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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, amico et fratri plurimum honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌈honoran(do)honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌉

AAWO, AB, D. 8, f. 21r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, amice et frater plurimum honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)⌈honoran(de)honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)⌉. Salutem plurimam et longaevam in Domino felicitatem.

Nuper cum hac transiret venerabilis dominus doctor Johann Reyneck (†1535), the second husband of Dantiscus' sister Anna; doctor of both canon and civil law; councillor to Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 179-180, 203; GÜNTHER 1907, p. 365)⌊Ioannes ReneckJohann Reyneck (†1535), the second husband of Dantiscus' sister Anna; doctor of both canon and civil law; councillor to Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 179-180, 203; GÜNTHER 1907, p. 365)⌋, affinis Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, reliquit apud villam meam Liebenberg (Lembark, Libenberg), village in Kulm diocese, ca. 50 km SW from Löbau⌊LibenbergLiebenberg (Lembark, Libenberg), village in Kulm diocese, ca. 50 km SW from Löbau⌋ in campo equum aegrotum, quae villa ab hoc loco distat uno miliari, me igitur per suum servitorem rogare curavit, quo aegrotum ad curandum per quempiam meum susciperem ac alium in locum illius invalidi illi praestarem, quod libenter orig. lubenter⌈libenterlibenter orig. lubenter⌉ fecimus. Sed ille equus infirmus, ubi in campo defecerat, ibidem etiam vitam mox deseruit.

In novis nihil habeo, nisi quae de Citizens of Holstein ⌊HolsatisCitizens of Holstein ⌋, The Danes (Dani) ⌊DanisThe Danes (Dani) ⌋ et Citizens of Lübeck ⌊LubicensibusCitizens of Lübeck ⌋ volant et hoc vario volatu, quae apud Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram veridiori relatione puto esse quam apud me dispersa. Cum The Muscovites (Moscovians, Mosci) ⌊MoschisThe Muscovites (Moscovians, Mosci) ⌋ audio bellum inchoatum satis frigide procedere. Dominus Deus nostratibus secundiora, quam nonnulli ominantur, praebere dignetur, cui Vestram Reverendissimam Dominationem in optima incolumitate et felicitate diligentissime commendo ac ut me, amantem se, amet, cupio.

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⌋, festo divorum Petri et Pauli 1534.

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)⌊MauritiusMauritius 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)⌋ Dei gratia episcopus Warmiensis