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Letter #3814

Mencía de COLMENARES to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Palencia, 1532-02-20


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Spanish, letter and signature in the same hand, BK, 230, p. 289-292
2register with excerpt in German, Spanish, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 32, No. 617

Prints:
1Españoles Appendix to part I, No. 1, p. 116 (excerpt)
2RODRIGUEZ, SKOLIMOWSKA No. 23, p. 109 (Spanish register)

 

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BK, 230, p. 289

Re(verendisi)mo S(eñ)or.

Despeues q(ue) V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia se partio desta t(ie)rra, e estado esperando por medio de V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia. El s(eñ)or probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)prevosteprobably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567) se acordaria de mi y de sus hijos, y q(ue) pues al uno quiso Dios lebar, q(ue) fue el menor, no dexaria al otro morir de anbre.

Yo e estado siete años en s(er)vicio del s(eñ)or probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)prevosteprobably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567) y vendiendo mis cosas p(ar)a mantener sus hijos, esperando q(ue) seria poco ... illegible...... illegible mucho, q(ue) yo e gastado. Q(ue) afiso asta q(ue)dar en camisa con las grandes m(erce)d(e)s q(ue) esperava, a q(ue)rido mi ventura q(ue) acabandose me la acienda tanbien se me acabase la esperanca, llebando Dios al s(eñ)or Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)prevosteBalthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567), plega a Dios, de le tener a su gl(or)ia. Yo e p(ro)curado de av(er) el testamento y no e podido, au(n)q(ue) e puesto mucha diligencia. Dicen me, q(ue) dexo muchas deudas y poco con q(ue) las pagar.

[...] hidden by binding[...][...] hidden by binding a V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia se le acuerde el amistad, q(ue) avia entre el s(eñ)or preboste y V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia y q(ue) despues de sus dias no la puede mostrar mejor, q(ue) con sus hijos y comigo, favorescienBK, 230, p. 290donos en q(ue), si el prevoste nos mando algo a mi y su hidden by binding[su]su hidden by binding hijo, no nos lo quiten, por q(ue) el mesmo escribio deng(?) hidden by binding[ng(?)]ng(?) hidden by bindingaño, q(ue) paso en esa t(ie)rra, q(ue) avia comprado un lugar hidden by binding[ar]ar hidden by binding don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)Carlos BricioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch) su hijo el qual creo se llamava Alberin, pues si a mi me debia algo V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia, lo puede juzgar hidden by binding[gar]gar hidden by binding mas principal es mi deuda, q(ue) las otras.

Al ill(ustrisi)mo s(eñ)or Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)marq(ue)s de CeneteHendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5) escribo soplicando, q(ue) hidden by binding[q(ue)]q(ue) hidden by binding me favorezca, pues no tengo otro s(eñ)or, a quien acor[...] hidden by binding[...][...] hidden by binding. V(uest)ra hidden by binding[V(uest)ra]V(uest)ra hidden by binding S(eñor)ia me aga m(erce)d darle la carta y en demandarle me favorezca.

Y V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia me escriba lo q(ue) puedo esperar y si fuere posible me aga enviar el testamento, y porque espero me ara(?) mas conplidas las mercedes q(ue) yo las sabre pedir. No alargo mas de rogar a Dios guarde a V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia hidden by binding[S(eñor)ia]S(eñor)ia hidden by binding por muchos años y le aga muy mayor S(eñ)or. Don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)Carlos BriçioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch) besa las manos a V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia y le soplica se acuer[...] hidden by binding[...][...] hidden by binding.

S(er)vidora de V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia doña Mencía de Colmenares Mencia de Colmenares Mencía de Colmenares