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Letter #308

Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Krzysztof SZYDŁOWIECKI]
Granada, 1526-10-14


Manuscript sources:
1office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 242, p. 50
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 1366, p. 10-11
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, B. Ossol., 151/II, f. 36v

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 394

 

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Illustris et Magnifice Domine, domine gratiosissime. Humillimam commendationem.

Quod nuper cum familiari meo Fabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37)⌊Fabiano WoyanowskiFabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37)⌋ nihil ad Illustrem Magnificentiam Vestram scripsi, non fuit alia causa, quam ne illum ob viarum insecuritatem multis litteris onerarem. Redeo itaque ad praesens ad solitum scribendi officium et si quid in eo omisi, veniam mihi dari humiliter peto.

Ea, quae hic egi hactenus et quaecumque de novis rebus obtulerunt, longo volumine ad maiestatem regiam perscripsi, inde Illustritas Vestra omnia habunde intelliget, nolui in his igitur esse morosior.

Tractatur hic postquam pontifex per istos tumultus nuper in urbe excitos ad conditiones redactus est per regem christianissimum de obsidum recuperatione veneruntque ab illius maiestate hodie litterae ad caesarem, sed adhuc, quid in eis habeatur, sciri non potest, creditur tamen, quod et propter Turcarum impetus, et ad agendam victoriam serenissimi Hungariae regis, quae iam hic passim habetur certissima, tractatus aliqui fieri debeant redditis obsidibus, ut tandem communibus Christianorum armis vires infidelium reprimantur, quod faxit Christus, quia non est alius, qui pugnet pro nobis.

Alia hoc tempore non occurrunt. Commendo me humillime Illustri Magnificentiae Vestrae et rogo summopere pro sua in me gratia ac pro longis et duris servitiis meis apud serenissimam Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊maiestatem regiamSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ accessionibus meis faveat meque aliquando suis litteris in hoc tam longinquo exilio gratiose consoletur.