CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #435

Lodovico ALIFIO to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Vilnius, 1529-10-11

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 243, p. 97-98

Auxiliary sources:

1	register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 78

Prints:

1	AT 11 No. 373, p. 283 (in extenso)

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Magnifico et spectabili 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⌊Iohanni 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⌋, serenissimarum maiestatum Poloniae [orat]ori dignissimo [m]aius hon[orando]

Magnifice et spectabilis Domine. Salutem et commendationem.

Accepi Dominationis Vestrae litteras pergratissimas quidem et cum illis indultum sacratissimae caesareae maiestatis, quod satis opportunum fuit. Gratias ago ingentes Dominationi Vestrae et eas me suo tempore relaturum polliceor. Si tamen deerunt vires, non deerit sincera et optima voluntas inserviendi Dominationi Vestrae in omnibus votis et optatis suis. Nova hic nulla sunt, nam inter deserta Libiae versari videmur. Hinc tamen Deo auspice et duce brevi in Poloniam proficiscemur, nam pro quarta Novembris paratur abitio. Commendo me tandem amori fraterno Dominationis Vestrae, quam bene et feliciter [va]lere percupio.

Datae Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌊UilnaeVilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌋, die XI Octobris 1529.

Eiusdem Vestrae Dominationis uti bonus frater Lodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌊Ludovicus Aliphius etc.Lodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌋

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Non lateat Dominatio vestra Gdani fuisse quoddam pestis genus, quo homines intra XXIV-or. horas e vivis decedebant; occubuisse intra triduum tria hominum milia, inter quos multi insignes et notabiles cives exstitere. Hanc pestem ex Anglia advectam esse ferunt, modo scribunt cesasse, cum iam satis superque saevitum sit.