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Letter #3629

Ioannes HIMMELREICH to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Kulm (Chełmno), 1538-03-11
            received [1538]-03-28

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, BCz, 1595, p. 995-996
2copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8243 (TK 5), a.1538, f. 5

 

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BCz, 1595, p. 996

Reverendissimo in Christo Principi, Domino ac 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 Varmiensi atque Culmensi pontificiIoannes 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 longe observandissimo in manus proprias

Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊VarmiaeErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋

BCz, 1595, p. 995

Vires ingenuas et salubre corpus, Reverendissime in Christo Princeps mihi unice et numquam sine summa honoris praefatione nominande, Reverendissimae Paternitati Tuae ad Nestoream usque aetatem comprecor.

Reverendissime Princeps.

Ego, qui numquam a consiliis discreparem, sed semper id sequendum, quod Reverendissima Paternitas Tua optimum factu putaret, duxi iussu Reverendissimae Paternitatis Tuae munere meo scholastico Kulm (Chełmno, Culma, Culmen), town in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, 40 km N of Thorn (Toruń)⌊CulmaeKulm (Chełmno, Culma, Culmen), town in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, 40 km N of Thorn (Toruń)⌋ fungor, cuius fungendi est animus et stat sententia ad hoc tempus, quo Reverendissima Paternitas Tua nepotibus eruditione aliter prospexerit, quibus humanitate atque officio non deero, sed in omni genere officii gratificabor lubens (mihi enim impensum arbitror, quod iuventuti sedulo ac naviter impenditur) daboque operam, ut in perdiscendis optimis artibus et melioribus litteris incrementa sumant. Hanc opinionem ut de me Reverendissima Paternitas Tua concipiat (quam ego non fallam), etiam atque etiam rogo. Venit Wittenberg (Vittemberga), city in east-central Germany, Saxony, on the Elbe river, 70 km NE of Leipzig⌊VuittembergaWittenberg (Vittemberga), city in east-central Germany, Saxony, on the Elbe river, 70 km NE of Leipzig⌋ exspectatus 7 die Martii Matthias Hennicius ⌊Matias HenniciusMatthias Hennicius ⌋ philosophiae baccalarius written over ...⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ baccalarius baccalarius written over ...⌉, exspectatur praeterea ad 19 diem Martii Ioannes Theoxenus ⌊Ioannes TheoxsenusIoannes Theoxenus ⌋, rarae eruditionis adulescens. Bene valere Reverendissimam Paternitatem Tuam iubeo, cui me deditissime commendatum esse volo.