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Letter #1438

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Sigismund I Jagiellon]
Löbau (Lubawa), 1536-04-07


Manuscript sources:
1office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 244, p. 87-88
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 232, p. 172-173
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, B. Ossol., 151/II, f. 135v-136r
4copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 54 (TN), No. 63, p. 171-172
5register with excerpt in Latin, Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8243 (TK 5), a.1536, f. 43

Prints:
1AT 18 No. 131, p. 160-161 (in extenso; Polish register)

 

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BCz, 244, p. 87

Serenissima Regia Maiestas et domine, domine clementissime. Humillimam perpetuae meae servitutis commendationem.

Scripserunt mihi illustrissimi domini comites Phrisiae Orientalis[1], quibuscum mihi in aula caesareae maiestatis non parva et iniucunda fuit consuetudo, quae vero a me postulant cf. Enno II CIRKSENA & Johan CIRKSENA to Ioannes DANTISCUS Emden, 1536-01-05, CIDTC IDL 1395⌊litteriscf. Enno II CIRKSENA & Johan CIRKSENA to Ioannes DANTISCUS Emden, 1536-01-05, CIDTC IDL 1395⌋ suis, quas hic adiunctas mitto, complexi sunt. Quod si Serenissimae Maiestati Vestrae videbitur quippiam illis esse respondendum, praestare quidem hoc possunt, quod pollicentur, iubeat mihi praescribi, dabitur a me opera, ut eis cumprimis respondeam.

Quae hic aguntur et in rem Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae expedire apud me expenderim, quaeque et nova et non admodum nova his diebus acceperim dignaque scientia Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae reverendissimus Jan Chojeński (*1486 – †1538), 1523 royal secretary, 1526-1537 Grand Secretary; 1531-1535 Bishop of Przemyśl, 1535-1537 Bishop of Płock, 1537-1538 Bishop of Cracow, 1537-1538 Grand Chancellor of the Crown (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 248-249; PSB 3, p. 396-399)⌊dominus episcopus PlocensisJan Chojeński (*1486 – †1538), 1523 royal secretary, 1526-1537 Grand Secretary; 1531-1535 Bishop of Przemyśl, 1535-1537 Bishop of Płock, 1537-1538 Bishop of Cracow, 1537-1538 Grand Chancellor of the Crown (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 248-249; PSB 3, p. 396-399)⌋ putaverit, ex meis tumultuariis Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram certiorem reddet simulque pro me orabit, cf. Vulg. Lc 16.3 : ait autem vilicus intra se ‘quid faciam, quia dominus meus aufert a me vilicationem, fodere non valeo, mendicare erubesco’ ⌊fodere non valentem mendicareque erubescentemcf. Vulg. Lc 16.3 : ait autem vilicus intra se ‘quid faciam, quia dominus meus aufert a me vilicationem, fodere non valeo, mendicare erubesco’ ⌋, qui prius innumeris a Serenissima Maiestate Vestra beneficiis sum dotatus, parvam eleemosinam. Quam assecutus longe devinctiorem pro longaeva salute et incolumitate Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae felicitateque perpetua me ad orandum BCz, 244, p. 88 esse sentiam Deumque, quod facio, sedulo oro, ut eandem Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram, cui me supplicissime commendo Europe (Europa), the continent⌊orbi ChristianoEurope (Europa), the continent⌋ nobisque omnibus quam diutissime felicissimeque regnantem atque contra omnes hostes triumphantem in prosperrima valetudine custodiat et tueatur.

[1] Enno II Cirksena (*1505 – †1540), son of Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, and Elisabeth von Rietberg; ruled together with his younger brother Johann I, who remained Catholic, while Enno converted to Lutheranism; 1528-1540 Count of East Frisia⌊Enno II Enno II Cirksena (*1505 – †1540), son of Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, and Elisabeth von Rietberg; ruled together with his younger brother Johann I, who remained Catholic, while Enno converted to Lutheranism; 1528-1540 Count of East Frisia⌋and Johan Cirksena (Johan I of East Frisia) (*ca. 1506 – †1572), son of Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, and Elisabeth von Rietberg; younger brother of Count Enno II Cirksena, from 1538 husband of Dorothea of Austria, illegitimate daughter of Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg. Contrary to his father and brother, he remained Catholic; 1539 Stadtholder of Limburg (DODGE, p. 89-103)⌊Johann CirksenaJohan Cirksena (Johan I of East Frisia) (*ca. 1506 – †1572), son of Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, and Elisabeth von Rietberg; younger brother of Count Enno II Cirksena, from 1538 husband of Dorothea of Austria, illegitimate daughter of Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg. Contrary to his father and brother, he remained Catholic; 1539 Stadtholder of Limburg (DODGE, p. 89-103)⌋.