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Letter #1619

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to UNKNOWN
Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-04-07

English register: Dantiscus apologizes to the addressee that he cannot send the horses requested for the latter’s journey, but he has none that are good enough. For his own journey to Cracow, he borrowed horses from the Warmia bishop (Maurycy Ferber). He sent the majordomo to Kashubia to get horses, but the man did not manage to buy any.


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, BCz, 244, p. 209

Prints:
1CEID 1/1 No. 23, p. 199-200 (in extenso; English register)

 

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Magnifice Domine, Amice carissime et honorande. Salutem et omnem felicitatem.

Non possum non quodammodo pudefieri, quod postulatis Magnificentiae Vestrae, cui in quibus possum non gravate gratificari velim, satisfacere ad praesens nequeam, quandoquidem equorum, qui boni dici deberent, penuriam ipse patior. Acceperam in mutuum a Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊reverendissimo domino VarmiensiMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ pro novissima mea Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviamCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ profectione[1] tres canterios, quos huc rediens remisi. De reliquis non est, quod ratione amicitiae , quae mihi est cum Magnificentia Vestra, et quod ad hoc iter, cui intendit, mittere valeam. Si equum darem minus bonum, ut sunt fere mei omnes, et mihi foret dedecori, et Magnificentiae Vestrae gratus atque utilis esse non posset. Quapropter, ut hanc meam amicam excusationem boni consulat, rogo plurimum. Pauloante ad Kashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌊CasszubasKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌋ Paweł Kos (Paulus Coss, Koss), Marshall of the court of Dantiscus as the bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) (CIDTC, IDT 246)⌊marschalcum meumPaweł Kos (Paulus Coss, Koss), Marshall of the court of Dantiscus as the bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) (CIDTC, IDT 246)⌋ misi, ut unum aut duos bonos mihi coemeret, verum re infecta rediit. Voluntas profecto gratificandi Magnificentiae Vestrae mihi non deest, deest vero facultas, [cuius] defectus merito reprae[h]endi non potest. Eandem Magnificentiam Vestram quam diutissime bene valere opto ex animo.

[1 ] Dantiscus was at the Diet in Cracow from December 1536 to February 1537