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Letter #3540

Ilia OSTROGSKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Ostróg , 1532-09-25
            received 1532

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, BCz, 1595, p. 435-436

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 138

Prints:
1PRZEŹDZIECKI 5 p. 11-12 (in extenso; Polish register)
2AT 14 No. 440, p. 664 (in extenso; Polish register)

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine plurimum observandissime.

Post servitutis suae in gratiam Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis comendationem. Ut Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas sana et felix cum incremento omnis boni semper exsistat vivatque, ei ex sincero cordis sui affectu apprime faveo, non secus quantum mihi ipsi.

Dominus Nikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌊Nicolaus NypschiczNikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌋, amicus et fautor meus singulariter gratiosus, in his paulo transactis temporibus binas ad me transmisit litteras, unas a sacra Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊maiestate imperialiCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋, quae mihi maximi momenti et consolationis adsunt, alias vero ab Vestra Reverendissima Paternitate, a domino et amico meo observandissimo. Quae mihi etiam plurimum in modum exstiterant gratissimae, quoniam Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas nullis meritis meis exsistentibus erga Vestram Reverendissimam Paternitatem, immo et nunc olim Konstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski (*1460 – †1530)⌊parentis meiKonstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski (*1460 – †1530)⌋, dignata est Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas ex sua innata virtute et gratia sua erga me, exsistens in aula Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊caesareae maiestatisCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋ me comendare in gratiam caesareae catholicae maiestatis et in signum huius gratiae caesareae maiestatis dignata est Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas litteras mihi caesareae maiestatis cum creditiva super Vestram Reverendissimam Paternitatem ad me transmittere. Quam huius modi gratiam Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis erga me abunde ex eiusdem litteris accepi et pro his omnibus maximas et immortales gratias ago Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitati, et id omnibus modis Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitati mereri et rependere curabo latiusque, ut spero, in brevi de his omnibus oretenus Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitati agam gratias.

Tandem valeat et, ut coepit, me sua gratia prosequatur.