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Letter #5750

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Sagunto, [1528]-05-18

English register:

Valdés didn’t say his goodbyes because Dantiscus was asleep. The passport Dantiscus requested will be issued by secretary Urrias’ scribe, Comalonga. He jokingly admonishes Dantiscus not to let the charms of the local girls keep him too long in Valencia. The chancellor [Mercurino Gattinara] is better. Valdés asks Dantiscus to take into his service the relative, who delivers this letter. He also asks Dantiscus to give his regards to his friends.


            received Valencia, [1528]-05-18

Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 58, p. 206 (b.p.)
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 254, p. 994
3register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.46
4lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 46

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 17

Prints:
1BOEHMER 1899 p. 395-396 (in extenso)
2DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 52, p. 37 (reference)
3VALDÉS 1996 Cartas y documentos, No. 38, p. 107 (in extenso)
4CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 17) p. 169-170 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

Text & apparatus & commentaryPlain textText & commentaryText & apparatus

 

print 1 Clarissimo viro, domino Ioanni Dantisco, serenissimi regis Poloniae apud caesarem oratori,
ms 1 2 omitted⌈Clarissimo 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⌋, serenissimi 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⌊regis PoloniaeSigismund 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⌋ apud 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⌊caesaremCharles 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⌋ oratoriprint 1 Clarissimo viro, domino Ioanni Dantisco, serenissimi regis Poloniae apud caesarem oratori,
ms 1 2 omitted⌉

BK 222, No. 58, p. 206

Salutem plurimam.

print 1 Cum,
ms 1 Quam,
ms 2 Quum⌈Cumprint 1 Cum,
ms 1 Quam,
ms 2 Quum⌉ print 1 istac,
ms 1 2 isthuc⌈istacprint 1 istac,
ms 1 2 isthuc⌉ transirem, volui tibi vale dicere, tu tamen in utramque aurem dormiebas. Litteras commeatus, quas a me petiisti, dabit Juan de Comalonga secretary of emperor Charles V for Catalan affairs (KENISTON, p. 171)⌊ComalongasJuan de Comalonga secretary of emperor Charles V for Catalan affairs (KENISTON, p. 171)⌋, is est scriba apud secretarium Ugo de Urries secretary of the Emperor Charles V for Aragon affairs (HEADLEY 1983, p. 35, 36, 45)⌊UrriasUgo de Urries secretary of the Emperor Charles V for Aragon affairs (HEADLEY 1983, p. 35, 36, 45)⌋.

Vale et vide, ne puellarum Valentinarum illecebris allectus diutius istic maneas.

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)⌊CancellariusMercurino 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)⌋ melius valet.

Postscript:

print 1 Iuvenem,
ms 1 2 Post Scriptum: Iuvenem⌈Iuvenemprint 1 Iuvenem,
ms 1 2 Post Scriptum: Iuvenem⌉, qui has tibi dedit, in tuorum print 1 numerum,
ms 1 2 numero⌈numerumprint 1 numerum,
ms 1 2 numero⌉ ascribito, est enim affinis meus.

Iterum vale et amicis omnibus meis verbis salutem dicito.