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Letter #2469

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Nicolas PERRENOT de Granvelle]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1541-07-21

English register:

Before Dantiscus received the addressee’s letter sent on 8 March from Regensburg, he wrote to him on 1 April, entrusting to his care the royal envoy Stanisław Maciejowski and the matters with which he had been dispatched.

Dantiscus thanks the addressee for the love and kindness shown to him, for keeping his memory alive despite the passage of time and physical distance, as well as for the promise of assistance both in his affairs and in the affairs of those who mention his name. He assures that, to the best of his ability, he will gladly reciprocate in kind.

As per the addressee’s request, in the coming days Dantiscus will send de Cornelis Schepper large antlers of local game from Gdańsk (Danzig) across the Baltic Sea. De Schepper will deliver those to the addressee along with moose hooves, which are said to cure epilepsy. Dantiscus explains about moose [the text is damaged here], describing them as large animals with heads and fur resembling those of donkeys. If the shipment is well received, he will make efforts to procure larger [or more numerous] specimens (ampliora). He is happy to fulfil any wishes of the addressee, both regarding the sending of local products and others.

Dantiscus recalls the pleasant time he spent together with the addressee in Monzón, where the emperor [Charles V] used to convene the Cortes Generales, as well as in Italy, Belgium, and Germany. He asks the addressee to recommend his services to the emperor.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, BCz, 245, p. 279-280

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 351

 

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Quid vero adeo humanis amicis paper damaged⌈[cis]cis paper damaged⌉simisque cf. Nicolas PERRENOT de Granvelle to Ioannes DANTISCUS Regensburg, 1541-03-08, CIDTC IDL 2398⌊litteriscf. Nicolas PERRENOT de Granvelle to Ioannes DANTISCUS Regensburg, 1541-03-08, CIDTC IDL 2398⌋, quibus suum amorem veterem ac benevolentiam in me vigentem adhuc superinscribed⌈adhucadhuc superinscribed⌉ et praesentem mihi Illustris Dominatio Vestra declarat, respondeam, ex ea erga me Illustris Dominationis Vestrae propensione gestiens, non offert se on the margin in place of crossed-out non invenio⌈ non superinscribed in place of crossed-out vix⌈vix non non superinscribed in place of crossed-out vix⌉ invenionon paper damaged⌈[non]non paper damaged⌉ offert senon offert se on the margin in place of crossed-out non invenio⌉ aliud, quam quod illi, quas possum, gratias habeo. Quae superinscribed in place of crossed-out Quod⌈Quod Quae Quae superinscribed in place of crossed-out Quod⌉ mei inexstinctam apud se fovet memoriam, quamvis in hoc orbis angulo, inglorius latitans ambitionum ac curarum aulicarum pertaesus, latitans inglorius per tam longa intervalla et viarum spatia ab Illustri Dominatione Vestra sim dissitus. Non tamen omisit me suis hic benevolentissimis cf. Nicolas PERRENOT de Granvelle to Ioannes DANTISCUS Regensburg, 1541-03-08, CIDTC IDL 2398⌊litteriscf. Nicolas PERRENOT de Granvelle to Ioannes DANTISCUS Regensburg, 1541-03-08, CIDTC IDL 2398⌋ invisere et me superinscribed⌈meme superinscribed⌉ nostrae coniunctionis paper damaged⌈[is]is paper damaged⌉ mutuae, qua sub dulci consuetudine nos aula caesarea tot annis paper damaged⌈[is]is paper damaged⌉ constrinxerat me commonefacere, quin etiam operam studiumque suum mihi obtulit, si qua in re mihi aut cuipiam meo nomine usui paper damaged⌈[ui]ui paper damaged⌉ esse possit, prolixe pollicetur. Quod qua animi gratitudine rependere debeam, non invenio superinscribed⌈non invenionon invenio superinscribed⌉. S Rependerem equidem reipsa, si quid, quod gra paper damaged⌈[ra]ra paper damaged⌉tum Illustri Dominationi Vestrae futurum agnoscerem, facultas mea praestare posset paper damaged⌈[sset]sset paper damaged⌉, oppido quam libentissime ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ non invenio. In eo certe voluntas et [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉tatio me non deficit, modo significationem, quid per me fieri paper damaged⌈[fieri]fieri paper damaged⌉ velit, faciat.

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Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite and diplomat in Habsburg service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; in 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌊QuiCornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite and diplomat in Habsburg service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; in 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌋ illa una cum ungulis paper damaged⌈[ngulis]ngulis paper damaged⌉ non paucis, quae comiciali, ut ferunt, medentur on the margin⌈quae comiciali, ut ferunt, medenturquae comiciali, ut ferunt, medentur on the margin⌉, onagrorum Illustri Dominationi Vestrae mittet superinscribed⌈Illustri Dominationi Vestrae mittetIllustri Dominationi Vestrae mittet superinscribed⌉. 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Huic, inquam, clarissimo pientissimoque nostro 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 in 1519, crowned in 1530, and abdicated in 1556; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna of Castile⌊caesariCharles 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 in 1519, crowned in 1530, and abdicated in 1556; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna of Castile⌋, cui omne id, quod hidden by binding⌈[od]od hidden by binding⌉ sum et possum, debeo. [...]me [...]desi[...]m[] [...] on the margin⌈[...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉me [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉desi[...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉m paper damaged⌈[] paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉[...]me [...]desi[...]m[] [...] on the margin⌉, ut me Illustris Dominatio Vestra aliquando per oportu hidden by binding⌈[u]u hidden by binding⌉nitatem studiosissime commendet, quandoquidem mens et desiderium eius hidden by binding⌈[us]us hidden by binding⌉ 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 in 1519, crowned in 1530, and abdicated in 1556; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna of Castile⌊catholicae et caesareae maiestatiCharles 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 in 1519, crowned in 1530, and abdicated in 1556; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna of Castile⌋ inserviendi me tenet inexplebile, quantum possum, oro impensius.

Porro Illustri Dominationi Vestrae, cui commendatissimus hidden by binding⌈[us]us hidden by binding⌉esse aveo, aetatem a Domino Deo diutissime incolumem atque omni hidden by binding⌈[mni]mni hidden by binding⌉ felicitatis continuam accessionem precor ex animo.