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Letter #3657

Jan Benedyktowicz SOLFA to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1538-05-23
            received [1538]-06-02

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1595, p. 1153-1156

 

Text & apparatus & commentaryPlain textText & commentaryText & apparatus

 

BCz, 1595, p. 1153

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiosissime et perpetuo colende.

Hodie[1] domino probably 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)Fabianoprobably 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) cf. Jan Benedyktowicz SOLFA to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1538-05-19, CIDTC IDL 3653meascf. Jan Benedyktowicz SOLFA to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1538-05-19, CIDTC IDL 3653 dedi cum descriptione pilularum, e quibus interdum ad noctem eundo dormitum, unam dumtaxat capere, absque molestia, esset proficuum. Et ad hoc faciendum movent me cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Jan Benedyktowicz SOLFA ca. 1538-04-30, CIDTC IDL 7175, letter lostscriptacf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Jan Benedyktowicz SOLFA ca. 1538-04-30, CIDTC IDL 7175, letter lost hodie Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae per familiarem accepta, quae stupore se aliquanto brachii olim etiamnum, dein reumate ex stillicidio in faucibus praesertim gravatam fuisse narrat cum deiectione or detectionedeiectionedeiectione or detectione affectuum naturalium. Quae omnia, Reverendissime Praesul, salvo semper aliorum iudicio, a crebro et capite repleto et malis humoribus onusto ceperunt originem. Habent namque et stupor et mollificatio quandam germanitatem. Quare dieta opus est. Vitandi or VetandiVitandiVitandi or Vetandi pisces, frumenta omnia, casei, butyrum et purgamenta corporis diu comportata degerantur et praepurgentur. Deinde cerebrum confortetur, quod non ex aetativo(?) modo decursu, sed malo etiam aulicorum regimine et aliis animae passionibus et dulci veneno debilitatum non potest omnia rite concoquere. Quae quidem ista morbos pariunt, necesse est, chronicos, et nervorum, et motoriorum, et sensitivorum oppilationes producentes.

Verum quod illa oppositio eclipsis Solis 16 Novembris in domo religionis habita pontificibus praelatis in rec<t>oralibus et collegiatis perniciosum afflatum immiserit siderum, ratio tamen hominis parte sit divini spiritus, in corpus humanum immersa[2]. Et arcere et prohiberi malum hoc potest.

De equa mihi olim per Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)reverendissimum olim dominumMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60) data scio cum labore ab equorum mandra avelli et facilius equum huc ad<d>uci, tamen quia ab homine mihi necessario munus et monumentum perpetuum datum habere cupio, ad pastum meorum equorum in Turbia, village in south-eastern PolandTurbiaTurbia, village in south-eastern Poland. Quare rogo Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram non gravatim, quod pius princeps cum omnium praelatorum consensu liberaliter contulit, mihi extradere cum illuc BCz, 1595, p. 1154 misero mandat, etiam in sui absentia, quod quidem facturam non ambigo, ob veterem illam communem necessitudinem. Nec me possum ab hac laude eripere, etsi mille retia in hunc finem expanderem, cum apud regem, cum apud reginam. Deus tamen spero me sua pietate, tempore suo me tanto onere liberabit.

Valeat felicissime et me diligat. Puto febriculam fuisse lentam catarralem cum aegritudine summa non sine salse phlegmatis praesentia. Fauces enim facile suscipiunt humores a capite defluentes Aelius Galenus (Claudius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon) (*129 – †217), Greek physician and philosopherGalenoAelius Galenus (Claudius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon) (*129 – †217), Greek physician and philosopher teste.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae Jan Benedyktowicz Solfa (Ioannes Benedicti de Trebul, Ioannes Benedicti Solpha) (*1483 – †1564), physician, lawyer, poet and historian; in 1541 ennobled by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; from 1521 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Glogau (Głogów); from 1522 court physician of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; from 1526 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); from ca. 1528 Canon of Vilnius; from 1529 Canon of St. John’s Collegiate Church in Warsaw; from 1531 Custos of Łowicz; from 1538 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); from 1539 Canon of Sandomierz; from 1547 Canon of Cracow and Provost of Ermland (KOŻUSZEK, passim)Ioannes BenedictiJan Benedyktowicz Solfa (Ioannes Benedicti de Trebul, Ioannes Benedicti Solpha) (*1483 – †1564), physician, lawyer, poet and historian; in 1541 ennobled by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; from 1521 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Glogau (Głogów); from 1522 court physician of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; from 1526 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); from ca. 1528 Canon of Vilnius; from 1529 Canon of St. John’s Collegiate Church in Warsaw; from 1531 Custos of Łowicz; from 1538 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); from 1539 Canon of Sandomierz; from 1547 Canon of Cracow and Provost of Ermland (KOŻUSZEK, passim) capellanus et servitor scripsit

[1] Hodie corrected in the hand of other into Heri - overwritten

[2] Conf.: propterea nil rectum sine ratione fieri potest. Nam haec est tanquam summi regis Vicaria, pars Divini spiritus, in corpus humanum immersa, za: Hermann von Hardt (ed.), Magnum oecumenicum Constantiense Concilium, vol. 5, Frankfurt und Leipzig 1696, col. 132.