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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Principi, 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 Warmiensi et 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⌋, necnon administratori Pomezaniensi et domino et patrono suo gratiosissimo

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Oboedientiam debitam cum servitiorum suorum obligatione.

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine princeps clementissime.

De statu dignitatis Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae et altiori dominio Dei dispositione adepto gratulor, et quidem maxime. Invocandus est Deus, ut eandem sua divina clementia ad longos annos in bona valetudine pro singulari gubernatione huius 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⌊terrae PrussiaeRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋ conservet, indiget enim maxime hoc tempore bono gubernatore.

Insuper notifico Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae me domino Simon Hannau (Simon Hannow), Dantiscus' nephew, son of Anna von Höfen and Johann Hannau, brother of Johann and Kaspar; at the turn of 1538 administrated bishop's estate in Löbau (Lubawa) in Dantiscus' name (CEID 1/1, p. 344, footnote No. 19)⌊SimoniSimon Hannau (Simon Hannow), Dantiscus' nephew, son of Anna von Höfen and Johann Hannau, brother of Johann and Kaspar; at the turn of 1538 administrated bishop's estate in Löbau (Lubawa) in Dantiscus' name (CEID 1/1, p. 344, footnote No. 19)⌋, nepoti Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae, extradidisse XIX lastas siliginis, quamvis aliquot a Caspar Stenczel servant of Ioannes Dantiscus⌊Caspero StentzelCaspar Stenczel servant of Ioannes Dantiscus⌋ in mutuum accepi. Solvam sibi sine ulla dilatione. Et exivit e Kulm (Chełmno, Culma, Culmen), town in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, 40 km N of Thorn (Toruń)⌊CulmenKulm (Chełmno, Culma, Culmen), town in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, 40 km N of Thorn (Toruń)⌋ in vigilia Omnium Sanctorum et in Graudenz (Grudziądz, Graudentium), city in Poland, Voivodeship of Pomerania, on the upper east bank of the Vistula, Graudenz (taking turns with Marienburg (Malbork)) was the venue for the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌊GraudentzGraudenz (Grudziądz, Graudentium), city in Poland, Voivodeship of Pomerania, on the upper east bank of the Vistula, Graudenz (taking turns with Marienburg (Malbork)) was the venue for the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌋, prout ab eodem intellexi [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉, XII lastas acc<i>piet.

Hic omnia adhuc more solito aguntur.

Et cum his me Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae tamquam gratiosissimo domino et patrono ad mandata obsequentissimum recommendo. Quam ad longa tempora pro mea etiam singulari spe et consolatione felicissime valere opto. Cui me iterum atque iterum humilime commendo.

Ex castra Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae Althausen (Starogród, Antiquum Castrum), town on the Vistula river, ca. 1.5 km S of Kulm, initial location of Kulm; given to the Kulm cathedral by Alexander Jagiellon, it was the summer residence of the Kulm bishops⌊AldenhawsAlthausen (Starogród, Antiquum Castrum), town on the Vistula river, ca. 1.5 km S of Kulm, initial location of Kulm; given to the Kulm cathedral by Alexander Jagiellon, it was the summer residence of the Kulm bishops⌋, in crastino Omnium Sanctorum anno Domini 1537.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae obsequentissimus et humillimus servus Thomas of Bydgoszcz (†after 1539-04-25), 1535-1537 (at least) Dantiscus' administrator (oeconomus) in Althausen (Starogród) (UBC, No. 902, p. 758-759)⌊ThomasThomas of Bydgoszcz (†after 1539-04-25), 1535-1537 (at least) Dantiscus' administrator (oeconomus) in Althausen (Starogród) (UBC, No. 902, p. 758-759)⌋