CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #480

Maciej DRZEWICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow, 1530-04-05

received Augsburg, [1530]-06-27

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 249, p. 91-92

Auxiliary sources:

1	register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 117

Prints:

1	AT 12 No. 84, p. 92-93 (in extenso)

Text & apparatus & commentary Plain text Text & commentary Text & apparatus

BCz, 249, p. 92

Generoso et eximio 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⌋, oratori et consiliario serenissimi regis Poloniae apud caesaream maiestatem, amico in Cristo carissimo

BCz, 249, p. 91

Generose domine amice in Cristo carissime. Salutem in Domino et optatam felicitatem.

Cum vos intellexissem cum 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⌊caesarea maiestateSigismund 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⌋ Bologna (Bononia), city in Italy at the southern end of the plain of the Po valley, between 1506 and 1860 it belonged to the Papal State⌊BononiaeBologna (Bononia), city in Italy at the southern end of the plain of the Po valley, between 1506 and 1860 it belonged to the Papal State⌋ esse, scripsi vobis per quendam Romipetam gratias agens ob testatae benevolentia<e> officia, quae nostro nepoti Iohanni exhibere voluit et eundem rebus praeclarissimis et memorandis adhibere. Et nunc gratias agimus, cumulatiore enim amore a nobis omnibus Dreuitiis amaberis. Sed hoc me plurimum angit, quod aliis saepe scribens, mihi raro scribas, cum utique me non inter postremos fautores semper habueris et deinceps semper habebit. Et crede, quod tui bonam habemus rationem et principi ingerimus per occasionem, ut tuorum servitiorum rationem habeat. Spero autem, sciens maiestatis optimam in te mentem, quod prima occasione digne praemiaberis. Nos sumus hic in terrore, terremur enim Turco, qui in proximo subornare deberet Valachum ob eam rem, quod Iohanni regi non auxiliamur; sed sacrae caesareae maiestatis nos solatur magnanimitas, quae non patietur et sui serenissimi fratris et totius christianitatis iniuriam inultam fore et praesertim quod nunc exsistens in Germania Germanorum vires altae suae prudentiae stimulo de facili excitabit, ut ei hosti tempestive, antequam vires suas extendat, obvient. Iam certa nova habemus, quod Tartari transierint versus nos Boristenem, clementem hiemem habentes, et Valachus parat exercitum. Et nos etiam curabimus prospicere, ne praeveniamur. Scribite nobis, quid istic agatur et reverendissimo domino Tridentino nos commendetis.

Ex Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, 5 Aprilis 1530.