Magnifice Domine Orator,

Impetravi a domino 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)⌊cancellarioMercurino 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)⌋, ut possim in sua cf. Pro divo Carolo, eius nominis quinto Romanorum Imperatore invictissimo, pio, felice, semper Augusto, Patrepatriae, in satisfactione(m) quidem sine talione eoru(m) quae in illumscripta ac pleraq(ue) etiam in vulgum aedita fuere, Apologetici libri duo nuper ex Hispaniis allati cum aliis nonnullis, quorum catalogos ante cuiusq(ue) exordium reperies, Mainz, Ioannes Schoeffer, 1527-09-05 ⌊Apologiacf. Pro divo Carolo, eius nominis quinto Romanorum Imperatore invictissimo, pio, felice, semper Augusto, Patrepatriae, in satisfactione(m) quidem sine talione eoru(m) quae in illumscripta ac pleraq(ue) etiam in vulgum aedita fuere, Apologetici libri duo nuper ex Hispaniis allati cum aliis nonnullis, quorum catalogos ante cuiusq(ue) exordium reperies, Mainz, Ioannes Schoeffer, 1527-09-05 ⌋[1] aliquid immutare, dummodo maneat substantia prout est. Ego vero nollem quicquam tentare, nisi vel Dominationis Vestrae, vel domini Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌊ Cornelii Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌋ adesset auxilium, hoc tamen, quanto citius fieri posset, factum vellem. Si liceret abesse a domo, irem ad Dominationem Vestram, sed malim, ut dominus Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌊CorneliusCornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌋ dignaretur adesse in prandio cum domino <...>, vel Dominatio Vestra mihi significet, qua hora possim commodius accedere, ne illi molestus sim.

Dominationis Vestrae servitor deditissimus Alfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)⌊ValdesiusAlfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)⌋

[1 ] Apologia - the emperor’s reply to the papal brief of June 23, 1526 accusing the emperor of hostility toward the Holy See, issued on October 17, 1526 in Granada, cf.cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon Granada, 1526-10-12, CIDTC IDL 305⌊IDL 305cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon Granada, 1526-10-12, CIDTC IDL 305⌋