thrice with him4 ,i gave ,jobst's wife a florin and #a florin in the kitchen for leaving gifts1 also ,i gave #b stivers to the packers4 ,tomasin has given me a small jar full of the best theriac an antidote for poison4 ,changed #c florins for expenses2 gave the house servant #aj stivers on leaving2 gave ,peter #a stiver2 gave #b stivers for a tip4 ,i gave #c stivers to ,master ,jacob's man2 #d stivers for sacking2 gave ,peter #a stiver2 gave the messenger #c stivers4 ,on ,our ,lady's ,visitation1 when ,i was just leaving ,antwerp1 the ,king of ,denmark sent for me to come to him at once1 to do his portrait2 this ,i did in charcoal1 and ,i did the portrait1 too1 of his servant ,anthony1 and ,i had to dine with the ,king1 who showed himself very gracious to me4 ,i have entrusted my bale to ,leonhard ,tucher and given over to him my white cloth4 ,the carrier with whom ,i bargained1 did not take me2 ,i fell out with him4 ,gerhard has given me some ,italian seeds4 ,i gave the new carrier to take home the great turtle shell1 the fish shield1 the long pipe1 the long shield1 the fish fins1 and the two little casks of lemons and capers1 on ,our ,lady's ,visitation ,day1 #aeba4 ,next day we set out for ,brussels on the ,king of ,denmark's business1 and ,i engaged a driver1 to whom ,i gave #b florins4 ,i presented to the ,king of ,denmark the best pieces of all my prints1 they are worth #e florins4 ,changed #b florins for expenses2 paid #a stiver for a dish and basket4 ,i saw1 too1 how the people of ,antwerp wondered very much when they saw the ,king of ,denmark1 that he was such a manly1 handsome man1 and that he had come hither with only two companions through his enemies' country4 ,i saw1 too1 how the ,emperor rode forth from ,brussels to meet him and received him honourably and with great pomp4 ,then ,i saw the noble costly banquet that the ,emperor and ,lady ,margaret held next day4 ,paid #b stivers for a pair of gloves4 ,herr ,anthony paid me #ab ,horn florins1 of which ,i gave #b ,horn florins to the painter for the little panel to paint the portrait on1 and #b ,horn florins for having colours rubbed for me2 the other #h ,horn florins ,i took for expenses4 ,on the ,sunday before ,st4 ,margaret's ,day1 the ,king of ,denmark gave a great banquet to the ,emperor1 ,lady ,margaret1 and the ,queen of ,spain ,editor's note3 probably ,eleanora of ,portugal1 not the ,spanish ,queen1 and invited me1 and ,i dined there also4 ,paid #ab stivers for the ,king's frame1 and ,i painted the ,king in oils--he has given me #cj florins4 ,editor's note3 this painting no longer exists4 ,i gave #b stivers to the young man called ,bartholomew1 who rubbed the colours for me2 ,i bought a little glass jar which once belonged to the ,king for #b stivers4 ,paid #b stivers for a tip2 gave #b stivers for the engraved goblets4 ,i have given ,master ,jan's boy four half-sheets1 and to the master- painter's boy an ,apocalypse and four half-sheets4 ,thomas of ,bologna has given me one or two ,italian prints2 ,i have also bought one for #a stiver4 ,master ,jobst1 the tailor1 invited me and ,i supped with him4 ,i have paid for the hire of a room at ,brussels for eight days1 #cb stivers4 ,i have given an engraved ,passion to the wife of ,master ,jan1 the goldsmith1 with whom ,i dined three times4 ,i gave another ,life of ,our ,lady to ,bartholomew1 the painter's apprentice2 ,i have dined with ,herr ,nicolas ,ziegler1 and gave #a stiver to ,master ,jan's servant4 ,because of being unable to get a carriage1 ,i have stayed on two days in ,brussels2 paid #a stiver for a pair of socks4 ,on ,friday morning early ,i started from ,brussels1 and ,i am to pay the driver #aj florins4 ,i paid my hostess #e stivers more for the single night4 ,from there we rode through two villages and came to ,louvain2 breakfasted1 and spent #ac stivers4 ,thence we journeyed through three villages and came to ,thienen1 which is a little town1 and lay the night there1 and ,i spent #i stivers4 ,from there1 early on ,st4 ,margaret's ,day1 we traveled through two villages and came to a town which called ,st4 ,truyen1 where they are building a large1 well-designed church tower1 quite new4 ,from thence we went on past some poor houses and came to a little town1 ,tongeren2 there we had our morning meal1 and spent all together1 #f stivers4 ,from thence we went through a village and some poor houses and came to ,maestricht1 where ,i lay the night1 and spent #ab stivers1 and #b blanke besides1 for watch money4 ,thence we journeyed early on ,sunday to ,aachen1 where we ate and spent all together #ad stivers4 ,thence we traveled to ,altenburg1 taking six hours1 because the driver did not know the way and went wrong2 there we stayed for the night and spent #f stivers4 ,on ,monday early we traveled through ,julich1 a town1 and came to ,bergheim1 where we ate and drank1 and spent #c stivers4 ,thence we journeyed through three more villages and came to ,cologne4 99999999999999999999999999 ,,information ,,about ,,this ,,electronic ,,edition ,the original edition of this text was translated into ,english by ,rudolf ,tombo1 ,ph4,d41 and published by ,the ,merrymount ,press1 ,boston1 #aiac1 as part of volume ,,vi of ,the ,humanist's ,library1 edited by ,lewis ,einstein4 ,it has also been republished1 unabridged1 by ,dover ,publications1 ,inc41 in #aiie4 ,the text itself is copyright-free4 ,this digitized version of the text was prepared by ,john ,mamoun in ,december1 #bjjj and is copyright1 but liberal permission is granted to freely copy_/distribute_/modify it for non-commercial purposes_/contexts and_/or for non-commercial academic use4