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Letter #5498

Mauritius FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1536-04-29
            received [1536]-05-02

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 8, f. 69

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 213

Prints:
1Kopernik na Warmii No. 391a, p. 520 (Polish register)
2RC No. 352, p. 158 (English register)
3NCG 6/1 No. 98, p. 191-193 (in extenso; German translation)
4AT 18 No. 163, p. 195 (Polish register)

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, frater et amice praestantissime.

Cum mei sincera recommendatione longaevam in Domino felicitatem et salutem.

Quae mihi valetudinario afflictio nova proiciendo cum sanguine urinae accidit, ex litteris domini 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)Ioannis 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), regii physici, et domini doctoris Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)Nicolai CuppernickNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124) intelligit. Hoc ipsum omnes physici Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeagueGedaniGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League et in Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in RussiaMonte RegioKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia, quos consuluimus, consulunt, si ipsi nos in mortem praecipitari nolumus, quo ab omni motu et corporis fatiga quiescamus. Et hoc ipsum remedium morbo simili laborantibus in Romana curia persuasum audivi, nihilominus unus servato hoc iudicio ex dolore excoriationis vesicae mortem obiit. Unde perplexio et metus talis est, qui etiam in omnem constantem virum cadere possit, quod me etiam a profi<ci>scendo abstinere atque motu cogar, proinde et a nuptiis nepotis mei, quas presentia mea ob sanguinis necessitudinem decorare decreveram et familiam meam cum debito cultu exornaveram, pedem a decreto et conceptu retraxi. Cancellarium autem meum in conventum cum instructione debita mittam, cui ut assistentiam in omnibus, potissime adversus illos de bartcz(?) latrones et nebulones, impertiri dignetur, quod pari vicissitudine et maiori, qua potero, cura promereri studebo erga Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, quam in longum evum feliciter valere florentem et valentem cupiens. Tremula manus cultiores caracteres depingere non sinit.

Vestre Reverendissimae Dominationis totus 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)Mauritius episcopus VarmiensisMauritius 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)

Postscript:

Feci hodie periculum proficiscendo ad quoddam pratum 1/2 miliare ab hinc distans, ubi pascuntur equuli mei, temptando laborem itineris, si ferre valerem, sed non successit, irritavi morbum dumtaxat quod mictus sanguineus ostendebat patientia et cetera.