Note 664 — Chapter III
Reading edition
In the dedication of the fourth portion of Melanchthon’s Works to Joachim II. of Brandenburg, the editor Pencer says: Granvellus ... Eccium, cum descriptæ formulæ testimonium chirographi addendum esset, tergiversantem et astute renuentem facere id coegit. Eck with his great coarse body, his loud harsh voice, his bullying habits, and his insincerity, was universally disliked; ista a bestia, gehobelter Eck, he had been nicknamed by Pirkheimer of Nürnberg.