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 DantischoIoannes 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⌋ episcopo Culmensi etc., [domino] fratri plurimum osservando(!)

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, mi domine et frater plurimum osservande(!).

Solita commendatione praemissa.

Post multos exanclatos labores, per multos casus et per discrimina rerum, perveni tandem huc incolumis, ubi 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

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌊serenissimas maiestatesSigismund 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

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌋, principes nostros clementissimos, inveni, optima fruentes valetudine, sed aulam et mores reperi sic immutata, ut non possim non mirari, unde hoc tam repente serpserit metamorphosis. Cogor hinc brevi me eripere et cedere huic patriae. Vivant Artucius istic et Catulus, maneant, qui nigrum in candida vertunt, ego huius aulae mores nec ipsa meos ferre poterit, sic a pristino candore describit, forsan temporum nostrorum miseria. Non possum non dolere has fortunae vices, quae non nisi futuras calamitates (quas Deus avertat) portendunt; eadem erant The Hungarians ⌊UngarorumThe Hungarians ⌋ vestigia, quae nostri non gravatim subsequuntur. Sed o utinam falsus sim vates! Pro hac hieme firmabo hic pedes, sed ubi vernali tempore arva floruerint, festinanter hinc abire decrevi.

Haec amice ad amicum et fratrem scribere volui, quem scio rerum istic immutatarum statum vicissim dolere. Si quid interea occurrerit, in quo possim Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae inservire, illam rogo, iubeat et me ad sua mandata quam libentissime paratum offendet, et eidem Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae me ex corde commendo.

Datae 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 22 Octobris 1534.

Eiusdem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis obsequentissimus frater Lodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌊Ludovicus AliphiusLodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌋ etc.