BCz, 1599, p. 1053
Reverendissime in Christo Pater, domine gratiosissime ac honorandissime.
Praemissa mei servitiorumque meorum in gratiam Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae officiosa commendatione.
Cum in Prussiam famulos mitterem aula relicta hic paulum otii nactus, indignum putabam, si non cum Reverendissima Paternitate Vestra, ea temporis occasione oblata, per litteras liberius agerem, exigua licet hic scribendi materia offeratur. Tamen proxime, Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviamCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ reversus, dabo operam, ut familiari hoc litterarum colloquio crebrius utamur.
In negotio illo Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae, si quid apud
s(erenisssimam) or s(acram)⌈s(erenisssimam)s(erenisssimam) or s(acram)⌉
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⌊regiam maiestatemSigismund 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⌋ impetraverim, hactenus nihil respondi. Verum tamen pro singulari mea erga Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram observantia ea in re cum s(erenisssima) or s(acra)⌈s(erenisssima)s(erenisssima) or s(acra)⌉ regia maiestate liberaliter egi, adversam Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae aetatis ingravescentis valetudinem liberius excusans. Quamvis igitur s(erenisssima) or s(acra)⌈s(erenisssima)s(erenisssima) or s(acra)⌉ 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⌊regia maiestasSigismund 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⌋ hos particulares conventus praesentia Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae decorari ex animo cuperet, tamen cum prae morbo hoc id commode fieri minus expediat, si quando Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae conventibus his per adversam valetudinem interesse non licuerit, velut re ipsa id excusante, s(erenisssima) or s(acra)⌈s(erenisssima)s(erenisssima) or s(acra)⌉ regia maiestas ea in re Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram liberiorem facit.
Equum, quem Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra velut in obsidem sui erga me amoris mihi dedit, propter innatas illi singulares naturae dotes prae ceteris etiam amplector procreandaeque soboli aptiorem adhibebo. Quam quidem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae in me gratiam omnibus officiis vicissim promereri curabo.
Tandem Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra bene valeat.