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Switzerland . He aefcordtngiy cr < $ s § e « the Al ^ s , and proceeded to Zurieh ; soon afterwards he removed to Lausanne , haying * accepted the office of rector of the school or college of that city . As soon atf lie had thus settled himself , he returned to Tuscany for
the purpose of conveying his family from Lucca . Not deeming it safe , however , to approach the town , n ( B stopped at Pisa , intending that they should there join him . Shortly after
his arrival , and whilst taking his dinner , wholly unsuspicious or danger ,, the Prs&feet of the Inquisition , who had placed his guards at the door and on the stairs , entered the room , and summoned him to surrender in the
name of the Pope . Curio , considermg ail opposition useless , arose to deliver himself up . In the agitation of the moment he had retained in his hand the large knife with which he bad been cutting his meat . The Praefect observing him advancing thus armed , and mistaking his . intentions , became motionless with fear . Curio , with
great presence of mind , availed himself of his panic , and quietly descended through the guards , who , ncrt knowing him , saluted him as he passed . He hastened to the stable , mounted his h ^ rse , and drove off . As soon as it ?
wf * s discovered that he had escaped , the Qfficers of the Inquisition eonan nienced their pursuit , but a viafenu storna arising at the moment , they were obliged to abandon the chase a « 4 return without their prisoner . Curio , haying made good his retreat , was soon joined by his family , and proceeded with them to Switzerland .
After residing four years at Lausanne * Curio , in the year 1547 , removed to Basle , having received the appointment or Professor of EloqjtiencG and the Belles Lettrcs in the Uiadveraity of that eity . He « liseharged the duties of this o&kcte , for tvhich he
wag eminently qmltfted , with Very distinguished reputation , which drew t ^ thre University pirpife of the highest rank frdtn the remotest districts of Eiirx X > j > e . ' 7 & $ C $$ l vfyy which £ i | rio had now acqyiired indued the , P <* p € to make oyertvirefl to j | ti l » to return to Ital y * HMWWttQWg him a liberal remuneration ^ a ** d complete indemnity ffcr his here * tical pravity if fefe would devote fcis
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talents to the cause of the Roman See . The Duke of Savoy , on hearing of this proposal , endeavo «* edV by the most > liberal offers ^ to prevail upon him to accept a professorship Jar the U ^ v ^ rsity of Turin . The Emperor Maoris miiaa also tried to engage his serrfees
in Germany f and Vaivotde , Prince of Transylvania , wished him ? to undertake some principal office inAe College which be had just estabMshed &f Alba Julia . Curio , however , pre-Alba Julia . Curio , however ,
preferred remaining at Basle , and declined all these flattering proposals : and the Senate , as a testimony of their esteem and gratitude , conferred upon him the freedom of tkeir city . Here he continued to execute the duties of his
office ^ and to enjoy the friendship of the most illustrious men of the time * until the yeaa * 1569 , when his life wa » terminated &fter a sbopt illness , in t * ie sixty-seventh year of hfe age ^* Curio was the author of several
works on the sabjects of ^ eligion ^ philology , &c &Cw Note efthein ' &re of great extent , but tfiey display hid critical knowledge of the classical languages , his refined literary taste , and the liberality of his religious sfcn ^ timents . His principal pieces are ,
Christianse Religienis Institntio ; Ara- ^ neiis de Provloewtia t ) ei $ De Aniin arum Immorta&tate $ Paraphrases in piincipium Er&ngelii Jolijwiiiis ; Pasquillus Ecsta 4 iicus ; De Amplitudme beati Begni Dei . He translated aleo , out of the Italian info Latin , some of
Bernard Ochin ' s sermons , and Gnicciardini ^ s- great historical work oh Italy .+ * Some account of Curio may be jnqt with in most of the common biographical compilations . T / he preceding sketch is
principally drawn up from an interesting memoir deliTertd before the University of Basle , by the Professor who immediately succeeded him m tbe Chair of Polite Literature . It Is intituled , Oratio Panegprica de Ceelii Serundi Curioiiis Vita atque Obitu , lmbita Basilese Anno 1570
in magna PrpcjertMOi ; ct Jtaventuus Academise BaaUiop ^ ia P ^ negyri , h Johajjne Nicolao ytimpano , M « d ^ t ) octore et P ^ ofcssore . The oiraapiud Wert ^ dliyScl ^ eJ ^ qm ^•»* fe ^ w ^^«^^ aF ¥ *?? yd ? . * ?* pp . 325 , et Seiu , >^ vere t # e , reader will nfta ^ matty ^ pi ^ a ^ iVd ^ fir | i ' re&tihjf t ^ iCdrlo /^ i ^ ftitoirv UM Uter ^ iry latoouj-s . f Severn ! 6 f' fife * le t ten * Were printed
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132 Italian Reformation .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 132, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/4/
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