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At the end of three years, in 1538, 
having resigned the cares of tuition, and 
perhaps wearied by the cavils of bis un- 
cles, Paulus Manutius again quitted Ve- 
nice, and passed some time in searching 
ancient libraries, with the intention of 
collecting materials, and procuring as- 
sistance for his future editions. He 
passed several monthsin the library of 
the Franciscans at Cesena, and eugaged 
in comparing the excellent manuscripts 
which had been left to that convent by 
» Malatesta Novello. About this time, 
two professorships of eloquence were 
‘offered fim; that of Venice, filled by 
his friend J. G. Egnatio, whose age 
prevented his longer fulflment of its 
duties; and that of Padua, vacant by the 
death of Bonamico; but his ill state of 
health, and above all his great attach- 
ment to the profession which had so emi- 
nently distinguished his father, deter- 
mingd him to refuse these offers, by ac- 
‘cepting which, he might so easily have 
rendered himself famous, and induced 
him to prefer the laborious employment 
which had hitherto engaged his attention. 
’ The editions continued rapidly to suc- 
@eced each other; Virgil, Petrarch, the 
best modern authors, and above all Ci- 
‘cero, were the objects of his uninterrupt- 
ed labours. In 1546, he married Marghe- 
rita Odoni, the daughter of Girolamo, 
and the sister of Carloand Rinaldo, The 
latter was an ecclesiastic of some cele- 
, brity, who wrote a philosophical discourse 
on the immortality of the soul, which 
avas printed by Paulus Manutius in 1557, 
4to. Some disagreement had subsisted 
between these two brothers, which was 
amicably terminated through the kindness 
and friendly mediation of Paulus Manu- 
tius, who equally esteemed them both. 
The first child of Paulus Manutius was 
Aldus, born in the month of February 
1547. He gave his child this name, 
from a tender respect for the memory of 
the elder Aldus, and hoping, at some fu- 
ture time, to impress on the mind of 
his son the great exertions which that 
name required of him. Ue had also 
other children; Girolamo, who “died in 
1559, aged nine years, at Ragusa, where 
he had been. entrusted to the care of 
Paul Bosios and a daughter, whom he 
mentions several times in his letters, and 
who married in 1573. 
Among other pursuits" which engaged 
}P& atiention, the study of antiquities 
onght to be mentioned as being inti- 
mately connected with the knowledge and 
wuderstanding of ancient authors. One 
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Memou's of Paulus Manutius. 
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of his first literary projects was a Tract on 
Roman Antiquities, 
Paulus Manutius entertained a desire 
of establishing himself at Rome. The 
reception which he had met with .. 
“in that city, in 1535, and again in 1543, 
gave rise to a hope, thathe might be there 
more advantageously situated than at Ve- 
nice, where he was wecumulating a num- 
her of editions, which, excellent as they 
might be, had so tardy asale,as not to 
recompence him for his labour and ex- 
pences. ; 
In 1550, he informed Gir. Dolphin of 
his intention to quit Venice in the month 
of February, and repair to Rome, but to 
‘remain there only ull the middle of the 
following May. It seems, however, that 
this Journey was not undertaken till 1553, 
as appears by one of his letters to Fy. 
Coccio, at the latter end of that year, in 
which he mentions having passed about 
‘wo months of the preceding summer at 
Rome. 
Hisill health even from his youth’ had 
frequently interrupted his literary la- 
bours. In 1454, he was attacked with a 
tertian ague, succeeded by a severe com~ 
pPlaint in his eyes, with which he was 
long afflicted, nor was he entirely cured 
till 1559, by the skill of Gabr. Falloppe. 
Tn 1555, when bis sight was somewhat re- 
stored, he went to Bologna, to see his 
brother Anthony, who had been obliged 
to quit Venice on account of some affair 
of which the particulars are unknown, 
but which Paulus Manutius calls “ ju- 
ventutis erratum.” Being in ill health, 
when he set out on his journey, he found 
himself much worse on his arrival at Bo- 
logna, and-was obliged to remain a long 
time in that city, where he was earnestly 
solicited to fix his future residence. 
In 1556, Feder. Badoaro, one of the 
most distinguished senators in the repub- 
lic of Venice, formed the. project of 
founding in his own house an academy, 
the plan of which was so vast, that though, 
conceived and carried into effect by an 
opulent individual, the authority of a so- 
vereign was necessary to render it dura- 
rable. This academy was styled ‘* Aca- 
demia Veneziana,” and also “ della Fa- 
ma,” because its device was a figure of 
fame, with these words; “ fo volo al ciel 
sper riposarmi in Dio.” ‘This academy 
was composed of about a hundred of the 
most learned men in every branch of 
science; and was formed nearly on the 
same plan as the National Institute of 
Frauce, with the exception of the im- 
provements, resulting trom the progress of 
rhe: ; knowledge, 
