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⌊Iohanni Dantisco paper damaged⌈[o]o paper damaged⌉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⌋, episc paper damaged⌈[episc]episc paper damaged⌉opo Chulmensi, serenissimarum paper damaged⌈[serenissimarum]serenissimarum paper damaged⌉ maiestatum Poloniae paper damaged⌈[niae]niae paper damaged⌉ o paper damaged⌈[o]o paper damaged⌉ratori dignissimo etc. domino et fratri plurimum honorando

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, mi domine et frater plurimum observande.

Solita commendatione praemissa.

Iam tandem supervenit serenissimae maiestatis reginalis mandatum thesaurario Barensi, ut sescentos[1] ducatos in auro The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌊VelserorumThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌋ factori Johann Viol factor of Welsers in Bari⌊Iohanni ViolaJohann Viol factor of Welsers in Bari⌋ nomine persolvat. Ego itidem mandavi illi, ut eandem summam absque ulteriori mora numeret. Annuit et obtemperare paratum se obtulit. Intra paucos dies pecunia persolvetur et tam longae comoediae extrema manus imponetur. Nec desinam quoad negotium suum sortiatur effectum, pro quo Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio in utramque iam dormiat aurem.

Nova hic nulla occurrunt scriptu digna. Negotia status Barensis cedunt, ut minus incommode possunt, q(uo)n(iam) or q(ua)n(do)⌈q(uo)n(iam)q(uo)n(iam) or q(ua)n(do)⌉, ut volumus, non possunt. Rerum omnium maxima fit iactura absente prorege, ad quem in necessitatibus confugiendum esset. Speratur tamen, ut auditur, quod brevi s(acra) or s(acratissima)⌈s(acra)s(acra) or s(acratissima)⌉ caesarea et catholica maiestas in regnum proregem mittat, qui cuncta iuste et severiter tractet, quod Deus ipse faxit. Commendo Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae negotium domini Sigismundus de Russis (Sigismundus de Rossi, Sigismundus Barensis), lawyer from Bari, doctor of both canon and civil laws; in 1531 he applied for the position of auditor in Calabria or Bari and Otranto district; in 1537 in Naples (POCIECHA 4, p. 232, 252)⌊Sigismundi de RussisSigismundus de Russis (Sigismundus de Rossi, Sigismundus Barensis), lawyer from Bari, doctor of both canon and civil laws; in 1531 he applied for the position of auditor in Calabria or Bari and Otranto district; in 1537 in Naples (POCIECHA 4, p. 232, 252)⌋, de quo ipse seriosius scribit. Id si successerit, et ipse et ego plurimum debere fatebimur eidem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi, quae diutissime et feliciter valeat.

Dat(ae) Bari, castle and city in southern Italy, capital of Duchy of Bari⌊BariBari, castle and city in southern Italy, capital of Duchy of Bari⌋, die XVII Iulii 1531.

Eiusdem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis ad vota paratissimus Lodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌊Ludovicus AliphiusLodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌋ etc.

[1] Above sescentos superinscribed 600.