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Letter #1455

Iustus Lodvicus DECIUS (DECJUSZ, DIETZ) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1536-05-26
            received [1536]-06-08

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 123
2copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8243 (TK 5), a.1536, f. 50
3register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 299

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 218

Prints:
1DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 326, p. 269 (English register; excerpt)

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine ac patrone gratiose et colende.

Post commendationem humilem.

Quom nihil nunc scribendum occurrat, hoc saltem scribendi argumentum esse volui, quod Erasmus of Rotterdam (Gerrit Gerritszoon, Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus) (*1466/1469 – †1536), Dutch humanist and theologian, distinguished philologist, the most famous and influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance; his works had a profound impact upon Christian theology during the first half of the sixteenth centuryErasmusErasmus of Rotterdam (Gerrit Gerritszoon, Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus) (*1466/1469 – †1536), Dutch humanist and theologian, distinguished philologist, the most famous and influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance; his works had a profound impact upon Christian theology during the first half of the sixteenth century noster proximis mandavit litteris suis, ut Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram illius salutarem nomine. Multa iam Erasmus of Rotterdam (Gerrit Gerritszoon, Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus) (*1466/1469 – †1536), Dutch humanist and theologian, distinguished philologist, the most famous and influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance; his works had a profound impact upon Christian theology during the first half of the sixteenth centurysenexErasmus of Rotterdam (Gerrit Gerritszoon, Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus) (*1466/1469 – †1536), Dutch humanist and theologian, distinguished philologist, the most famous and influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance; his works had a profound impact upon Christian theology during the first half of the sixteenth century suscipit et valetudinis, et rerum incommoda, sed ea omnia huic aetati toleranda, non tollenda sunt.

Plena sunt omnia novis rebus, sed malis ferme omnibus, tumultuante mundo et in ruinam tendente. Scripsi quaedam ad principem Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)ducem PrussiaeAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544), sed laborem evitans, exemplum unum ad Iacobus Ludovicus Decius (Jakob Ludwig Dietz, Jakub Ludwik Decjusz) (†after 1557)fratremIacobus Ludovicus Decius (Jakob Ludwig Dietz, Jakub Ludwik Decjusz) (†after 1557) misi. Iussi, ut illius exemplum Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae exscriptum cf. Iacobus Lodvicus DECIUS (DECJUSZ, DIETZ) to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1536-06-06, CIDTC IDL 7417, letter lostmittatcf. Iacobus Lodvicus DECIUS (DECJUSZ, DIETZ) to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1536-06-06, CIDTC IDL 7417, letter lost. Aliquot Pasquilli versus mitto praesentibus.

Cupio, ut feliciter diuque recte valeat, me veterem suum servitorem diligat et gratia sua prosequatur.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae deditissimus servitor Iustus Ludovicus Decius (Justus Ludwik Decjusz, Jost Ludwig Dietz, Iodocus Decius) (*ca. 1485 – †1545), merchant, historian, reformer of the Polish monetary system; ennobled in 1519; 1520-1524 royal secretary; 1528 Cracow town councillor; 1528 alderman in Piotrków; 1526-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Königsberg; 1528-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Thorn; 1530-1540 administrator of the royal mint in Cracow; 1519, 1520, 1522, 1523-1524 - royal envoy to Italy (PSB 5, p. 42-45; WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 250-251; NOGA, p. 304)IostusIustus Ludovicus Decius (Justus Ludwik Decjusz, Jost Ludwig Dietz, Iodocus Decius) (*ca. 1485 – †1545), merchant, historian, reformer of the Polish monetary system; ennobled in 1519; 1520-1524 royal secretary; 1528 Cracow town councillor; 1528 alderman in Piotrków; 1526-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Königsberg; 1528-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Thorn; 1530-1540 administrator of the royal mint in Cracow; 1519, 1520, 1522, 1523-1524 - royal envoy to Italy (PSB 5, p. 42-45; WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 250-251; NOGA, p. 304) scripsit