UUB, H. 154, f. 48v

Reverendissimo in Christo patri ac 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 WarmiensiIoannes 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⌋, maecenati et domino suo perpetua fide colendo

UUB, H. 154, f. 47r

Salutem plurimam dico.

Etsi amoris erga me tui hactenus monumenta summa exstiterint, Illustrissime Princeps, tamen insigniora nullis exprimi rebus potuerunt, quam cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Eustathius KNOBELSDORF before 1541-07-18, CIDTC IDL 6406, letter lost⌊litteriscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Eustathius KNOBELSDORF before 1541-07-18, CIDTC IDL 6406, letter lost⌋, quas a Celsitudine Tua nuperrime accepi. Sic enim in his undequaque vestigia manifestissima tui favoris apparent in familiam nostram totam, ut etiam doloris, quem accepturus eram ex morboGeorg von Knobelsdorf father of Eustathius ; mayor of Heilsberg (PSB 13, p. 129)⌊patrisGeorg von Knobelsdorf father of Eustathius ; mayor of Heilsberg (PSB 13, p. 129)⌋, tantam habueris rationem, ut Celsitudo Tua eodem impedita abstinendum a litteris censuerit. Illud vero quam tibi nostra curae esse declarat, quod summis difficultatibus scribendi in mediis Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊comitiorumProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ fluctibus affectus[1], etiam publica nostris posthabueris negotiis. Accedit munus regium ac plane Tuae Celsitudinis dignum, quo studia mea[2] iam minitantia ruinam Leuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌊pristino locoLeuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌋ restituisti. Pro quo uberiores Celsitudini Tuae gratias eram acturus, nisi mihi voluntas tua, quae talia aversatur, officio meo antiquior fuisset, praesertim cum paene turpe sit verbis ea conari componere, quibus vix re umquam satisfieri poterit. Ex animo acquievissem dulcissimis tuis admonitionibus, quibus me in Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊patriamRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋ invitas, nisi tam molestum et cum tot periculis coniunctum iter absterreret amorque honestarum artium remoraretur. Omnino idem mihi video accidere, quod mercatoribus nonnihil attentioribus ad rem interdum, quos nondum onustis navibus aura vocat, timent non parere ventis doletque pro longo labore petitis mercibus inutilem referre saburram. Ego ad mercaturam bonarum litterarum a Celsitudine Tua huc missus sum. Quantum lucrum fecerim, Celsitudinis Tuae iudicium esto. UUB, H. 154, f. 47v Hoc unum scio me privatae diligentiae non pepercisse. Publicis lectionibus parum adiutus sum, ob quod etiam tanto alacrior reviserem Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊patriamRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋, tamquam hic parvam frugem in posterum facturus. Quod quo minus fiat, Paris (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌊Lutetia Parhisiorum Paris (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌋ obstat, cuius fama uti totum replevit orbem, ita me in admirationem sui iamdudum erexit. Obstupeo quotiescumque vel solum nomen tantae Paris (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌊urbisParis (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌋ tot eximiis viris repletae audio, cupidisque votis opto me vel minimum eius alumnorum esse, quod dec(re)tum factum est, si modo Celsitudo Tua suum interposuerit consensum. Intervallum intra Paris (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌊LutetiamParis (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌋ et 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⌋ tantillum est, ut imprudentiae maculam effugere vix possem, si tot taedia tam periculosarum viarum devorassem, ut 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⌋ viderem, omitterem Paris (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌊LutetiamParis (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌋, quae vice multorum Lovaniorum regni sibi nomen merito vindicare posset. Cum igitur ego nondum eos ex legitimis litteris percaeperim fructus, quos me inde laturum spero, si ad iustam metam pervenero, rogo obsecro atque obtestor Celsitudinem Tuam, ut mihi studiorum meorum tempus in venientem prorogetur annum. Illud et Celsitudo Tua multorum annorum laetitiam unaque nobis perpetuam laudem allaturum est, si tuo adminiculo et impensis Paris (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌊LutetiaeParis (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌋ aliquamdiu versatus fuero. Omnino decrevi in principio Octobris me eo conferre nihil dubitans de liberalitate Celsitudinis Tuae, quin eadem erit et in hoc proposito meo, quae hactenus fuit.

Quod ad citationemAlexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌊Alexandri a Suchten Alexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌋[3] spectat, nihil est, quod Celsitudo Tua suspensam habeat. Omnia curata sunt diligenter 10 Iulii publice o(mn)i adhibita solemnitate per notarium curiae, eum ad Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊urbemRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ vocari iussi, neve quis esset tergiversationi loca[...] hidden by binding⌈[...][...] hidden by binding⌉, UUB, H. 154, f. 48r privatim eum conveni litterasque apostolicas legendas proposui. Nihil moratus altero statim die profectus sum ad trapezitas, cum quibus egi, ut sine dilatione litterae, quas ad probably Kaspar Hannau (Gasparus Hannovius, Kacper Hannow) (*1519 – †1571), Dantiscus' nephew (son of Anna), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Marcin Kromer, Bishop of Ermland; his studies in Cracow (1536-1538), and later in Rome (1539-1548), were financed by his uncle; from 1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Dean of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; from 1547 Canon of Włocławek (ORACKI 1984, p. 84; KOPICZKO 2, p. 108-109)⌊nepotem Celsitudinis Tuae probably Kaspar Hannau (Gasparus Hannovius, Kacper Hannow) (*1519 – †1571), Dantiscus' nephew (son of Anna), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Marcin Kromer, Bishop of Ermland; his studies in Cracow (1536-1538), and later in Rome (1539-1548), were financed by his uncle; from 1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Dean of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; from 1547 Canon of Włocławek (ORACKI 1984, p. 84; KOPICZKO 2, p. 108-109)⌋dedi una cum citatione, cui subscripsit notarius aliquot adhibitis testibus Romam pervenirent. Vellem sane, Reverendissime Praesul, operam et fidem meam in gravioribus tibi usui esse. Facerem, ut quidvis in me potius quam diligentiam desiderares. Faxit Deus, ut nugatoribus illis nihili, qui bonis facessunt negotium, aliquando ita succedat, uti meriti sunt, id quod procul dubito fiet.

Valeat Celsitudo Tua oroque hoc or hic⌈hochoc or hic⌉ unice, ut, si umquam studia nostra Celsitudini Tuae vere cordi fuerunt, nunc saltem ostendat, quanti me faciat, hocque tam honestum iter sua liberalitate promoveat. Haec ex tempore scripsi, maturato enim opus esse censeo, si ita, uti decrevi, ante Octobrem Paris (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌊LutetiaeParis (Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii), city in central France, on the Seine river, capital of France⌋ esse volo, ne me hiems occupet. Valeat iterum Celsitudo Tua. Faxit Christus, ut eam incolumem revertens offendam.

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⌋, 18 Iulii, Anno 1541.

Celsitudinis Tuae corpore et animo Eustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), neo-Latin poet, studied at the universities in Frankfurt an der Oder (1534-1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orleans; from 1533 Dantiscus provided financial support for his education; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland; 1546 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); 1546-1548 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1548-1551 administrator of the Chapter's estate in Allenstein (Olsztyn); 1552 Custos of Ermland; 1553 Vicar General of the bishopric of Ermland; 1558-1564 administrator of the diocese of Ermland in the absence of Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz; 1559 Chancellor of the Wrocław Chapter; 1565 Dean of the Wrocław Chapter; 1567 General Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Wrocław (BORAWSKA 1996 Życie, p. 70, 103; KOPICZKO 2, p. 152; SBKW, p. 152; KNOBELSDORF)⌊Eustathius a Knobesdsdorf(!)Eustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), neo-Latin poet, studied at the universities in Frankfurt an der Oder (1534-1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orleans; from 1533 Dantiscus provided financial support for his education; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland; 1546 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); 1546-1548 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1548-1551 administrator of the Chapter's estate in Allenstein (Olsztyn); 1552 Custos of Ermland; 1553 Vicar General of the bishopric of Ermland; 1558-1564 administrator of the diocese of Ermland in the absence of Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz; 1559 Chancellor of the Wrocław Chapter; 1565 Dean of the Wrocław Chapter; 1567 General Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Wrocław (BORAWSKA 1996 Życie, p. 70, 103; KOPICZKO 2, p. 152; SBKW, p. 152; KNOBELSDORF)⌋

[1] Dantiscus took part in the assembly in Marienburg, which started May 8, 1541.

[3] Aleksander Suchten was accused of heresy in 1541 in Rome.