AAWO, AB, D.8, f. 88v

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo CulmensiIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋, fratri et amico carissimo plurimumque honorando

AAWO, AB, D.8, f. 88r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine frater et amice carissime plurimumque honorande.

cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mauritius FERBER Elbing (Elbląg), ca. 1536-10-06, CIDTC IDL 7405, letter lost⌊Litteraecf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mauritius FERBER Elbing (Elbląg), ca. 1536-10-06, CIDTC IDL 7405, letter lost⌋ Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae datae Elbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌊ElbingiElbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌋ redditae mihi sunt per Baltazar of Lublin (†after 1543-05-20), from 1535 at the latest Canon of Kulm (Chełmno); 1538 Judicial Vicar in the Kulm Chapter; Chancellor to the Bishops of Kulm, Ioannes Dantiscus and then Tiedemmann Giese (MAŃKOWSKI 1928, p. 115)⌊cancellariumBaltazar of Lublin (†after 1543-05-20), from 1535 at the latest Canon of Kulm (Chełmno); 1538 Judicial Vicar in the Kulm Chapter; Chancellor to the Bishops of Kulm, Ioannes Dantiscus and then Tiedemmann Giese (MAŃKOWSKI 1928, p. 115)⌋ meum, qui etiam recensuit mihi fideliter omnia, quae a Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima habebat in mandatis et quae in Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊Elbingensi conventuProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ acta sunt.

Quod autem tres canterios sive valachos attinet, paratus sum eos Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae commodato dare ad iter istud in Diet of Poland ⌊conventum RegniDiet of Poland ⌋ suscipiendum. Ceterum cupio per Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam certior reddi, quales debeant esse canterii, currulesne, an equestres, et utrum opus sit sellas equis illis imponere; etiam an et quando, vel ego debeam eos mittere, vel Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima hinc auferri facere velit per famulum suum. Ubi de his mentem et voluntatem Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae intellexero, faciam satis petitioni eius idque non gravatim, quandoquidem necessitates communis Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊patriaeRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋ ita postulare videntur.

Alia, quae ad praesens scribam, non habeo, nisi quod Dominatinem Vestram Reverendissimam felicem ac florentem esse optem.

Ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, XIII Octobris anno MDXXXVI.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae totus Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊Mauritius episcopus VarmiensisMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ manu tremula subscripsit