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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⌊Iohanni 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⌋ et postulato Warmiensi ac administratori Pomezaniensi, dignissimo domino suo, gratiosissimo et colendissimo

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiosissime et colendissime.

Famulatus sui debiti una cum humili ad Deum prece praehabitis.

Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram oro obnixe dignetur ex sua singulari clementia me miserum, iam senio gravatum et viribus poene destitutum, qui iam in hoc extremo vitae suae termino quietiorem vitam in suae animae salutem habere summe exopto dignetur me on the margin⌈dignetur medignetur me on the margin⌉ ab hoc gravi et molestissimo officio vicariatus sub suo istius episcopatus regimine me gratiose absolvere et exonerare ut dominus meus benignissimus. Fui enim, Reverendissime Domine, in eo officio trium reverendissimorum dominorum episcoporum Culmensium per XXXIIII annorum decursum vicarius et gravi officio occupatus, et oneratus. Iam tandem respirare cupio. Non libenter velim a quarto reverendissimo domino in eo officio inveniri. Itaque iterum atque iterum humillime oro, me ab eodem officio Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra ex sua singulari gratia et pietate absolvere dignetur. Alteri iuniori magis idoneo hoc onus imponendo habitura Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra pro eo a misericordia divina perpetuum mercedem meque pro ea consequenda in mea licet indigna oratione precatorem.

Cum his Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram felicissime in longissimum aevum conservandam divinae clementiae committo.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ in Kulmsee (Chełmża, Culmense), town in northern Poland, Kulm Lake District, between Kulm and Thorn, 1251-1824 the seat of the Kulm bishops, with a cathedral and a collegiate church⌊CulmenzeKulmsee (Chełmża, Culmense), town in northern Poland, Kulm Lake District, between Kulm and Thorn, 1251-1824 the seat of the Kulm bishops, with a cathedral and a collegiate church⌋, tertia feria infra octavas Epiphaniarum anno Domini etc. XXXVIII-o.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae humilis servitor Martin von Zehmen (Marcin Cema) (†ca. 1542), 1504 Kulm vicar general and judicial vicar; 1530-1532 administrator of Kulm bishopric (after the death of Jan Konopacki, and during Dantiscus' absence) (BISKUP 1992, p. 219-220)⌊Martinus CzhemaMartin von Zehmen (Marcin Cema) (†ca. 1542), 1504 Kulm vicar general and judicial vicar; 1530-1532 administrator of Kulm bishopric (after the death of Jan Konopacki, and during Dantiscus' absence) (BISKUP 1992, p. 219-220)⌋, canonicus Culmensis