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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

BCz, 1595, p. 573

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, amice praestantissime et frater in Christo carissime.

Litteras Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae ex manibus secretarii eius recepi et non modo non est molesta Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, verum etiam gratissimum semper mihi facit, quod litteris suis me frequenter invisit idque, ut coepit, ita et iure amicitiae inter nos firmatae facere pergat, rogo. Et si quod scribat aliud on the margin⌈aliudaliud on the margin⌉ nihil habet, saltem hoc quod nihil habet, scribat, immo, ut saltem manus suae inspectione molestias adversae valetudinis meae aliqua ex parte levem efficere non intermittat. Erit hoc mihi tam gratum, quam quod gratissimum.

Insuper pro novitatibus communicatis et mihi admodum auditu gratis gratias ago. Quibus vero paria faciam et hac in parte amori Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae respondeam, apud me sunt hoc tempore nullae, quae ipsam lateant.

Ceterum quia Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima litteras ex urbe Roma habuit, utile atque adeo necessarium est mihi scire, an ista dispensatio pro Bartholomeo Grefe consule Elbingensi (cui ad intercessionem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae terminum huiusmodi dispensationis expediendae usque ad festum divi Michaelis proximum iterum prorogavi) expedita sit, ut itaque de hoc Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima me certiorem reddat, percupio. Nam res est pessimi exempli et in multorum, paria audentium offendiculum, hactenus tolerata et diutius quam ad praestitutum diem terminum festi divi Michaelis haud quaquam toleranda.

In monetario praeterea negotio ita me gessi et adhuc geram, ut vigilantia et studium meum nulla in parte desiderari possit, quemadmodum etiam in proximis meis litteris nonnihil attigi. Nunc aliud in eo negotio scribendum non venit, quam hoc, quod sciam, aurum insigniter ascendere ita, ut florenus Rhenensis hodie 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⌊GedaniGdańsk (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⌋ ematur semiduabus marchis et quinque solidis. Quid inde sequetur Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, quae est sua prudentia, expendet. Nam ubi ad commodum non publicum, sed privatum, moneta excuditur, quod nihil inde boni sequi possit, nemo non vel mediocriter sapiens videt. Quid itaque in hac re faciendum interea, donec in proximum conventum venturi sumus, cogitandum est.

Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram felicem conservet et in omnibus prosperet Christus.

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⌋, 3 Augusti anno 1533.

Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis in omnibus 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 WarmiensisMauritius 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