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Letter #2628

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Stanisław HOZJUSZ (HOSIUS)]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1543-01-29

English register:

Dantiscus dispatched the royal envoy Krzysztof Konarski on the orders of the Bishop of Płock [Samuel Maciejowski]. He gave the envoy a gelding received from the addressee, as well as letters to the city council and his friends in Gdańsk (Danzig), so that he could obtain a length of Lund cloth and fifty Prussian marks.

Dantiscus assures the addressee that he will not doubt his integrity, regardless of what the syndic [Konrad Lagus] may declare, despite the significant promises made by Lagus to the Gdańsk City Council and to the defendants [Tiedemann Giese Jr and Barthel Brandt]. Dantiscus affirms that he has done everything in his power and duty, and was always guided by loyalty to religion and the king, not by personal preferences. Nevertheless, he awaits with concern what position the royal court may adopt. He asks to be informed both about this matter and about the reaction to the reply from the Council [of Royal Prussia] given at the most recent [Royal Prussian] Diet. He assumes that the addressee has already received the witness testimonies, delivered by the messenger who set out on 9 January.

The previous day, Mikołaj Loka was installed as canon of Ermland (Warmia), despite the obstacles posed by his opponents. Dantiscus managed to overcome these by sending the administrator of Allenstein (Olsztyn) [Achatius Trenck] to the chapter. Meanwhile, a rumour is circulating in the diocese that the patrons of the proscribed individual [Alexander Sculteti] are slandering Dantiscus’ nephew [Kaspar Hannau] in Rome. Dantiscus asks the addressee for any news on the matter, as well as for a copy of the king’s [Sigismund I Jagiellon’s] letter to the four cardinals [Gian Pietro Carafa, Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo, Pietro Paolo Parisi, and Bartolomeo Guidiccioni]. If he learns anything new, he will dictate another letter as soon as his messenger returns from court. He apologizes for pestering the recipient with his frequent correspondence.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, corrections in author's hand, AAWO, AB, D.101, f. 28v (b.p.)

 

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AAWO, AB, D.101, f. 28v

Venerabilis Domine, frater carissime.

Salutem et felicitatem.

Nobilem dominum Cris hidden by binding⌈[is]is hidden by binding⌉tophorum Conarsky nuntium regium ad eum modum, ut voluit Reverendissimus hidden by binding⌈[us]us hidden by binding⌉ dominus Plocensis, a me dimisi ms. dimissus est(!) ⌈dimisidimisi ms. dimissus est(!) ⌉ dedique illi equum canhterium, quem a Dominatione Vestra habui, litterasque ad magistratum et amicos ad superinscribed⌈adad superinscribed⌉ Gedanum hidden by binding⌈[m]m hidden by binding⌉ eunti, ut in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out utinam illi⌈utinam illi ut ut in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out utinam illi⌉ stamen panni Lundensis et in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out pro⌈pro et et in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out pro⌉ marcas 50 nostras ad reverendissimi domini Plocensis et meam commendationem assequi possit in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out obtine[at]⌈obtineat hidden by binding⌈[at]at hidden by binding⌉ assequi possit assequi possit in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out obtine[at]⌉ etc.

De animi Dominationis Vestrae integritate non est, quod dubitem, quicquid etiam syndicus attulerit, qui de se magistratui et citatis plurima prolixe pollicitus est. Ego, quod in me fuit quodque religioni et s(erenissimae) or s(acrae)⌈s(erenissimae)s(erenissimae) or s(acrae)⌉ maiestati regiae debui, praestiti in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out feci⌈feci praestiti praestiti in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out feci⌉. Ad id me certe nulla affectio, sed nuda induxit fides, quam sic ad hunc modum on the margin, in the hand of Dantiscus⌈ad hunc modumad hunc modum on the margin, in the hand of Dantiscus⌉ habens, exoneratam non est, quod me angit, ut quodcumque etiam fieri in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out fuit(?) quicquid⌈fuit(?) quicquidnon est, quod me angit, ut quodcumque etiam fierinon est, quod me angit, ut quodcumque etiam fieri in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out fuit(?) quicquid⌉ aula voluerit, exspecto, tamen cum nuntio meo, quid ea in re sit actum et quomodo dominorum consiliariorum responsum hinc ex conventu novissimo placuerit, de his ut me Dominatio Vestra non gravate certiorem reddat, oro. Dicta testium Dominatio Vestra a nuntio meo, qui 9 huius hinc exivit, iam, ut reor, accepit.

Possessio domino Nicolao Locca superiori die apud ecclesiam data est, quam adversarii in capitulo praeposteris ac written over et⌈et ac ac written over et⌉ odiosis rationibus nixi suspenderant, eam suspensionem solvi on the margin, in the hand of Dantiscus⌈eam suspensionem solvieam suspensionem solvi on the margin, in the hand of Dantiscus⌉ misso ad capitulum domino administratore Allensteinensi solvi, dataque est iam integra possessio in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out ut tandem paretur effeci⌈ut tandem paretur effeci solvi, dataque est iam integra possessio solvi, dataque est iam integra possessio in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out ut tandem paretur effeci⌉. Commenti sunt fotores proscrip hidden by binding⌈[p]p hidden by binding⌉ti (quod hic apud ecclesiam iactatur) contra nepotem meum in Urbe nescio quod crimen falsi. De eo si quid Dominatio Vestra acce hidden by binding⌈[ce]ce hidden by binding⌉perit, significet, exemplumque regiarum litterarum ad quattuor illos cardinales ad me, quaeso, mittat. Si quid postea se obtulerit, quamprimum nuntius meus ex aula redierit iterum dictabo in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out scribam⌈scribam dictabo dictabo in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out scribam⌉. Quodque illi toties tot scriptionibus molestus sim, patienter, quaeso hidden by binding⌈[o]o hidden by binding⌉, ferat.

Forte se in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out Forsan⌈Forsan Forte se Forte se in the Dantiscus hand, superinscribed in place of crossed-out Forsan⌉ aliquando occasio superinscribed in place of crossed-out tempus⌈tempus occasio occasio superinscribed in place of crossed-out tempus⌉ accommodabit, qua Dominatio Vestra bene hidden by binding⌈[ene]ene hidden by binding⌉volentiam et gratitudinem meam erga se pro tot susceptis laboribus on the margin⌈pro tot written over me⌈me tot tot written over me⌉ susceptis laboribuspro tot susceptis laboribus on the margin⌉ non aulice, sed re ipsa agnoscet.

Quam felicissime valere cupio.