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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⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo CulmensiIoannes 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⌋, fratri et amico carissimo ac plurimum honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌈honoran(do)honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌉

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, amice praestantissime et singulariter observan(de) or observan(dissime)⌈observan(de)observan(de) or observan(dissime)⌉.

Salutem et secundos rerum successus Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae vehementer opto.

Litteras Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae cum praesentium exhibitore heri sane accepi, quas legi, perlegi et relegi, quo autem illis respondeam, pro meo captu meum esse officium censeo.

Si Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio ad nuptias illas celeberrimas[1] voluerit tamquam vocatus, sive sua sponte ire non vocatus, relinquo prudentissimo Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae arbitrio, non deerunt, qui id fortassis obloquentur, si vocatus, dicent alii, contempti sumus, vel non vocatus ingerit se et videri vult, tamen audivi Łukasz Watzenrode (*1447 – †1512), Doctor of canon law, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus.; 1475 - Kulm (Pol. Chełmno) canon; 1478 - Włocławek canon; 1479 - Ermland canon; 1482 - archdeacon of Kalisz and judical vicar of Gniezno; 1485 - Gniezno canon and scholastic of Łęczyca; 1488 - coadjutor of Ermland bishop Mikołaj Tungen; 1489 - Ermland bishop (against King Kazimierz Jagiellon's will); councillor of Polish Kings Jan Olbracht, Aleksander and Sigismund I Jagiellons. (Oracki, 200-201)⌊episcopum LucamŁukasz Watzenrode (*1447 – †1512), Doctor of canon law, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus.; 1475 - Kulm (Pol. Chełmno) canon; 1478 - Włocławek canon; 1479 - Ermland canon; 1482 - archdeacon of Kalisz and judical vicar of Gniezno; 1485 - Gniezno canon and scholastic of Łęczyca; 1488 - coadjutor of Ermland bishop Mikołaj Tungen; 1489 - Ermland bishop (against King Kazimierz Jagiellon's will); councillor of Polish Kings Jan Olbracht, Aleksander and Sigismund I Jagiellons. (Oracki, 200-201)⌋ non vocatum frequenter visitasse Diet of Poland ⌊comitia PolonicaDiet of Poland ⌋. Si ex re, ut arbitretur Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio sibi commodari et profuturum esse, ut etiam rationes praegnantes inducit, non dissuaderem. Ego, si etiam vocatus essem, mandatum domini mei explere ob adversam meam valetudinem nequaquam valerem, alioqui a sanctis illis nuptiis et celebratissimis non me alienarem, taceo contumaciter on the margin⌈citerciter on the margin⌉ absentare deberem.

Quod ad impensas et viaticum pertinet, scripsi nuper effluxis diebus X vel circiter cum quodam proficiscente in Allenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estate⌊AllenstenAllenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estate⌋ et Hohenstein (Olsztynek), town in Ducal Prussia, 26 km S of Allenstein (Olsztyn)⌊HohenstenHohenstein (Olsztynek), town in Ducal Prussia, 26 km S of Allenstein (Olsztyn)⌋ Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, ex quo patefecit mihi, quod sua frumenta propter infestum mare per Citizens of Lübeck ⌊LubicensesCitizens of Lübeck ⌋ concitum aequo valore vendere nequiret, quo vilius, quam valerent, non venderet, illi me praestaturum iuvaminis levamen, tametsi pecuniosus non sim, prout a nonnullis fortassis in aestimatione ut reputer superinscribed in place of crossed-out esse and then crossed-out⌈esse ut reputer ut reputer superinscribed in place of crossed-out esse and then crossed-out⌉, eo quod census similes, prout mei praecessores perceperunt, non exigo, utcumque ducentos florenos in moneta et si tandem tanta necessitas fuerit et me pecunia carere voluerit on the margin⌈et me pecunia carere volueritet me pecunia carere voluerit on the margin⌉, trecentos mutuo praestabo non adiuncta pignoris fide, sed cyrographi, in quo peto me securum facere, obi ut melius novit, obitus causa, et quando illum ad me mittet et assignabit mihi cyrographum superinscribed⌈cyrographumcyrographum superinscribed⌉, qui secum pecuniam auferet, illi consignabo, quod scripsi et pollicitus sum pecuniam. Quod deberem super huiusmodi impensas verba facere cum dominis consiliariis, tempus non suppetit, si etiam suppeteret, inutiliter, vereor, verberarem aerem.

1535-09-29⌊Michaelis1535-09-29⌋ noster Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventusProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ quomodo celebrabitur, Deus novit. Alia ex aliis litteris nuper missis Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio, quam felicem et florentem valere cupio, intelliget cuique me diligentissime commendo amori fraterno consueto.

Ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HelsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, 23 Iulii 1535.

Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis bonus et deditissimus frater 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)⌋ scripsit

[1] The wedding ceremony of Jadwiga (Hedwig) Jagiellon (*1513 – †1573), 1535–1571 Electress of Brandenburg; wife of Joachim II Hektor von Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, daughter of Sigismund I Jagiellon, King of Poland, and Queen Barbara Zápolya⌊Jadwiga JagiellonJadwiga (Hedwig) Jagiellon (*1513 – †1573), 1535–1571 Electress of Brandenburg; wife of Joachim II Hektor von Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, daughter of Sigismund I Jagiellon, King of Poland, and Queen Barbara Zápolya⌋ and Joachim II of Brandenburg Hector (Joachim II von Hohenzollern) (*1505 – †1571), son of Joachim I Nestor and Elisabeth von Oldenburg, 1524-1534 husband of Duchess Magdalena of Saxony, later (from 1535) of Jadwiga Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1535-1571 Prince-Elector of Brandenburg⌊Joachim II of Brandenburg HektorJoachim II of Brandenburg Hector (Joachim II von Hohenzollern) (*1505 – †1571), son of Joachim I Nestor and Elisabeth von Oldenburg, 1524-1534 husband of Duchess Magdalena of Saxony, later (from 1535) of Jadwiga Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1535-1571 Prince-Elector of Brandenburg⌋.