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Letter #6239

Helius EOBANUS Hessus (KOCH) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Regensburg, [1532-05-07 — 1532-05-22]

Early printed source materials:
1DANTISCUS 1764 p. 321-323 (in extenso)
2EOBANUS 1539 p. 321v-322v (in extenso)
3PERIANDER (Idem summo viro domino Ioanni Dantisco episcopo Culmensi etc.) p. 438-440 (in extenso)

 

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Venimus emensi tot milia, quot Jupiter (Jove), king of the gods in ancient Roman mythology⌊IovisJupiter (Jove), king of the gods in ancient Roman mythology⌋ Juno goddess in Roman mythology, wife of Jupiter⌊uxorJuno goddess in Roman mythology, wife of Jupiter⌋
Aeolus a minor deity in Greek mythology, custodian/king of the winds, which he released at the command of the higher gods⌊HippotadaeAeolus a minor deity in Greek mythology, custodian/king of the winds, which he released at the command of the higher gods⌋ nymphas dixerat esse sibi
Quot geminata forent septemplicis ostia Nile (Nilus), river in northeastern Africa⌊NiliNile (Nilus), river in northeastern Africa⌋
Quot Niobe ⌊NiobeNiobe ⌋ natos interiisse ferunt,
Quot patrio vidit de flumine surgere tauros
Per quem pressa fame terra redempta fuit,
Quot Muses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌊MusaeMuses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌋ Charites (Gratiae), in Greek mythology goddesses of charm and beauty⌊CharitesCharites (Gratiae), in Greek mythology goddesses of charm and beauty⌋que et iunctus Apollo one of the twelve great Olympian gods, son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis⌊ApolloApollo one of the twelve great Olympian gods, son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis⌋ Artemis (Diana), in Greek and Roman mythology goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and young girls⌊DianaeArtemis (Diana), in Greek and Roman mythology goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and young girls⌋,
Quot geminata forent sidera Pleiadum,
Denique syllabicos quot habent tua nomina tractus,
Tu modo de multis quattuor esse voles,
Musarum decus eximium 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⌊DantisceIoannes 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⌋, nec ulli
Pontificis veri nomine posterior
Venimus emensi tot milia, venimus autem
Corpora non una conditione duo
Venimus ut plures maneat Ioannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)⌊CampensisIoannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)⌋ in annos
Venimus ut paucos hic morer ipse dies.

Namque ut conditio est Ioannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)⌊CampensiIoannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)⌋ libera sic me
Carcere perpetuo vita ligata tenet
Utque illicitum est quoquo libet ire, vagari,
Sic mihi nequaquam quolibet ire licet
Nam mihi, si liceat, quo nunc libet ire, quid usquam est,
Quo tua non libeat dulcia iussa sequi?
Ultra Sauromatas, ultra Tanaeia regna
Te sequar, et Scythico rura perusta gelu.
Te per Hyperboreo torpentes frigore campos,
Te sequar Arctoi sub duo monstra poli.
Non me tristis hiems, non me remorabitur aestus,
Quam libet immodico Sirius igne micet.
Heu mala fatorum series, heu tristia vitae
Sidera, et hic votis invida nata meis.
Si tamen his ulla possim ratione mederi,
Non dubitem, quo me sors vocet ulla sequi.
Cultos ante mihi repetam tua regna Borussos
Et loca, quae propior Parrhasis ursa videt.
Nunc quia non licitum est, quod quondam forte licebit,
Fortunae medicus spes bona noster erit.
Et tibi sancta fides pro me spondebit et ille,
Quem socium certe pectoris huius habes,
Quem quia conveniens ratio mihi fecit amicum,
Isthoc invideo nomine pene tibi.
Sarmaticas igitur sine me venietis ad oras,
Quo mihi non utinam fata venire negent.

Non tamen idcirco sine me vivetis amici
Vobiscumque aliqua parte ego semper ero.
Nunc age, pontificum decus Aonidumque sororum,
Nunc age me domui, quaeso, remitte meae,
Interea nostri non obliviscere amoris,
Quo mihi non falso iunctus es. Ipse tibi
Utque tibi hoc gratum me nomine sentiat orbis,
Ipse satis de me pignora clara dabo.