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When such things could happen, no wonder that some manuscripts are imperfect and others have disappeared. Wimpfeling's next endeavour to assert the glories of Germany was completed in 1502; but did not appear till 1505. The title, Defensio Germaniae or Epithoma Germanorum, sufficiently explains its purpose.
It is much larger than Wimpfeling's Defence, and even more miscellaneous; ranging over many aspects of Germany ancient and modern. To us in the present inquiry its interest lies in the frequency with which the excellence of Germany is asserted against Italian sneers. The following specimen will illustrate this point, and also explain Erasmus' epithets.
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