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Letter #2154

Iustus Lodvicus DECIUS (DECJUSZ, DIETZ) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1539-05-13
            received [1539]-05-25

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 6, f. 38
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 334

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 81

 

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AAWO, AB, D.6, f. 38r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiose, plurimum colende observandeque.

Post officiorum diligentem commendationem Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae omnem precor felicitatem.

Offerente sic se occasione, quod praesentium lator Jerzy Jankowski Georgius JancowskiJerzy Jankowski a Sebastian Jankowski (Bastiann Junnckoffsky) (fl. 1539-1540)SebastianoSebastian Jankowski (Bastiann Junnckoffsky) (fl. 1539-1540) fratre illuc vocaretur, in eam animatus spem, quod inter servitores Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae haberetur, nolui illius deesse petitioni, sed eo proficiscentem animo cum confirmare magis, tum commendatiorem etiam reddere. Namque a puero annis continuis fovi septem cum domi, tum foris, ut tam mores, quam linguas disceret utrumque, dum sub meo esset imperio, dextre satis nec infeliciter assecutus, nisi (quod iuventus habet) feroculus alicubi sibi excidit. Migravit deinde videre Italiam, eam quoque discere linguam. Huc rediens fortunam exspectavit. Hanc, cum reperit, ut retineret, admonui, quod, spero, faciet. Hoc de illo dare possum testimonium, quod diligenter fidelem semper, mandacem numquam, animo forti audacique ubique reperi, speroque sic se geret, ne ego errasse videar, nisi ille aer potusque superinscribedpotusquepotusque superinscribed mutaret animum. Quod ne fiat, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra nullum illi otium concedens avertere potest, habitura recte institutum ad omnem paratum sellam.

Mitto per illum zonas quasdam sive cingulos illustrissimae dominae, dominae Dorothea von Oldenburg (*1504 – †1547), Duchess in Prussia (1526-1547); first wife of Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Duke in Prussia, daughter of Frederic I von Gottorp, King of Denmark, and Anna von HohenzollernducissaeDorothea von Oldenburg (*1504 – †1547), Duchess in Prussia (1526-1547); first wife of Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Duke in Prussia, daughter of Frederic I von Gottorp, King of Denmark, and Anna von Hohenzollern coemptos. Rogo, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra per certum se offerentem Dorothea von Oldenburg (*1504 – †1547), Duchess in Prussia (1526-1547); first wife of Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Duke in Prussia, daughter of Frederic I von Gottorp, King of Denmark, and Anna von HohenzollernsibiDorothea von Oldenburg (*1504 – †1547), Duchess in Prussia (1526-1547); first wife of Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Duke in Prussia, daughter of Frederic I von Gottorp, King of Denmark, and Anna von Hohenzollern cum litteris meis mittere dignetur.

Sit felix, diu recte valeat meque sua prosequatur gratia Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra.

Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae deditus servitor 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)Iostus Ludovicus DeciusIustus 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