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Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌊Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Petro Dei gratia episcopo CracoviensiPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌋ etc. Reg text damaged⌈[Reg]Reg text damaged⌉ni Poloniae vicecancellario, domino meo colendissimo.

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, Domine Colendissime. Debitam obsequiorum meorum commendationem.

Cum haec ex celeri et longa ad serenissimam maiestatem regiam scriptione fessus scribo, dabit Laconismo veniam, licet tantum sit, quod nunc scribo, perinde atque si superinscribed⌈sisi superinscribed⌉ nihil scriberem; produxi tamen calamum, ut saltem animum et meam in Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam observantiam veterem non evanuisse, immo longe auctiorem factam cognoscat. Quae hic aguntur ex meis ad serenissimam regiam adscribed⌈regiamregiam adscribed⌉ maiestatem Regiam accipiet; de me quid scribam aliud, quam quod iam tandem summopere ex hoc tam diuturno taedio redire desidero atque efflagito, ad quod quantum Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima potest, pro illa quondam in me gratia, qua me singulariter prosecuta fuit semper, operam suam impendat. Iam enim tot me in dies ultra menstruam provisionem implicans debitis, ulterius hic nequaquam subsistere potero neque id, si haec non subesset necessitas, salva con<s>cientia diutius licet. Annus praeteriit, quo pastor factus oves meas non viderim, instat et consecrationis munus, quod a nemine libentius, quam a Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima suscipere velim, quam igitur impense rogo, agat apud serenissimam Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊regiam maiestatemSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋, ut tandem redire et officio meo satisfacere possim; satius fuisset non praeficere, quam praefectum a munere suo arcere. Christus dominus noster Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam pro summa mea consolatione quam diutissime salvam et incolumem precor conservet.

Ex Ghent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌊GandavoGhent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌋ Flandriae, 19 Maii anno 1531

Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae addictissimus 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⌊Ioannes DantiscusIoannes 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⌋, confirmatus episcopus Culmensis