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Letter #708

Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Luxembourg, 1531-11-05

English register:

Eight days ago De Schepper sent a letter to Dantiscus [letter No. 36]. He is tired of waiting for a reply to his frequent letters to the Emperor [Charles V]. He has repeatedly warned the Emperor that a decision on the governorship of Luxembourg is urgently needed because the Duchy is threatened by its neighbours. De Schepper will wait until the feast of St. Martin, and if there is still no answer, he will leave for Brussels and discuss the matter with the Emperor. He will arrive there around November 15.

His collaborator Lieven [Algoet] wants to be employed in the household of the Queen [Mary of Hungary]. De Schepper recommends him and asks Dantiscus to use his influence at court to obtain a job for him.

He encloses a letter for his wife [Elisabeth Donche], which can be delivered by Dantiscus' servant Michiel [De Vriendt].




Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 57
2copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8242 (TK 4), a.1531, f. 91
3register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 248

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 434

Prints:
1DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 175, p. 112-113 (English register)
2CEID 2/2 (Letter No. 37) p. 169-171 (in extenso; English register)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 57v

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AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 57r

Salutem plurimam.

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Lieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)LevinusLieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36) meus hic mecum fuit. Lieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)IsLieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36), quod et ego illi optarem, vellet ingeri in familiam Mary of Hungary (Mary of Austria, Mary of Habsburg) (*1505 – †1558), 1521-1526 Queen of Hungary, 1522-1526 Queen of Bohemia, 1530-1556 Governess of the Habsburg Netherlands on behalf of her brother, Charles V; daughter of Philip I of Habsburg and Joanna of Castile, sister of Emperor Charles V, wife of Louis II Jagiellonserenissimae reginaeMary of Hungary (Mary of Austria, Mary of Habsburg) (*1505 – †1558), 1521-1526 Queen of Hungary, 1522-1526 Queen of Bohemia, 1530-1556 Governess of the Habsburg Netherlands on behalf of her brother, Charles V; daughter of Philip I of Habsburg and Joanna of Castile, sister of Emperor Charles V, wife of Louis II Jagiellon, ad quod arbitratur auctoritatem orig. authoritatemauctoritatemauctoritatem orig. authoritatem tuam illi posse plurimum conducere, qui et in ea es aula[6] gratiosus, et industriam illius habeas plane perspectam.[7] Petiitque, ut se tibi commendarem hoc nomine, si quis interim esset locus istic orig. isthicisticistic orig. isthic, in quo posset operam commodare, commendationem pro illo tuam ut interponeres, id quod pro tuo written over aaoo written over a erga me affectu et benevolentia omnino persuadeo mihi facturum. Vellem enim et ego Lieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)illiLieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36) bene prospectum esse, ex quo mihi datum non est ut de quoquam bene mereri posse. Rogo te, ut hanc rem cordi habeas.

Litteras[8] ad Elisabeth Donche (Anna Isabella Donche, Isabeau) (†1549), from 1528 wife of Cornelis De Schepper, mother of Cornelis Jr and Anne, sister of Joanna Donche (AT 16/1, p. 215)uxoremElisabeth Donche (Anna Isabella Donche, Isabeau) (†1549), from 1528 wife of Cornelis De Schepper, mother of Cornelis Jr and Anne, sister of Joanna Donche (AT 16/1, p. 215), quas written over mmss written over m his inclusas mitto, da Michiel De Vriendt (Michael Vrindius), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus during his stay at the imperial court in the Netherlands; nephew of Arendt Sturm (CIDTC, IDL 690, IDL 708, IDL 760, IDL 763, IDL 1356, IDL 597, IDL 2989, IDT 176)MichaeliMichiel De Vriendt (Michael Vrindius), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus during his stay at the imperial court in the Netherlands; nephew of Arendt Sturm (CIDTC, IDL 690, IDL 708, IDL 760, IDL 763, IDL 1356, IDL 597, IDL 2989, IDT 176) tuo mittendas, si lubet. Et rectissime vale.

Reverendissimae Celsitudinis Tuae humilis inservitor Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)Cornelius Duplicius ScepperusCornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)

[1] Missing parts of the address supplied by the editor were written on a lost piece of paper through which the seal was impressed

[2] Person to be identified, in the service of Bernhard III von Baden; cf. cf. Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS Luxembourg, 1531-10-29, CIDTC IDL 705IDL 705cf. Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS Luxembourg, 1531-10-29, CIDTC IDL 705.

[3] magis above m a sign crossed out

[4] Person to be identified; cf. former letters written from Luxembourg.

[5] 11 November.

[6] ea — — aula: court of Queen Mary of Hungary, Governess of the Habsburg Netherlands.

[7] Note on contacts between Dantiscus and Levinus Panagathus.

[8] Letter from Cornelis de Schepper to Elisabeth Donche has not survived.