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⌊IoanniIoannes 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 Varmiensi episcopo, domino colendissimo

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine observatissime.

Officiosissimam servitutis meae commendationem.

Non potui a reverendissimo domino in aulam redeundi potestatem impetrare. Quod cum in celeri esset brevis exspectatione, secum eo me reverti vellet. Itaque coactus sum ex Ploczko in Pultowsko regredi. Verum nudiustertius accepi a serenissima maiestate regia litteras, quibus, ut advolem ad aulam, mihi mandat. Scribit etiam, optasse a se cives Gdanenses supplicasseque, ut adversario mecum experiri de canonicatu liceret, se vero hanc ei potestatem non concessisse cupereque ex me praesente de tota causa certiorem fieri. Itaque Calendis Octobribus hinc discedere versus aulam statui.

Subditi huius venerabilis capituli causam reverendissimo domino diligenter commendavi, qui se daturum operam recepit, ut ne quid ei amplius negotii exhibeatur, sed vellet sarciri damna atque iniuriam nobili facta. Quaeso Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, det operam, ut res ita transigatur, ne maiores excitare queat tumultus.

Nova haec sunt. Cum omnino proelium commissum speraretur, praeter spem et opinionem omnium pacem petivit atque non solum ad propositas sibi condiciones accessit, verum etiam ultro se durioribus obligavit. Sed cecidit ei infeliciter. Nam paulo post, cum ingressi essent Turcae Valachiam, proditus est a suis et desert[us], qui se simul omnes in fidem potestatemq[ue] Schelley Alexandrovitz, a Suleiman the Magnificent (*1494 – †1566), 1520-1566 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire⌊caesare TurcarumSuleiman the Magnificent (*1494 – †1566), 1520-1566 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire⌋ sibi praefecti, contulerunt, ita ut neminem prorsus adiunctum sibi vayvoda haberet, praeter Hungaros duodecim. Cui uxor etiam cum liberis est petenti negata. Gravem sumus et formidolosum vicinum habituri. Deus nostri misereatur et adiuvet nos.

Qui et Vestram Reverendissimam Dominationem diu servet incolu[mem] et felicem. Cuius gratiae, favori et patrocinio me causamque canonicatus mei Varmiensis diligenter commendo.

Ex Pułtusk (Poltovia), town in central Poland, Masovia, 26 km N of Warsaw⌊PultovskoPułtusk (Poltovia), town in central Poland, Masovia, 26 km N of Warsaw⌋, tertio Calendas Octobres 1538.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae servitor deditissimus Stanisław Hozjusz (Stanisław Hosz, Stanislaus Hosius) (*1504 – †1579), diplomat and theologian; 1534-1538 secretary to the Bishops of Cracow Piotr Tomicki and Jan Chojeński; 1538-1549 royal secretary; 1538-1549 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1539 Cantor; 1540-1550 Canon of Cracow; 1549-1551 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1551-1579 Bishop of Ermland; in 1560 elevated to Cardinal; 1561-1563 Papal Legate to the General Council of Trent; in 1573 appointed Grand Penitentiary to Pope Gregory XIII (SBKW, p. 95-96; KOPICZKO 2, p. 129-130)⌊Stanislaus HosiusStanisław Hozjusz (Stanisław Hosz, Stanislaus Hosius) (*1504 – †1579), diplomat and theologian; 1534-1538 secretary to the Bishops of Cracow Piotr Tomicki and Jan Chojeński; 1538-1549 royal secretary; 1538-1549 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1539 Cantor; 1540-1550 Canon of Cracow; 1549-1551 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1551-1579 Bishop of Ermland; in 1560 elevated to Cardinal; 1561-1563 Papal Legate to the General Council of Trent; in 1573 appointed Grand Penitentiary to Pope Gregory XIII (SBKW, p. 95-96; KOPICZKO 2, p. 129-130)⌋ canonicus Varmiensis