Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et 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⌊Ιohanni Dei gratia Episcopo VarmiensiIoannes 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⌋, domino suo et amico singularissimo

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, amice singularissime ac frater colendissime.

Salutem suique commendationem.

Debueram misisse illum Zbęnk, servitorem Reverendissimae Paternitatis, ad invisendam Illam, sed quia tradebat viro sororem, distuli, ut ex Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ aliquid Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae reminiscerem.

Interea Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram rogo, dignetur per aliquem mihi scribere Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviamCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, quanti pretii essent frumenta in Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊GedanoGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋. Spero enim habere me lasthos ad minus trecentos, pro quibus est hic actio mecum, nam exhibentur mihi 15 floreni pro unoquoque lastho. Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas faciet mihi, amico ac seruo suo, rem gratissimam et officium amici, quo alligabit in omnia officia benevolentissimi.

Suas tandem salutes et fortunas, quas illi Dominus tribuat pro desiderio suo felices et longevas, scribere non pigeat valetque omni felici <ta> te felicius.

Ex itinere, die nona Ianuarii anno Christi 1540.