Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, 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 Dei gratia episcopo CulmensiIoannes 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⌋, fratri et amico carissimo ac [p]lurimum honorando

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, frater plurimum observande.

Cum mei sincera recommendatione longaevam in Domino felicitatem et salutem.

Accepi cum praesentium exhibitore litteras Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, quibus mihi indicit, quod propediem Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio nuntium missura est ad curiam maiestatis regiae, qui ad me declinare debet, si quid litterarum ad eandem destinare voluerim. Idem ipse nuntius eas secum ferre diligenterque praesentare ac responsum expostulare debeat, de qua exhibitione gratias, quas possum, ago maiores. Non habeo tamen nunc ad illam aulam quidquid negotii, nisi ut scribam amicis, quo me certificent, cursum et statum belli illius regionis et prosperitatem cum bona valetudine 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

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon

Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊regiarum maiestatumSigismund 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

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon

Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋, quas Dominus Deus pro nostra omnium consolatione peculiari salvas et incolumes conservare in multum enim gratiose dignetur.

Et hoc precatio hoc tempore pro ecclesiasticis est plurimum necessaria, modo adeo ex merito obtinere eam valeamus. Nam undique in praedam expositi sunt et exponuntur: in France (Gallia, Francia), the kingdom⌊FrantiaFrance (Gallia, Francia), the kingdom⌋, England⌊AngliaEngland⌋, Denmark (Dania)⌊DaniaDenmark (Dania)⌋, Sweden (Suecia)⌊SueciaSweden (Suecia)⌋ et aliis principatibus. Extrudantur religiosi monachi et moniales, qui apti sint vinculo coniugali, senes autem providentur mendica provisione. Supellex aurea et argentea censusque monasteriorum et ecclesiarum praeda nunc effecta est saecularis potestatis. Vix salva vita ministrorum Dei nec Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) (*1468 – †1549), 1493 elevated to cardinal; 1524 Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia; 1534-1549 Pope⌊papaPaul III (Alessandro Farnese) (*1468 – †1549), 1493 elevated to cardinal; 1524 Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia; 1534-1549 Pope⌋ his attentus maturandi Universal Council of Roman Catholic Church ⌊conciliumUniversal Council of Roman Catholic Church ⌋ non proponet, sed debacchari sinit haereticis, qui omnes ad universitatem Wittenburgensem, pro instructione novae religionis confluunt. Det Deus ne deteriora sequantur. Vellem libenter iucundiora Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae significare, sed alia non habeo, quam praemissa, quae variis modiis et scriptis ad me, ut praemittitur, perlata sunt.

Quod Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima me roget, ut equum sororis suae penes me in pabulo ad integram convalescentiam servem, non est profecto res, quae magna postulatione indiget. Nam cupio mihi occasionem indies offerri, quo amorem et benevolentiam Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae mihi auctiorem facere queam et in hoc me sollicitum et morigerum sedulo exhibebo factu, sed explebo, quod nunc scriptis polliceor.

Postremo mitto Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, quae mihi adscripta sunt. Nova ea, potissime quae de supplicio Thomas More (Thomas Morus) (*1478 – †1535), English humanist, lawyer and statesman, zealous opponent of the Reformation, trusted councillor to KingHenry VIII Tudor of England, in 1535 charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Supremacy, in the same year beheaded; in 1523 speaker of the House of Commons; 1525 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1529 Lord Chancellor⌊MoriThomas More (Thomas Morus) (*1478 – †1535), English humanist, lawyer and statesman, zealous opponent of the Reformation, trusted councillor to KingHenry VIII Tudor of England, in 1535 charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Supremacy, in the same year beheaded; in 1523 speaker of the House of Commons; 1525 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1529 Lord Chancellor⌋ in eis et John Fisher (Ioannes Roffensis) (*1459 – †1535), tutor to prince Henry (afterwards Henry VIII Tudor), repeatedly elected chancellor of Cambridge University, fervent opponent of royal divorce and trusted counsellor to queen Catherine of Aragon, arrested in 1533 and two years later beheaded; since 1935 saint of the Catholic Church; 1504 Bishop of Rochester, 1535 Cardinal Priest of San Vitale⌊episcopi RoffensisJohn Fisher (Ioannes Roffensis) (*1459 – †1535), tutor to prince Henry (afterwards Henry VIII Tudor), repeatedly elected chancellor of Cambridge University, fervent opponent of royal divorce and trusted counsellor to queen Catherine of Aragon, arrested in 1533 and two years later beheaded; since 1935 saint of the Catholic Church; 1504 Bishop of Rochester, 1535 Cardinal Priest of San Vitale⌋ continentur, per opportunitatem mihi remittere aut in conventu Marienburgensi restituere peto. Interea Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram salvam et incolumem esse ac felices agere dies cupiens.

Ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HelsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, IV Aprilis.

E[ius]dem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae bonus frater 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)⌋ scripsit