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Letter #702

Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN]
Brussels, 1531-10-23


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, date in Dantiscus' own hand, OSK, Fol Lat. 258, f. 135

Prints:
1CEID 2/1 No. 22, p. 128-129 (in extenso; English register)

 

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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 688Litteras Magnificentiae Vestrae datas ex Klamm (Clam), castle on the border of Lower Austria and Styria, N of Schottwien am SemmeringClamKlamm (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 Austriaserenissimi 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.

[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).