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Nobili et egregio 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 DantiscoIoannes 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⌋ secretario et oratori nostro fideli dilecto

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Sigismundus Dei gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lituaniae, Russiae, Prussiaeque etc. dominus et heres

Nobilis fidelis dilecte.

Accepimus litteras tuas Antwerp (Antwerpen, Antverpia), city in the Low Countries, from 1315 a Hanseatic port, in the 16th century the centre of Brabant’s artistic life and the wealthiest trade city in Europe, today in northern Belgium⌊AnthuerpiiAntwerp (Antwerpen, Antverpia), city in the Low Countries, from 1315 a Hanseatic port, in the 16th century the centre of Brabant’s artistic life and the wealthiest trade city in Europe, today in northern Belgium⌋ datas, quibus, quod nobis copiose omnia, quae tunc se offerebant, descripsisti, nihil nobis gratius facere potuisti, et hortamur te, ut idem semper per omnem occasionem facias. Non habemus in praesens aliud, quod agendum apud Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊caesaream maiestatemCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋ tibi committamus praeter ea, quae iam a nobis accepisti, quibus ut celerius et magis ex voto fieri poterit confectis ad nos redire matures. Ceterum mortuo Romae oratore nostro reverendo olim Erasmo episcopo Plocensi contulit summus pontifex episcopatum ipsum Plocensem fratri magistri Prussiae. Quae res ut nobis toleranda sit, tu ipse melius nosti quam scribi possit, nam praeter quod hostis nobis obtrusus sit, etiam perniciosissimum esset, ut nobis aliquis alter praeter nos, consiliarios nostros et eos primarios statuere deberet. Quare agas diligentissime apud caesaream maiestatem, ut si ipse summus pontifex perstare velit in ea dispositione sua et eum, quem nos illi commendavimus, confirmare denegaret, dehortaretur illum litteris suis eius maiestas caesarea ab hoc instituto, nam nos, etiamsi bellum esset ob hoc resumendum, id nullo pacto admittemus. Commisimus Ioanni Boner, uti viaticum tibi adaugeat, tu, ut celerius ad nos redeas et negotia nostra recte obeas, curato.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌊VilnaeVilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌋, die XVI Novembris M-o D-o XXII-o, Regni nostri anno sexto decimo.

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