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Letter #3913

Ioannes [DANTISCUS] to UNKNOWN
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1545-04-09

English register:

Dantiscus has recently been sent an epigram that jokingly comments on the diplomatic mission of the king of the Romans, Ferdinand I of Habsburg, to the Turk [Suleiman the Magnificent] concerning a truce. The addressee, who is soon to depart for the court, would do Dantiscus a great pleasure if he were to compose a superior piece.

Dantiscus encourages the addressee to write him just as he used to do while he was abroad.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 58v (b.p.)

 

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Ioannes

Nobilis et erudite fidelis dilecte.

Eo quod Romanorum rex ad Turcam cum muneribus pro indutiis impetrandis diebus iis Medicum legaverat et Tonsor item a Turca venerit ad regem, epigramma primum hoc adelon natum est et ad nos nuper missum , cui noster Morphorius, qui Romae Pasquillo socius habetur, respondit: “Gratum feceris, si argumento simili tuae Musae venustiores argutioresque accedent ad aulam prope diem iturae.”

Vale et aliquando, ut apud exteros solebas, quodcumque etiam scribe.

Ex Heilsberg, IX Aprilis MDXLV.