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Reverendissimo et Ill(ustrissimo) or Ill(ustri)⌈Ill(ustrissimo)Ill(ustrissimo) or Ill(ustri)⌉ Principi 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⌊Ioanni episcopo 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⌋ etc., domino et patrono mihi colendissimo

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Reverendissime et Ill(ustrissime) or Ill(ustris)⌈Ill(ustrissime)Ill(ustrissime) or Ill(ustris)⌉ Domine, domine et patrone mihi colendissime

Ad XVII (ante)⌈(ante)(ante)⌉ Kalendas Maii r(everend)us or r(everendissim)us⌈r(everend)usr(everend)us or r(everendissim)us⌉ et ill(ustrissimus) or ill(ustris)⌈ill(ustrissimus)ill(ustrissimus) or ill(ustris)⌉ dominus et patronus meus ad magnificum dominum Johann von Werden (Constellatus, cf. HE, No. 148, p. 150, footnote No. 12) (*1495 – †1554), 1526 Mayor of Gdańsk (Danzig), from 1527 Starost of Neuenburg (Nowe), 1532-1535, 1538, 1539, 1546, 1551 Burgrave of Gdańsk, from 1535 Starost of Preußisch Mark (Przezmark) (1535-1540 together with Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)), 1536/1537 envoy of the Council of Royal Prussia to the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland held in Cracow (SBPN 4, p. 433-435; ZDRENKA 2, p. 368-369; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 93, 161)⌊Ioannem a WerdtJohann von Werden (Constellatus, cf. HE, No. 148, p. 150, footnote No. 12) (*1495 – †1554), 1526 Mayor of Gdańsk (Danzig), from 1527 Starost of Neuenburg (Nowe), 1532-1535, 1538, 1539, 1546, 1551 Burgrave of Gdańsk, from 1535 Starost of Preußisch Mark (Przezmark) (1535-1540 together with Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)), 1536/1537 envoy of the Council of Royal Prussia to the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland held in Cracow (SBPN 4, p. 433-435; ZDRENKA 2, p. 368-369; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 93, 161)⌋, consulem Dantiscum et legatum regium, me misit, iussitque, ut ipsum, quo crastino secum die pranderet, rogarem. Cum autem ad illum venissem forte fortuna cenabat, atque ubi meam audivit orationem, respondit se, quod meus petiisset dominus, libenter facturum. Tandem, qua est humanitate, propinavit mihi vini poculum pro domini mei salute exhauriendum iubens etiam, secum ut accumberem. Gaudebam mihi tam insperato oblatam occasionem, quo tantum virum mihi adhuc ignotum satis saltem videre liceret. Sed quid? Ipse meas voluptates mirifice auxit, non enim solum humaniter sed docte multumque mecum locutus est. Interim de Reverendissima Dominatione Vestra sermo subincidebat, quam cum uterque magnis laudibus in caelum extulisset, dixi me pulchrum habere ad Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram (cui antea me notum esse dixeram) scribendi argumentum. Hortatus est ut scribere<m>. Facile fuit calcar addere sponte currenti, cum enim talem haberem ad Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram nuntium, facere non potui, quin sibi, quae Leuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌊LovaniiLeuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌋ audiveram, significarem. Superioribus diebus R(everend)us or R(everendissim)us⌈R(everend)usR(everend)us or R(everendissim)us⌉ et Ill(ustris) or Ill(ustrissimus)⌈Ill(ustris)Ill(ustris) or Ill(ustrissimus)⌉ dominus et patronus meus UUB, H. 154, f. 132v pro sua in me benevolentia, cum praesertim non usque adeo mea in aula indigeret opera, ad utrumque ius perdiscendum Leuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌊LovaniumLeuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌋ me miserat. Ubi toto fere Ianuario constans fama fuit Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram decessise. De quo multos dolere audivi maxime, Conradus Goclenius (Conradus Wackers, Conradus Gockelen) (*1489 – †1539), prominent humanist and editor; from 1519 professor of Latin at the Collegium Trilingue of the University in Louvain; friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 76-77; CE, vol. 2, p. 109-111)⌊CochleniumConradus Goclenius (Conradus Wackers, Conradus Gockelen) (*1489 – †1539), prominent humanist and editor; from 1519 professor of Latin at the Collegium Trilingue of the University in Louvain; friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 76-77; CE, vol. 2, p. 109-111)⌋ autem et Gemma Frisius (Jemme Reinerszoon) (*1508 – †1555), Netherlandish leading theoretical mathematician and practicing physician in Louvain, scholar, and tutor of Gerardus Mercator, studied medicine, mathematics and astronomy at the University in Louvain (1526), where he became a professor of medicine and mathematics, he applied his mathematical expertise to geography, astronomy and map making (HALLYN; VAN ORTROY)⌊GemmamGemma Frisius (Jemme Reinerszoon) (*1508 – †1555), Netherlandish leading theoretical mathematician and practicing physician in Louvain, scholar, and tutor of Gerardus Mercator, studied medicine, mathematics and astronomy at the University in Louvain (1526), where he became a professor of medicine and mathematics, he applied his mathematical expertise to geography, astronomy and map making (HALLYN; VAN ORTROY)⌋ imprimis, nostrumque metum et maerorem quidam plurimum auxit, qui hunc casum a 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)⌊SchepperoCornelis 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)⌋ praedictum fuisse affirmabat, et ob Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae mortem divinatoriam istam non omnino vanam esse contendebat. Valeant huiusmodi scioli, qui, quae sub pedibus sunt, non vident, interim sibi persuadentes sese Dei esse consiliarios et fatorum nuntios, gens stulta et, mea sententia, supra modum impia. Qui saepius causa sunt, ut bonus vir ante tempus moriatur. His impulsus rationibus Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae scribendum atque bene conservatae vitae congratulandum duxi. Haec praeter nihil fere quod scribam habeo, nisi quod dominus meus Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae amantissimus belle valet, qui cito redibit Brussels (Bruxellae), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, since the regency of Mary of Hungary the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands, today the capital of Belgium⌊BruxellasBrussels (Bruxellae), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, since the regency of Mary of Hungary the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands, today the capital of Belgium⌋ et ego Leuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌊LovaniumLeuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌋, quo nihil mecum adferre possum laetius, quam maecenatem nostrum adhuc vivere Dantiscum. Regina cum discederemus languidiuscula erat, solet autem illius morbus pro lunae cursu intendi et remitti. In itinere vero nihil vidimus novi praeter Monasterienses, qui iamdudum anabaptistarum sectae addicti superiore Februario civitatem occupaverunt paper damaged⌈[t]t paper damaged⌉ UUB, H. 154, f. 133r episcopo excluso et spreto. Ceteri, quibus ista non placebant, sponte exiverunt. Qui remanserant, bona sua inter se locupletes cum pauperibus divisere fuitque magna et rerum et statuum illius civitatis superinscribed⌈civitatiscivitatis superinscribed⌉ perturbatio. Illorum seductor Bernhardus Rotman pedobaptist, one of the Lutheran ministers in Münster (STEBBING, p. 101-104)⌊Bernhardus RotmanBernhardus Rotman pedobaptist, one of the Lutheran ministers in Münster (STEBBING, p. 101-104)⌋ nominatus est, vir pessimus, satis eloquens et eruditus. Nunc ab episcopo, qui Cleviae et Geldriae ducum iunctas habet copias, obsidentur et fortiter oppugnantur, quos brevi expugnatos fore speramus. Quae hic acta sunt, Johann von Werden (Constellatus, cf. HE, No. 148, p. 150, footnote No. 12) (*1495 – †1554), 1526 Mayor of Gdańsk (Danzig), from 1527 Starost of Neuenburg (Nowe), 1532-1535, 1538, 1539, 1546, 1551 Burgrave of Gdańsk, from 1535 Starost of Preußisch Mark (Przezmark) (1535-1540 together with Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)), 1536/1537 envoy of the Council of Royal Prussia to the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland held in Cracow (SBPN 4, p. 433-435; ZDRENKA 2, p. 368-369; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 93, 161)⌊dominus IoannesJohann von Werden (Constellatus, cf. HE, No. 148, p. 150, footnote No. 12) (*1495 – †1554), 1526 Mayor of Gdańsk (Danzig), from 1527 Starost of Neuenburg (Nowe), 1532-1535, 1538, 1539, 1546, 1551 Burgrave of Gdańsk, from 1535 Starost of Preußisch Mark (Przezmark) (1535-1540 together with Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)), 1536/1537 envoy of the Council of Royal Prussia to the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland held in Cracow (SBPN 4, p. 433-435; ZDRENKA 2, p. 368-369; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 93, 161)⌋ Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae significabit. Interim Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra felicissime valeat meumque in se studium et officium boni aequique faciat oro. Cui me humillime commendo.

Ex Hamburg (Hamburgum), city in northern Germany on the mouth of the Elbe river, member of the Hanseatic League⌊HamburgoHamburg (Hamburgum), city in northern Germany on the mouth of the Elbe river, member of the Hanseatic League⌋, XVI (ante)⌈(ante)(ante)⌉ Kalendas Maii anno M D XXXIIII.

E(idem) or E(iusdem)⌈E(idem)E(idem) or E(iusdem)⌉ Reverendissimae D(ominationi) or D(ominationis)⌈D(ominationi)D(ominationi) or D(ominationis)⌉ Vestrae deditissimus Daniel Mauch (*1504 – †1567), humanist, doctor of both canon and civil law, servant of Georg von Österreich; ennobled in 1530; in the period 1533-1534 studied at the Uniwersity of Louvain (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 209-210)⌊Daniel MauchDaniel Mauch (*1504 – †1567), humanist, doctor of both canon and civil law, servant of Georg von Österreich; ennobled in 1530; in the period 1533-1534 studied at the Uniwersity of Louvain (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 209-210)⌋ Ulmensis, episcopi Brixinensis secretarius