Brewer's: Valla

(Laurentius). One of the first scholars of the Renaissance, noted for his Latin sermons, and his admirable Latin translations of Herodotus and Thucydides.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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