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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⌊IoanniIoannes 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⌋ Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi et administratori Pomesaniensi, domino et benefactori modis omnibus colendissimo

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Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine, domine mi clementissime, benefactor modis omnibus colendissime. Fidissimorum obsequiorum meorum praemissa diligenti commendatione.

Quod Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra ad interrogationem servitoris sui per me factam litteras mihi tam gratiosas scribere dignata est, ingentes et eas quidem immortales ago et habeo gratias Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae, quae me cum semper et perpetuo habebit, quem vult habere et quae futura sunt pro gloria et honore Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae domusque eiusdem, paratus sum omnia facere firmamque spem habeo, quod Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra me ea gratia et domum meam prosequi non desistat, quemadmodum mihi iam multis modis pollicita sit. Nova, quae accepi ex aula serenissimi principis et regis nostri, nulla sunt alia apud me, nisi ea, quae scripsit Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra venerabili domino custodi. Hoc tamen unum, quod articulos tres, quos sacra 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 Austria⌊maiestas regiaSigismund 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⌋ misit per levem nuntium Moldavo, Moldavus non acceptavit et ita bellum continuabitur, si non immutaverit voluntatem suam Moldavus. Cum his me et omnia mea commendo iterum atque iterum in gratiam Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae, quam diu et felicissime vivere opto.

Datum Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊WarmiaeFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, 2 die Augusti anno Domini 1537.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae obsequentissimus servitor Paweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), Płotowski was one of the King's four candidates for the post of the bishop of Ermland; in 1530 and 1537, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr and Dantiscus' transfer to the bishopric of Ermland, he made an effort to obtain the dignity of bishop of Kulm; from 1522 Provost of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter, and from 1523 Canon of Ermland; secretary to Crown Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the thirties and forties several times royal envoy to the Royal Prussian Estates (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)⌊Paulus PlothowskiPaweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), Płotowski was one of the King's four candidates for the post of the bishop of Ermland; in 1530 and 1537, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr and Dantiscus' transfer to the bishopric of Ermland, he made an effort to obtain the dignity of bishop of Kulm; from 1522 Provost of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter, and from 1523 Canon of Ermland; secretary to Crown Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the thirties and forties several times royal envoy to the Royal Prussian Estates (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)⌋, praepositus et canonicus Warmiensis