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Letter #3707

Georg von LOGSCHAU (LOXANUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Prague, 1531-06-23
            received Brussels, [1531]-07-[07?]

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, BCz, 1595, p. 297-298

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 352

 

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BCz, 1595, p. 298

Dem hochwirdigen in Got fursten, / hern hern 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 ErmlandJohan DantiscoIoannes 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, / bischoven zu Kulm diocese (Chełmno diocese)KolmenKulm diocese (Chełmno diocese), se(iner) ... illegible...... illegible 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 Austriako(niglichen) m(aieste)t von PolenSigismund 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 peÿ 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 Castilero(mischer) kaÿ(serlicher) m(aieste)tCharles 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 orator, meinem g(nedige)n herren

BCz, 1595, p. 297

Hochwirdiger in Got furst, genedig(er) herre. / Nach erbittung meiner gantz willigen dinste wunsch ich E(wer) G(naden) alles das jenige, was sÿ von Got begeren darff. /

Darnach wil ich E(wer) G(naden) nicht vorhalt(en), das her 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 LivoniaNibschic(?)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, unser brud(er), den nechst(en) montag[1] / nach ausrichtung aller seiner sachen mit dem besten / von hinen widderumb gen Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)PolenPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia) vorrugkt ist. / Got verleÿ im glug und hail, / darzu uns allen. / Meinen brud(er) Cornelio, / der auch alle sachen, / wie es peÿ uns steth, wirdt mog(en) erzelen, / dem hab ich nicht mog(en), als ich gerne hettet wolle, / gut bruder und geselleschafft geleisten. / Es hettet sich erst sollen anfang(en), / szo mus hie palt widderumb von dan. / Es haben warlich vil leutte pegert / mit ime khuntschafft zu machen, / aber was nicht gescheen ist, / mag mit hulff des almechtigen nach bescheen. Nichts es der weniger, szo haben wir von E(wer) G(naden) etlich mall / ein gutt(en) stark(en) trungk gethan, / wolt Got, sy weren E(wer) G(naden) wol bekhomen. / Von newen zeitt(ungen) gar nichts sonders, / allein wir stehen auff der wag, / den wir von hinen zug(en) der sterbenden lufft halben. / Des ander wirdt E(wer) G(nade) mein lieber her brud(er) bericht(en). / In sum(m)a ich bin E(wer) G(naden) willig(er) wagenknicht, / ich fur dohin, wo sy schafft. / Cum hoc me unice com(m)en(d)o.