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Letter #5758

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
s.l., [1528-05-10 — 1528-07-26 or 1528-08-19 — 1528-12-14?]

English register:

Valdés warns Dantiscus that the next day Nicolaus Perrenot, Bartolomeo Gattinara, the official of Geneva [Eustace Chapuys] and he himself will come to his place for dinner. He asks Dantiscus to act surprised at the visit.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 48, p. 190 (c.p. 1)
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 254, p. 983-984
3lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 25

Auxiliary sources:
1register in English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.25

Prints:
1BOEHMER 1899 p. 399 (in extenso)
2DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 61, p. 37 (excerpt)
3VALDÉS 1996 Cartas y documentos, No. 42, p. 113 (in extenso)
4CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 22) p. 179-180 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Habiturus es hospites cras in prandio: Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle (*1484 – †1550), doctor of both canon and civil law, one of the most trusted advisors of Emperor Charles V, in 1519 entered the service of Charles V, in 1521 took part in the Habsburg-French negotiations in Calais, in 1529 in peace negotiations with the Roman Curia and the Italian states, and later, in 1538, in the conference of Nice between Charles V and Francis I; prominent official and advisor of Charles V and of Margaret of Austria in the administration of the County of Burgundy and of the Habsburg Netherlands, collaborator of Chancellor Gattinara, 1530 secretary of State for German and Netherlandish affairs and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily and Naples (he replaced Gattinara after his death in the position of Grand Chancellor, although not using the title); imperial envoy to France (several times up to 1528) (CE, vol. 3, p. 68-70; DURME 1964; ANTONY 2006)⌊Nicolaum ms 1 2 Perinotum,
print 1 Perrenotum⌈Perinotumms 1 2 Perinotum,
print 1 Perrenotum⌉Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle (*1484 – †1550), doctor of both canon and civil law, one of the most trusted advisors of Emperor Charles V, in 1519 entered the service of Charles V, in 1521 took part in the Habsburg-French negotiations in Calais, in 1529 in peace negotiations with the Roman Curia and the Italian states, and later, in 1538, in the conference of Nice between Charles V and Francis I; prominent official and advisor of Charles V and of Margaret of Austria in the administration of the County of Burgundy and of the Habsburg Netherlands, collaborator of Chancellor Gattinara, 1530 secretary of State for German and Netherlandish affairs and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily and Naples (he replaced Gattinara after his death in the position of Grand Chancellor, although not using the title); imperial envoy to France (several times up to 1528) (CE, vol. 3, p. 68-70; DURME 1964; ANTONY 2006)⌋, Giovanni Bartolomeo di Gattinara (Giambartolommeo Arborio di Gattinara) (†1544), son of Pietro, nephew of chancellor Mercurino di Gattinara; Doctor of both laws, counsellor of emperor Charles V (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 37; CASALIS, p. 270)⌊Bartholomaeum GattinariumGiovanni Bartolomeo di Gattinara (Giambartolommeo Arborio di Gattinara) (†1544), son of Pietro, nephew of chancellor Mercurino di Gattinara; Doctor of both laws, counsellor of emperor Charles V (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 37; CASALIS, p. 270)⌋, Eustace Chapuys (Eustache Chappuis) (*ca. 1491 – †1556), from 1531 friend and correspondent of Erasmus; from 1517 official of the diocese of Geneva, 1517-1519 secretary of Duke Charles III of Savoy, ca. 1523-1527 in the service of Constable Charles de Bourbon, from 1527 councillor of Emperor Charles V, 1529-1545 imperial ambassador in England (CE, vol. 1, p. 293-295)⌊officialem GebennensemEustace Chapuys (Eustache Chappuis) (*ca. 1491 – †1556), from 1531 friend and correspondent of Erasmus; from 1517 official of the diocese of Geneva, 1517-1519 secretary of Duke Charles III of Savoy, ca. 1523-1527 in the service of Constable Charles de Bourbon, from 1527 councillor of Emperor Charles V, 1529-1545 imperial ambassador in England (CE, vol. 1, p. 293-295)⌋ et cum his Valdesium tuum, ne dicas tibi non praedictum.

Vale.

Postscript:

Sed heus tu vide, dicas convivis insperatos eos advenire, sic enim print 1 constitutum,
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ms 2 constitutum⌈constitutumprint 1 constitutum,
ms 1 constitum,
ms 2 constitutum⌉ est inter print 1 eos,
ms 1 2 omitted⌈eosprint 1 eos,
ms 1 2 omitted⌉. Volui tamen te admonere, ne aliquo forsan ires nosque print 1 in re,
ms 1 inte,
ms 2 in te⌈in reprint 1 in re,
ms 1 inte,
ms 2 in te⌉ tanti momenti deciperes.

Iterum vale.