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Letter #311

Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Stanisław BOREK]
Granada, 1526-10-14


Manuscript sources:
1office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 242, p. 58-60
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 1366, p. 12-14
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, B. Ossol., 151/II, f. 37r-38r

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8241 (TK 3), a.1526, f. 47r-v

 

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Reverendissime Domine maior honorande. Salutem et commendationem plurimam.

Accepi Granada (Granata), city in southern Spain, Andalusia, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountainshicGranada (Granata), city in southern Spain, Andalusia, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains novissimas Dominationis Vestrae Reverendae cf. Stanisław BOREK to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1526-04-05, CIDTC IDL 6862, letter lostlitterascf. Stanisław BOREK to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1526-04-05, CIDTC IDL 6862, letter lost Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of PolandCracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland 1526-04-055 Aprilis1526-04-05 datas, quibus hucusque respondere non potui, cum ob varias occupationes, vel potius passiones, quibus discemus, trac<t>us, tum etiam quod Fabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37)FabianumFabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37), quem hinc 1526-09-01prima mensis praeteriti1526-09-01 misi, propter insecuritatem multis scriptis onerare non ausi, dabit igitur tarditati pro sua in me benevolentia veniam, quandoquidem pro re et tempore aliud non potui. Habeo Dominationi Vestrae Reverendae, quas possum, gratias pro ea cura, quam de rebus meis gerit, et quod labores meos Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonreginali maiestatiBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon legendo illi litteras meas tam longas commendaverit et expensas mihi ampliari effecerit, cum illis profecto vix me per mensem ordinarie continere possum et extraordinariae non pauca exponuntur estque hic alius vivendi modus, quam fuit in Valleoleti et aliis locis Castiliae Veteris, quemadmodum ipse Fabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37)FabianusFabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37) coram latius refret.

Condolui certe ex animo aegritudini Dominationis Vestrae Reverendae, cuius salus non secus mihi cordi et curae est atque mea propria. Deus Optimus Maximus illam in longa incolumitate conservet ac augeat, faciatque quod aliquando domi una esse possimus, ubi observantiam et gratitudinem erga se meam in effectu cognoscet atque experietur. Ea, quae mihi scribit de fratro meo Georg von Höfen (Georg Flachsbinder, Georgius de Curiis) (†after 1550-02-07), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother; Starosta of Rössel (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 584, 586, 588; AGAD, MK, 77, f. 385-386v)GeorgioGeorg von Höfen (Georg Flachsbinder, Georgius de Curiis) (†after 1550-02-07), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother; Starosta of Rössel (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 584, 586, 588; AGAD, MK, 77, f. 385-386v), quod mavult adventum {adventum} meum praestolari, quam curiam sequi, certe me de illo male habuit, quod si adhuc Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)reverendissimo domino meo CracoviensiPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268) non inservit, velim, quod vel domi ageret apud parentes, qui in eum superintenderent, vel, si commode fieri posset, quod a Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonreginali maiestateBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon huc ad me mitteretur, nam post Fabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37)FabianumFabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37) discessum paucos habeo, quibus tuto fidere possem. Si vero addictus est curiae Domini Reverendissimi, id quod illi in vestibus aulicis pro eius condicione deest, posset ex meis sa <e> cularibus, quae sunt in arcis, rependi et, si quid pro illius necessitate Dominatio Vestra Reverenda exponeret, hoc ego in reditu summa cum gratitudine persolverem.Nollem certe, quod deberet in Gołąb (Columba), village in Poland, 11 km NW of Puławy, 56 km NW of Lublin, Dantiscus was a parish-priest there in the years 1521-1537GolanbiaGołąb (Columba), village in Poland, 11 km NW of Puławy, 56 km NW of Lublin, Dantiscus was a parish-priest there in the years 1521-1537 sine superintendente vagari, unde, si nihil horum fieri posset, quod vel Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonreginali maiestatiBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon vel Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)reverendissimo domino CracoviensiPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268) serviret, mallem illum apud parentes domi agere, ubi non posset fieri dissolutior vel, quod maxime cupio, ut ad me mitteretur. Rogo itaque Dominatio Vestra Reverenda ad hoc meum desiderium apud Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonreginalem maiestatemBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon operam suam impendat.

Quod Dominatio Vestra Reverenda accepit solutionem gratum mihi est plurimum, sed quod Lazarus praefectus meus personaliter Dominationem Vestram non accesserat non potest mihi non displicere, scripseram enim illi et iniunxeram, ut Dominationem Vestram in absentia mea pro domino suo haberet et ad illam omnem pecuniam proventuum meorum una cum calculo deferret, et ad Dominationis Vestrae arbitrium se in omnibus dirigeret, illique non minus atque mihi ipsi obsequeretur. Id si hucusque non fecit, do Dominationi Vestrae Reverendae vigore praesentium in omnia mea omnimodam facultatem, Lazarum scilicet deponendi a praefectura et alium substituendi, et quod cum illo et cum omnibus bonis et rebus meis idem, quod ego ipse, facere possit, usque ad meum reditum, qua de re ipsi etiam Lazaro scripsi, ne aliud unquam, quam id, quod Dominatio Vestra voluerit, faciat, rogoque hanc a me provintiam suscipiat Dominatio Vestra, cum neminem alium habeam, ad quem confugi possim.

cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Stanisław BOREK 1526-07-24, CIDTC IDL 6863, letter lostScripsicf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Stanisław BOREK 1526-07-24, CIDTC IDL 6863, letter lost 1526-07-2424 Iulii praeteriti1526-07-24 Dominationi Vestrae Reverendae de centum quinquaginta ducatis, quos Wolfgang (Wolf) Haller von Hallerstein (*1492 – †1559), Fuggers' factor in Antwerp and their chief representative in Spain, financial advisor to Emperor Charles V and mediator for the financing of his election, from 1531 General Treasurer of the Netherands under regent Queen Mary of Hungary; Fuggers' factor (MUFFAT, p. 97)Wolfgangho HallerWolfgang (Wolf) Haller von Hallerstein (*1492 – †1559), Fuggers' factor in Antwerp and their chief representative in Spain, financial advisor to Emperor Charles V and mediator for the financing of his election, from 1531 General Treasurer of the Netherands under regent Queen Mary of Hungary; Fuggers' factor (MUFFAT, p. 97) debeo, ut nomine illius domino Georg Hegel (†1547), the Thurzons' and later the Fuggers' factor in Cracow (worked for the Fuggers at least from 1521); supplier to the royal court in Cracow (PSB 9, p. 336)Georgio HegelGeorg Hegel (†1547), the Thurzons' and later the Fuggers' factor in Cracow (worked for the Fuggers at least from 1521); supplier to the royal court in Cracow (PSB 9, p. 336) ex meis proventibus persolverentur, quod si hucusque factum non est, adhuc rogo det operam, ut fiat, et si quid ad eam solutionem deerit, velit id Dominatio Vestra aut Georg Hegel (†1547), the Thurzons' and later the Fuggers' factor in Cracow (worked for the Fuggers at least from 1521); supplier to the royal court in Cracow (PSB 9, p. 336)Georgius HegelGeorg Hegel (†1547), the Thurzons' and later the Fuggers' factor in Cracow (worked for the Fuggers at least from 1521); supplier to the royal court in Cracow (PSB 9, p. 336) usque ad meum reditum apponere, quod cum digna gratitudine me soluturum polliceor. Praeter istos 150 accepi hic iterum in usus huius servitii, ne Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonreginali maiestatiBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon in tantis expensis sim molestior, ab eodem amico meo Wolfgang (Wolf) Haller von Hallerstein (*1492 – †1559), Fuggers' factor in Antwerp and their chief representative in Spain, financial advisor to Emperor Charles V and mediator for the financing of his election, from 1531 General Treasurer of the Netherands under regent Queen Mary of Hungary; Fuggers' factor (MUFFAT, p. 97)HallerWolfgang (Wolf) Haller von Hallerstein (*1492 – †1559), Fuggers' factor in Antwerp and their chief representative in Spain, financial advisor to Emperor Charles V and mediator for the financing of his election, from 1531 General Treasurer of the Netherands under regent Queen Mary of Hungary; Fuggers' factor (MUFFAT, p. 97) alios 50 ducatos, quod in exitu Granada (Granata), city in southern Spain, Andalusia, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountainshincGranada (Granata), city in southern Spain, Andalusia, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains illi solvere sum pollicitus, saltem ne sinistra suspicione sum obnoxious, et credo, quod paulo post, modo 150 sint soluti, iterum ab illo aliquid in mutuum accipiam. Ego certe ex hac legatione et pro tantis meis laboribus ac periculis nihil commodi vel spero vel cupio, modo salvo honore et re bene confecta redire possim. Deus providebit.

De testudine mea, in qua res meas reliqui, faciat Dominatio Vestra ordinem, quod hospite census solitus 5 marcae Polonicales persolvatur, et ubi illam cum filiabus benevolentia sua prosequet[ur], id omne mihi ipsi impensum arbitrabor etc.

Pro novitatibus, quas eo tempore Dominatio Vestra Reverenda ad me perscripsit, habeo Illi immensas gratias. Hic hoc temore non habemus alias, quam quod iterum pro novis pacis conditionibus, ut obsides liberari possint, tractatur, quod si quid boni se obtulerit Dominationem Vestram Reverendam non latebit.

Castrum Barense ex manibus Ferdinandi Alarconis recuperavimus sub ea conditione, quod reginalis maiestas iuxta prius decretam remotionem sequestri insertum castellanum deputare debeat caesari aut viceregi gratum donec aliter cognitum fuerit et quod idem castellanus reginae iurare debeat fidelitatem et caesari nihil aliud, quam ne hoc castrum in manus hostiu[m] tradat aut tradi permittat. Quid in his per vice regem fiet, experiemur.

Alia, quae hic aguntur, ex longo iterum volumine ad maiestatem regiam et reginalem Dominatio Vestra Reverenda intelliget. Scripsit etiam mihi reginalis maiestas in novissimis, quod pro Cracoviensi et Varmiensi ecclesia nominationes mihi obtinuerit. Si quid se offeret in rem meam ad acceptandam vel alias, cum Dominatio Vestra Reverenda sit procurator meus cum facultate substituendi in Madrillis constitutus, agat strenue causam meam, cui numquam futurus sum ingratus, sed Dominationi Vestrae Reverendae semper devinctissimus. Commendo me maximopere et rogo reverendis dominis et amicis meis, quos prius saepius litteris meis descripsi, me commendet et illis obsequia mea offerat.

Datae celerrime in ipsius postae discessu, 14 Octobris anno Domini 1526