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Letter #291

Jan ZAMBOCKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Gdańsk (Danzig), 1526-07-05, postscript 1526-07-06
            received Granada, [1526]-11-14

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 243, p. 51-54
2excerpt in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 43, p. 169-170

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 381

Prints:
1AT 8 No. 242, p. 325-326 (excerpt)
2Starożytności p. 72 (excerpt in Polish translation)

 

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BCz, 243, p. 51

Salutem.

cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Jan ZAMBOCKI Toledo, 1525-09-01, CIDTC IDL 7027, letter lostLitteraecf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Jan ZAMBOCKI Toledo, 1525-09-01, CIDTC IDL 7027, letter lost tuae, quibus me de obitu Catelli mei solatus es, 1525-09-01Kalendis Septembris1525-09-01 e Toledo (Toletum), city in central Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, on the Tagus (Tajo) riverToletoToledo (Toletum), city in central Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, on the Tagus (Tajo) river scriptae redditae mihi tandem post longam intercapedinem sunt Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeagueGdaniGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League eo die, quo severa nimium et acerba quaestio habita est de Citizens of Gdańsk GdanensibusCitizens of Gdańsk tuis, quorum quasi princeps quidam fuisse videbatur quidam ms 1 Hanns Schulcz,
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. Is dies fuit 1526-05-04quartus Maii1526-05-04 mensis. Cuius rei seriem et historiam, si tibi in universum describere deberem, tecto et umbra mihi on the marginmihimihi on the margin opus esset, quibus videlicet rebus historiarum scriptores gaudere solent, quaeque me (ut scis) deficiunt. Scio praeterea, quid a reverendissimo domino episcopo Cracoviensi de his rebus ad te perscriptum sit. Illinc poteris nonnihil conicere, sed plura ex fratre tuo, qui istuc ad te proficiscens maria et terras emensurus est, quique magnam partem earum rerum, quae hic Gdani actae sunt, coram contemplatus est et, quid futurum speratur, perspicere potuit. Adiectis adhuc 5 diebus tres continuos menses hic transegimus. De discessu nonnihil tractatur, sed is, quo die fut<u>rus est, nobis furfantibus non constat.

Causari videris, quod ad te rarius scribam. Dispeream, si quispiam alter crebriores det ad te epistulas aut si quisquam me uno plus superinscribedplusplus superinscribed te diligit vel colit et observat. Sed ego, postea quam tu Naples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of CampaniaNeapoliNaples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania discessisti, vix unas atque alteras accepi a te on the margina tea te on the margin litteras easque perbreves et Laconicas. Quae tamen mihi erant gratissimae. Cum vero volumina epistularum tuarum huc advehuntur, tu autem sive occupationibus distentus sive taedio scribendi me praetermittis, id ego facillime paterer, modo certo scirem veterem tuam (quam ego nulla commodi mei proposita spe semper summopere expetebam) in me benevolentiam nulla in parte esse diminutam. Quandoquidem ego ab amicis (si tamen aliquorum amicitia dignus existimor) non tam verba vel longam scriptionem, quam in amicitia fidem et perseverantiam desidero amicitiasque ut non facile admitto, sic semel susceptas (si modo me id iactare non ridebis) sanctissime, ne dicam pertinacissime servare mihi videor. Id ipsum etiam mihi velim ab aliis fieri, praesertim cum non sim nescius etiam amicitiis BCz, 243, p. 52 sua fata impendere. Sed tu certus sis me tibi hactenus esse addictum et fore tantisper, dum me reieceris, facultatemque tibi commodandi potius quam voluntatem mihi deesse.

Curia, immo tota patria nostra veterem illum suum praeclarum cursum tenet, quem etiam (quamvis longe abes) tamquam coram adesses pro tua rerum peritia considerare potes. Viget manetque illa (nobis cum toto orbe terrarum communis, qua etiam creator omnium Deus gaudere et delectari existimatur) rerum varietas atque mutabilitas. Nescio, an aliquis sit contentus sorte sua. Ille crucem sceleris praemium tulit, hic diadema etc. Premit insontes debita sceleri noxia poena etc. Pauperes egent, divites abundant, amant iuvenes, desperant senes, mediocres queritantur. Ego (ut tibi meam stultitiam referam) torpeo et attonnitus obstupesco atque, ut saxum Niobe, paene obrigui. Sed satis philosophatum. Si non fatuisatum, modo et hora divos adeundi appetit, qua re cessandum est aliquando et rumpenda haec loquacitas. Illud scias me nihil aeque cupere (q(ua)l(iter) te etiam expetere necesse est) quam reditum tuum huncque celerem. Vive, vale mei memor.

Postscript:

Nypczicz noster aberat hinc. 9 paene continuos menses fuit in Hungariam legatus in Fucarorum negotio missus superinscribedmissusmissus superinscribed, quibus populari furore magna vis facultatum in fodinis est direpta. Ferunt plus CC milibus nummorum aureorum eos damnum fecisse. Ad haec recuperanda Michaele Spis et Georgio Hegel cooperantibus Nipczicz missus fuit. Profecerit necne, non plane mihi constat, tametsi Fukarones regi per litteras gratias egerunt, quod opera eius in integrum restituti essent. Illud conicere necessarium est tantorum clientum patronum auro q(uo)damtenus suffarcinatum esse. Accessit, quod Stossz senex nuper mortuus est, post quem Nikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of LivoniaipseNikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia C nummos aureos annuae pecuniae adeptus est a duce Prussiae item 60 Rinenses, quod dii bene vertant. Idem Nypczicz hac nocte ex Hungaria rediens Derschoviae nocturnum egit, hodie circiter X horam huc venturus.

Hoc ideo adscripsi, ne forte, si priusquam Nipczicz huc venerit, fratrem tuum, qui ventum dumtaxat praesolatur, navem conscendere continget. De rebus eius, cui faves, aliquatenus certior fieres. Alioqui si fratrem tuum hic anteverterit, urgebo eum, ut ad te scribat. Haec scripsi mane hora sexta. Iterum vale.

Tuus Jan Zambocki (*ca. 1480 – †1529), royal courtier, from 1527 a paid informer of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern at the royal court in Cracow. Together with Ioannes Dantiscus and Mikołaj Nipszyc, he formed the "triumvirate" of friends who were the front runners of a group of courtiers known for their fondness for entertainment; 1503 scribe in the royal chancellery; 1528 royal secretary; 1511 royal envoy to Masovia; 1519, 1526, 1527 - to Warmia and the Prussian Estates (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 271; ORACKI 1988, p. 220-221)Ioannes SzamboczskiJan Zambocki (*ca. 1480 – †1529), royal courtier, from 1527 a paid informer of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern at the royal court in Cracow. Together with Ioannes Dantiscus and Mikołaj Nipszyc, he formed the "triumvirate" of friends who were the front runners of a group of courtiers known for their fondness for entertainment; 1503 scribe in the royal chancellery; 1528 royal secretary; 1511 royal envoy to Masovia; 1519, 1526, 1527 - to Warmia and the Prussian Estates (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 271; ORACKI 1988, p. 220-221)