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Letter #5742

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
s.l., [1527-08-31 — 1527-09-08]

English register:

Valdés asks Dantiscus if he should find him lodgings in the very pleasant town of Covillas de Zerrata, in an out-of-the-way location, 4 miles from Palencia and 5 miles from where Valdés is. It is where the vice-chancellor [Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch] has been provided with his quarters. Valdés thinks he’ll be leaving the next day after dinner, so he asks for a prompt reply.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 48, p. 190 (c.p. 3)
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 254, p. 984 (b.p. )
3register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.29
4lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 29

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 467

Prints:
1BOEHMER 1899 p. 389-390 (in extenso)
2Españoles part II, No. 39, p. 207 (Spanish translation)
3VALDÉS 1996 Cartas y documentos, No. 27, p. 89 (in extenso)
4CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 6) p. 141-142 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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BK 222, No. 48, p. 190

Salutem plurimam.

Habuimus a 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⌊caesareCharles 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⌋ villam nomine Cubillas de Cerrato, village in central Spain, Castile and León, 30 km S of Palencia⌊Covillas print 1 de Zerrata,
ms 1 2 deserrata⌈de Zerrataprint 1 de Zerrata,
ms 1 2 deserrata⌉Cubillas de Cerrato, village in central Spain, Castile and León, 30 km S of Palencia⌋ pro domino Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊vicecancellario ac imperiali print 1 cancellario,
ms 1 2 cancellaria⌈cancellarioprint 1 cancellario,
ms 1 2 cancellaria⌉Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋. Situs loci nimium placet, est enim remota ab itinere, distans quattuor leucas a 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⌊PalentiaPalencia, 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⌋ et quinque ab hoc oppido, praeterea audio locum esse amoenissimum. Si placeret Dominationi Vestrae illuc venire, curabo pro parte mea, ut habeat hospitium ac omnia alia ex sententia. Arbitror nos cras discessuros a prandio, quare Dominatio Vestra significet mentem suam desuper.

print 1 Eiusdem Dominationis Vestrae servitor Valdesius,
ms 1 2 omitted⌈Eiusdem Dominationis Vestrae servitor 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)⌋print 1 Eiusdem Dominationis Vestrae servitor Valdesius,
ms 1 2 omitted⌉