Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et 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 Dei gratia episcopo CulmensiIoannes 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⌋, administratori Pomesaniensi et ad episcopatum Varmiensem postulato, domino meo clementissimo

Humillimam perpetuae meae fidelitatis et obsequiorum commendationem.

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine clementissime.

⌊Heri⌋ unica dumtaxat hora ante adventum domini Simon Hannau (Simon Hannow), Dantiscus' nephew, son of Anna von Höfen and Johann Hannau, brother of Johann and Kaspar; at the turn of 1538 administrated bishop's estate in Löbau (Lubawa) in Dantiscus' name (CEID 1/1, p. 344, footnote No. 19)⌊SimonisSimon Hannau (Simon Hannow), Dantiscus' nephew, son of Anna von Höfen and Johann Hannau, brother of Johann and Kaspar; at the turn of 1538 administrated bishop's estate in Löbau (Lubawa) in Dantiscus' name (CEID 1/1, p. 344, footnote No. 19)⌋ nepotis Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergkHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, qui nostros omnium erexit animos et ex ea, in qua hactenus fuimus pro valetudine Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae, solicitudine liberavit (divina maiestas Paternitatem Vestram Reverendissimam solide restitutam sanitati quam diutissime sanam et incolumem conservet), redditae mihi sunt litterae una cum scatula a domino Iacobo Ludvico ex Thoronia missae. Quas una cum iis, quae mihi per dominum Ludovicum adscriptae sunt, Paternitati Vestrae Reverendissimae per dominum Simonem, quem pro chrismate ablegavi, mitto. Ex quibus Paternitas Vestra Reverendissima intelliget, quantum dominus Iacobus Ludovicus pro scatula perficienda impenderit. Pro sacerdote Polono omnem pro mea virili impendo operam, nusquam tamen propter eorum paucitatem reperire possum, qui ex re et usu esset Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae, faciam tamen adhuc diligentiam et scribam Warsaw (Warszawa, Varsovia), city in central Poland, Masovia, on the Vistula river, today the capital of Poland⌊VarssoviamWarsaw (Warszawa, Varsovia), city in central Poland, Masovia, on the Vistula river, today the capital of Poland⌋, si fortasse illic posset aliquis inveniri idoneus aut induci, ut huc veniret.

Quod reliquum est me humillimaque mea servitia Paternitati Vestrae Reverendissimae iterum commendo.

Ex Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊castro Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae LubaviensiLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, XVI Aprilis anno Domini M-o DXXXVIII.

Eiusdem Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae humilis servitor et capellanus Baltazar of Lublin (†after 1543-05-20), from 1535 at the latest Canon of Kulm (Chełmno); 1538 Judicial Vicar in the Kulm Chapter; Chancellor to the Bishops of Kulm, Ioannes Dantiscus and then Tiedemmann Giese (MAŃKOWSKI 1928, p. 115)⌊Baltasar a LublinBaltazar of Lublin (†after 1543-05-20), from 1535 at the latest Canon of Kulm (Chełmno); 1538 Judicial Vicar in the Kulm Chapter; Chancellor to the Bishops of Kulm, Ioannes Dantiscus and then Tiedemmann Giese (MAŃKOWSKI 1928, p. 115)⌋