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, fratri et amico carissimo ac plurimum honorando

Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine amice praestantissime et frater in Domino carissime, cum mei sincera recommendatione longaevam sanitatem et salutem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi a Deo in praesens precor atque omne faustum et felix.

Accepi cum hoc nuntio Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis litteras admodum iucundas testantes ipsam ad propria corpore et rebus salvis appulisse, de quo Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi plurimum gratulor mihique gaudeo, quoniam iuncta secunda et adversa mihi cum Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima communia esse certo credat. Quod autem crumenam vacuam secum domum attulisse queritur, nihil est, quod lamentetur, proprium cui hoc curalium est. Qui illam et principum seu regum visitant et sequuntur aulam, in hoc autem securi sunt, quod nihil insidiarum vereri ex egestate habeant, ut ille inquit cf. Juv. 10.22 ⌊cantabit vacuus coram latrone viatorcf. Juv. 10.22 ⌋. Divitiae vero plurimis mortem intulere, postquam ex illis lene impinguati fuerint, etiam devorati sunt, ut sues impinguari solent et devorari. Laudo et approbo in hoc factum Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae conceptum, quo contentum sese gerit rebus suis et satis esse putat iudicatque quod habet, ex quo ipsam non divitem sed ditissimam censeo, quia nihil sibi deerit, si hac in sententia perseveraverit et rogaverit Deum divitias et paupertates ne dederit, sed victui necessaria pro sustentatione honoris et dignitatis. Doleo de ingratitudine servitoris mei, aegre admodum illum Vestrae Dominationi Reverendissimae commendavi, fatigatus ad hoc illius precibus fui, asserens se incertum habere, an dominus castellanus illinc profecturus esset et illas meas commendationes illi scripsi, dum me valediceret, igitur pronunc ignoscat mihi Vestra Dominatio Reverendissima, deinceps cautior ero.

Esset utique ille locus in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌊DiterichsualtDietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌋ satis conveniens conveniendi, at quia Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra fatigata ex itinere, et ego pariter in Graudenz (Grudziądz, Graudentium), city in Poland, Voivodeship of Pomerania, on the upper east bank of the Vistula, Graudenz (taking turns with Marienburg (Malbork)) was the venue for the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌊GrudentinumGraudenz (Grudziądz, Graudentium), city in Poland, Voivodeship of Pomerania, on the upper east bank of the Vistula, Graudenz (taking turns with Marienburg (Malbork)) was the venue for the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌋ pergens et in Elbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌊ElbingumElbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌋ veniens occurrit mihi regius cubicularius litteris ipsius maiestatis me retraxit, ut in Elbingum pro 1535-10-18⌊festo Lucae1535-10-18⌋ prima compaream sua maiestas vult et litteris indicavit regressus. Itaque in Wormditt (Orneta), town in Ermland (Warmia), 30 km W of Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌊WormeditWormditt (Orneta), town in Ermland (Warmia), 30 km W of Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌋ ex callido et ferventi hypocausto catarrhum adaurium exuberantem contraxi, ita quod egredi domesticos parietes non audeo. Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊ConventusProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ enim etiam ante fores propinquat. Deus dignetur Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi et mihi tribuere sanitatem, quo illuc venire et nos mutua salutatione complecti valeamus. Non eget multa actione gratiarum accommodatio equorum meorum, maiora facerem et tunc fecissem, si non praeventa fuisset Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima ab aliis. Etiam hac aestate ex stabulo et equireo meo mortem oppetiere XXXIII equi equaeque et equuli. Nunc domum petens propter Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊BraunsbergamBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ a subdito meo comparavi 5 equos in tertio et 2-o anno aetatis pro centum et 35 marcis. Alia coram in mutuum colloquium reservo. Hic tamen illustrissimus dux, qui me absente in civitate per noctem hospitalitatem et rerum provisionem habuit, scripsit, quod in procinctu est, quo partes hinc inde in Denmark (Dania)⌊DaniamDenmark (Dania)⌋ suum mercenarium licentiabunt militem. Det Deus pacem illic, ut et ea nos potiri valeamus. Cui Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam salvam et incolumem ad Mathusaleos annos commendo.

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⌋, Dominica 3-a Octobris 1535.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae totus 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)⌊Mauritius episcopusMauritius 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)⌋ manu sua