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Letter #376

Mercurino Arborio di GATTINARA to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Palencia, 1527-10-07

English register:

Gattinara is surprised at Dantiscus complaining that the emperor forbade him to enter Palencia. He emphasizes that this is not a sign of disfavor but a safeguard against the spreading of the plague. He points out that the same ban was issued to the Portuguese envoy and advises a more rational approach to the matter.

Gattinara confirms that the emperor will leave Palencia the following Thursday [October ..]. He plans to leave the same morning, or a day earlier. He plans to stop for lunch in Palenzuela on Thursday and encourages Dantiscus to come there, too, and continue his journey to Burgos in his company, which will give them the opportunity to discuss everything. He declares there is no one he would rather share his thoughts with than Dantiscus.

He suggests that Dantiscus send someone to Burgos to arrange lodgings.


            received Paredes de Nava, [1527]-10-08

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, BCz, 243, p. 69-70

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 475

Prints:
1AT 9 (2nd ed.) No. 309, p. 309 (in extenso)
2PAZ Y MELIA 1924, 1925 p. 82 (Spanish translation)
3CEID 2/3 (Supplement Letter No. 80) p. 313-314 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Magnifico Viro, 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 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⌋, serenissimi 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⌊regis PoloniaeSigismund 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⌋ oratori etc.

Magnifice Domine uti frater honorande .

Responderem pluribus Dominationis Tuae querimoniae, ni existimarem ea omnia tibi notiora esse, quam ut a me repetenda esse videantur. 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⌊CaesarCharles 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⌋ sese hic segregavit, vel, si mavis, abscondit, ne in tempore hoc negotiis obr{r}ueretur, cogereturque de vita periclitari. Habuit penes se eos tantum, cum quibus negotia publica tractanda erant, et reliquos omnes non (ut cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mercurino Arborio di GATTINARA Paredes de Nava, 1527-10-07, CIDTC IDL 377⌊scribitcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mercurino Arborio di GATTINARA Paredes de Nava, 1527-10-07, CIDTC IDL 377⌋ Dominatio Tua) relegavit, sed a negotiis etiam segregatos voluit, quousque purgato contagioso aere commodum locum eligeret, in quo possent omnes convenire, ita ut factum est absque iniuria Dominationis Tuae nec António de Azevedo Coutinho 1525-1529, ambassador of the King of Portugal at the court of the Emperor Charles V (HDE 5, p. 489; http://digitarq.dgarq.gov.pt/details?id=3771920 )⌊oratorisAntónio de Azevedo Coutinho 1525-1529, ambassador of the King of Portugal at the court of the Emperor Charles V (HDE 5, p. 489; http://digitarq.dgarq.gov.pt/details?id=3771920 )⌋ Portugal⌊PortugaliaePortugal⌋, qui etiam fuit absens ab hac Palencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌊civitatePalencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌋. Haec sunt huiusmodi, ut, si rationem subducas, non possis non cruciari, si vero eam in consilium adducas, ab hac molestia quam facillime sis liber. Verum de his alias commodius.

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⌊CaesarCharles 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⌋ manet in sententia, videlicet quod vult omnino ad diem Iovis hinc discedere, ego vero vel eo ipso die summo mane vel in praecedente a prandio. Utcumque tamen sit, spero me venturum ad prandium in Palenzuela, town and castle in central Spain, Castile and León, 39 km NE of Palencia⌊PalenzuelaPalenzuela, town and castle in central Spain, Castile and León, 39 km NE of Palencia⌋ ad diem Iovis. Si Dominatio Tua illuc se conferre voluerit, ibimus simul Burgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌊BurgosBurgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌋ confabulabimurque de omnibus. Nullus enim est, cui confidentius omnia mea consilia crederem.

Interea Dominatio Tua poterit aliquem ad Burgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌊BurgosBurgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌋ destinare, qui hospitium dispositum habeat.

Vale.

Ad mandata Tuae Dominationis Mercurino Arborio di Gattinara (*1465 – †1530), humanist, jurist, trusted and influential advisor to Charles V; 1501 entered the service of the Habsburgs as legal counsel to Duchess Margaret of Austria, 1504 advisor and President of the Privy Council of Margaret of Austria, after the governoship of the Netherlands was entrusted to her, 1518 Grand Chancellor of Castile and later of Charles V as Roman Emperor, 1529 Cardinal of St. Giovanni a Porta Latina (after the death of his wife, Andreetta Avogadro) (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 12; CE, vol. 2, p. 76-80)⌊Mercurinus GattinaraMercurino Arborio di Gattinara (*1465 – †1530), humanist, jurist, trusted and influential advisor to Charles V; 1501 entered the service of the Habsburgs as legal counsel to Duchess Margaret of Austria, 1504 advisor and President of the Privy Council of Margaret of Austria, after the governoship of the Netherlands was entrusted to her, 1518 Grand Chancellor of Castile and later of Charles V as Roman Emperor, 1529 Cardinal of St. Giovanni a Porta Latina (after the death of his wife, Andreetta Avogadro) (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 12; CE, vol. 2, p. 76-80)⌋