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Reverendissimo in Christo patri et domino, domino 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⌊IoanniIoannes 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⌋ Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi, fratri et amico carissimo ac plurimum honorando

AAWO, AB, D. 8, f. 97r

Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine amice singularis in Christo amantissime et honorande. Salutem cum plenitudine sanitatis, vitam longaevam.

Accepi litteras Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae cum praesenti ipsius puero pariter et equos duos, quos ad iter Cracoviense extrusos ab me habuit. Id ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ in posterum in simili ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ et maiori(?) Vestrae Reverendissimae <Dominationi> obsecundari dari cupio.

In Elbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌊ElbingoElbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌋ mihi ibidem exsistenti nuper hospitium vetus, id est dotem parochialis ecclesiae, disposui, tunc olim illo occupato fuit mihi vicinus hospes magnificus capitaneus Coscelieczki(?) Mar(ienbur)gen(...) in domo ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉, quae contigua est domui dotis parochialis. Alia hospitia mihi incognita sunt, curabo tamen notificare domino Andreae Muntczer(?) viro consulari mihi noto et obsequenti, qui fuit alias scriba fuit civitatis, quo curam habeat, ut et Vestra Reverendissima haberi valeat hospitium meo propinquo.

De morte, quam si oppetierit palatinus Mar(ienbur)gen(...) dolemus et pariter quod Culmen(sis) pro ea laborat, utcumque dies declinat ad vesperam et longa vita ad mortem, nihil novi sub written over ...⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉subsub written over ...⌉ solem. Et priusquam nos de successoribus pensemus vel quid statuemus, rex praevenire solet et cum illa se excusare de hoc extensius in mutuum colloquium.

Nocte proxima effluxa invasit me denuo(?) intensus et immanis dolor calculi, qui nisi cruciatum mitigaverit, propositam in Elbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌊ElbingamElbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌋ profectionem meam turbabit et non erit in arbitrio meo explere, quid rex accurate sub gratia sua mihi mandavit, liberatus autem ab illo veniam denuo(?), si semivivus fuero, tunc reliqua ore ad os conferemus sicut amicus cum amico solet. His me commendatum facio Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi, quam Deus felicibus secundis servet vigentem.

Ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, passione calculi constrictus raptim, 8 Octobris 1535.

Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis totus Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊Mauritius episcopus VarmiensisMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋