NOTABLE CHRONI-

cle of the Abbey of Hirsau,

of the Order of Saint Benedict,

JOHANNES TRITHEMIUS

ABBOT OF SPONHEIM, A MAN most

learned in his age. Written and for a long time

desired by many, but now for the first time

brought to light.

Johannes Trithemius, 1462 to 1516, was a celebrated German Benedictine abbot, historian, and cryptographer. Sponheim refers to the abbey in the Rhineland-Palatinate where he served as abbot before moving to Würzburg. This chronicle was published several decades after his death.

Concerning its usefulness, and what the reader should especially observe

within it, you will understand from the Preface.

A rich index of things and words memorable

in the whole Work has been added.

I N D E X.

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With favor and privilege for ten years.

original: "Cum gratia & priuilegio ad decennium." This was an early form of copyright protection. It was a legal monopoly granted by a sovereign or authority to a publisher to prevent others from reprinting the work for a specified duration.

B A S E L, A T T H E H O U S E O F J A-

cobus Parcus.