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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⌊Ioanni D(antisco)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⌋ Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi et nominato Warmiensi etc., domino suo gratioso

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Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine mihi gratiose. Post commendationem hu stain⌈[commendationem hu]commendationem hu stain⌉milem. Salutem dico.

Quod post meum ex magna calamitate reditum nihil scripsi, adversa, qua semper premor, valetudo in causa est. Neque nunc esse liber ab aegrimonia, quod [...] stain⌈[...][...] stain⌉ scribere possum facturus tamen, ut spes esset brevi offendi alicubi(?) praesens et coram. Interea temporis scire forsan suffecit me veterem eius esse clientulum, et qui huic felici gratulatur accessum longe, si Deo placet, insigniorem illi ex animo favens.

Quae in his sunt aulis, de futuro regis in Wallachum bello, regnicolarum concursu et quo in statu res sunt tandem Polonicae, quid agatur in Hungaria, Italiae trepidationem ob Thurci et Galli adventum, quid contra hoc caesar Romanorum et Veneti parent, qui sint caesaris in Gallia Belliga successus, haec ferme omnia Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra ex domino Alexandro suae ecclesiae canonico intelliget. Ego illi precor longam et incolumem vitam, rogo, ut sua me gratia prosequatur.

Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, 7 Au<gu>sti 1537.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae deditissimus Iustus Ludovicus Decius (Justus Ludwik Decjusz, Jost Ludwig Dietz, Iodocus Decius) (*ca. 1485 – †1545), merchant, historian, reformer of the Polish monetary system; ennobled in 1519; 1520-1524 royal secretary; 1528 Cracow town councillor; 1528 alderman in Piotrków; 1526-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Königsberg; 1528-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Thorn; 1530-1540 administrator of the royal mint in Cracow; 1519, 1520, 1522, 1523-1524 - royal envoy to Italy (PSB 5, p. 42-45; WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 250-251; NOGA, p. 304)⌊IostusIustus Ludovicus Decius (Justus Ludwik Decjusz, Jost Ludwig Dietz, Iodocus Decius) (*ca. 1485 – †1545), merchant, historian, reformer of the Polish monetary system; ennobled in 1519; 1520-1524 royal secretary; 1528 Cracow town councillor; 1528 alderman in Piotrków; 1526-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Königsberg; 1528-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Thorn; 1530-1540 administrator of the royal mint in Cracow; 1519, 1520, 1522, 1523-1524 - royal envoy to Italy (PSB 5, p. 42-45; WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 250-251; NOGA, p. 304)⌋ scripsit