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Letter #3707

Georg von LOGSCHAU (LOXANUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Prague, 1531-06-23
            received Brussels, [1531]-07-[07?]

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, BCz, 1595, p. 297-298

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 352

 

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Dem hochwirdigen in Got fursten, / hern hern 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 ErmlandJohan DantiscoIoannes 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, / bischoven zu Kulm diocese (Chełmno diocese)KolmenKulm diocese (Chełmno diocese), seiner ... Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austriakoniglichen maiestet von PolenSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria peÿ Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castileromischer kaÿserlicher maiestetCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile orator, meinem gnedigen herren

Hochwirdiger in Got furst, genediger herre. / Nach erbittung meiner gantz willigen dinste wunsch ich Ewer Gnaden alles das jenige, was sÿ von Got begeren darff. /

Darnach wil ich Ewer Gnaden nicht vorhalten, das her 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 LivoniaNibschicNikolaus 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, unser bruder, den nechsten montag / nach ausrichtung aller seiner sachen mit dem besten / von hinen widderumb gen Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)PolenPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia) vorrugkt ist. / Got verleÿ im glug und hail, / darzu uns allen. / Meinen bruder Cornelio, / der auch alle sachen, / wie es peÿ uns steth, wirdt mogen erzelen, / dem hab ich nicht mogen, als ich gerne hettet wolle, / gut bruder und geselleschafft geleisten. / Es hettet sich erst sollen anfangen, / szo mus hie palt widderumb von dan. / Es haben warlich vil leutte pegert / mit ime khuntschafft zu machen, / aber was nicht gescheen ist, / mag mit hulff des almechtigen nach bescheen. Nichts es der weniger, szo haben wir von Ewer Gnaden etlich mall / ein gutten starken trungk gethan, / wolt Got, sy weren Ewer Gnaden wol bekhomen. / Von newen zeittungen gar nichts sonders, / allein wir stehen auff der wag, / den wir von hinen zugen der sterbenden lufft halben. / Des ander wirdt Ewer Gnade mein lieber her bruder berichten. / In summa ich bin Ewer Gnaden williger wagenknicht, / ich fur dohin, wo sy schafft. / Cum hoc me unice commendo.