OSK, Fol Lat. 258, f. 135r

Magnifice et plurimum observande Domine. Salutem et omnis felicitatis accessum.

cf. Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Klamm, 1531-09-25, CIDTC IDL 688⌊Litteras Magnificentiae Vestrae datas ex Klamm (Clam), castle on the border of Lower Austria and Styria, N of Schottwien am Semmering⌊ClamKlamm (Clam), castle on the border of Lower Austria and Styria, N of Schottwien am Semmering⌋ 25-a Septembriscf. Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Klamm, 1531-09-25, CIDTC IDL 688⌋ accepi hodie, erantque mihi gratissimae ob singularem illam erga me benevolentiam et veterem amorem, quem prae se ferebant. Habeoque Magnificentiae Vestrae magnas gratias, quod adeo benevolum et propensum in eo officio ad transmittendas litteras se offerat[1], meque vicissim (modo quid in rem et usum Magnificentiae Vestrae praestare possim) offero paratissimum. Fuitque mihi non vulgariter gratum, quod 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⌊serenissimi regis meiSigismund 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⌋ victoria[2] adeo Magnificentiam Vestram et amicos exhilaravit. Faxit Deus Optimus Maximus, ut aliquando principes Christiani in his tam periculosis temporibus in commune consulant, quo aliquid solidi et quod aliquamdiu durare possit in religionis nostrae hostes statuatur. Adminiculum et vires serenissimi regis mei non spero defuturas. Nos tamen hic adhuc in eum eventum cum aliis vicinis regibus nullos facimus apparatus[3]. Sed cf. Vulg. Io 1.3 omnia per ipsum facta sunt et sine ipso factum est nihil quod factum est ⌊Deus (ut confido) saniorem nobis dabit mentem, sine quo factum est nihilcf. Vulg. Io 1.3 omnia per ipsum facta sunt et sine ipso factum est nihil quod factum est ⌋. Ille Magnificentiam Vestram quam diutissime sospitet et felicem conservet.

Ex Brussels (Bruxellae), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, since the regency of Mary of Hungary the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands, today the capital of Belgium⌊BruxellisBrussels (Bruxellae), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, since the regency of Mary of Hungary the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands, today the capital of Belgium⌋, 23 Octobris anno Domini 1531

Magnificentiae Vestrae deditissimus 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⌊Ioannes DantiscusIoannes 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⌋, confirmatus episcopus Culmensis, serenissimi Poloniae regis orator, manu propria

[1] See letter CEID 2.1 No. 19, 21. For more about Herberstein’s mediation in transferring correspondence between Dantiscus and the Polish court, cf. letters CEID 2.1 No. 15-21. .

[2] For more about the Polish victory over Moldavian Hospodar Petru IV Rareş at Obertyn on August 22, 1531, see letter CEID 2.1 No. 21, footnote 11.

[3] Dantiscus also wrote about the lack of initiative at the imperial court with regard to forming an anti-Turkish coalition in his letters to King Sigismund I and vice-chancellor Piotr Tomicki dated October 22, 1531 (AT, XIII, No. 368, p. 340, No. 369, p. 343).