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Nobili et Excellentissimo 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⌊Ioanni DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, equiti et doctori etc., 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⌊serenissimi regis PoloniaeSigismund 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⌋ secretario, domino et amico observando.

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Salutem.

Forte et hodie graviter soles ferre, quod in discessu nostro circa Inn (En, Oenus), river flowing from the Bernina Massif in Switzerland, and running through Tyrol in Austria and Bavaria in Germany, a right-bank tributary of the Danube⌊EnumInn (En, Oenus), river flowing from the Bernina Massif in Switzerland, and running through Tyrol in Austria and Bavaria in Germany, a right-bank tributary of the Danube⌋ ita abrute ab invicem discesserimus[1]. Quod satis mihi perspectum habeo, nam ad te nunc post reditum meum ex Spain (Hispania)⌊HispaniisSpain (Hispania)⌋ aliquas cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN before the end of February or in July 1520, CIDTC IDL 6516, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN before the end of February or in July 1520, CIDTC IDL 6516, letter lost⌋ misi[2], numquam mihi respondisti. Quid ms. Quis(!) ⌈QuidQuid ms. Quis(!) ⌉ in causa fuit, sis ipse iudex, nam pro certo sperabam tibi in itinere posse obviari. Diutius tum, quam spondebas, ut credo, dormivisti. Si in ea pertinecia pertinacia perseveras, facile coniecturandum mihi est, qualem erga me amorem gesseras, nam fila tenuiora de facili rumpuntur. Constantem te semper credidi, nec te tam levem aerem a me alienari et hodie mihi persuadeo. Plura equidem scriberem, si tibi accepta scirem. Dum cognovero, faciam, quod experiar re. Praesentibus serenissimo 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⌊regiSigismund 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⌋ litteris meis supplico, ut consulat et adnuat, ut habeam, quod mihi Isabella d'Aragona (Isabella of Naples) (*1470 – †1524), duchess of Milan (1489-1494) and Bari (1499-1524); wife of duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo II Maria Sforza, daughter of king Alphonse II of Naples and Ippolita Maria Sforza; mother of queen Bona Sforza⌊materIsabella d'Aragona (Isabella of Naples) (*1470 – †1524), duchess of Milan (1489-1494) and Bari (1499-1524); wife of duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo II Maria Sforza, daughter of king Alphonse II of Naples and Ippolita Maria Sforza; mother of queen Bona Sforza⌋ serenissimae 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⌊reginaeBona 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⌋ promisit suis litteris, sigillo et chirographo[3]; ut et tu pro me intercedas et responsum huc in Pressburg (Pozsony, Bratislava, Posonium), city in southwestern Slovakia, on the Danube river⌊PosoniumPressburg (Pozsony, Bratislava, Posonium), city in southwestern Slovakia, on the Danube river⌋[4] mittas, plurimum peto. Immo et plura scripsissem, si diutius expectasset nuntius. Vale et me ama, ego equidem te plurimum amo.

Ex Pressburg (Pozsony, Bratislava, Posonium), city in southwestern Slovakia, on the Danube river⌊PosonioPressburg (Pozsony, Bratislava, Posonium), city in southwestern Slovakia, on the Danube river⌋, 13 Augusti anno 1520.

Tuus Sigmund von Herberstein (*1486 – †1566), diplomat in the service of Emperor Maximilian I, Charles V, and Roman King Ferdinand I, writer and historian. In 1517 sent to Poland to conduct the marriage between King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Duchess Bona Sforza d'Aragona, and to Moscow to arrange a truce between the Grand Duchy of Muscovy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; 1515 member of the Council of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1515-1553 carried out many diplomatic missions (in 1517 and 1526 he was twice an imperial envoy at the Muscovy court)⌊Sigismundus de HerberstainSigmund von Herberstein (*1486 – †1566), diplomat in the service of Emperor Maximilian I, Charles V, and Roman King Ferdinand I, writer and historian. In 1517 sent to Poland to conduct the marriage between King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Duchess Bona Sforza d'Aragona, and to Moscow to arrange a truce between the Grand Duchy of Muscovy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; 1515 member of the Council of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1515-1553 carried out many diplomatic missions (in 1517 and 1526 he was twice an imperial envoy at the Muscovy court)⌋ eques

[1] A reference to the friends’ having missed each other two years earlier, as described in letter cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Munich, 1518-11-24, CIDTC IDL 114⌊IDL 114cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Munich, 1518-11-24, CIDTC IDL 114⌋.

[2] After completing the mission of the Lower Austrian states to Charles I von Habsburg (concerning the succession to Emperor Maximilian I), Herberstein left Spain in December 1519 and reached Villach (Carinthia) in February 1520 (cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌊Herberstein 1855cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌋, p. 171-225; cf. cf. Gratae posteritati Sigismundus liber baro in Herberstein Neyperg et Guettenhag, primarius ducatus Carinthiae hereditariusque et camerarius … actiones suas a puero ad annum usque aetatis suae septuagesimum quartum brevi commentariolo notatas reliquit, Vienna, Raphael Hofhalter, 1560 ⌊Herberstein 1560cf. Gratae posteritati Sigismundus liber baro in Herberstein Neyperg et Guettenhag, primarius ducatus Carinthiae hereditariusque et camerarius … actiones suas a puero ad annum usque aetatis suae septuagesimum quartum brevi commentariolo notatas reliquit, Vienna, Raphael Hofhalter, 1560 ⌋, f. C1v.

[3] A reference to the letter of Isabella d’Aragona. In this letter, dated October 25, 1516 from Bari, the duchess promised Herberstein 1,000 Rhine florins as remuneration for arranging the marriage of her daughter to King Sigismund I (see cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌊Herberstein 1855cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌋, p. 111-112). Herberstein was handed the letter by an envoy of Duchess Isabella, Chrisostomo Colonna, who gave an identical financial promise to Dantiscus in Augsburg in December 1516 (see cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌊Herberstein 1855cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌋, p. 267-268; cf. Władysław Pociecha, Królowa Bona (1494-1557). Czasy i ludzie Odrodzenia, vol. 1, Poznań, PWN, 1949 ⌊Pociecha 1cf. Władysław Pociecha, Królowa Bona (1494-1557). Czasy i ludzie Odrodzenia, vol. 1, Poznań, PWN, 1949 ⌋, p. 193-194; cf. Władysław Pociecha, Królowa Bona (1494-1557). Czasy i ludzie Odrodzenia, vol. 2, Poznań, PWN, 1949 ⌊Pociecha 2cf. Władysław Pociecha, Królowa Bona (1494-1557). Czasy i ludzie Odrodzenia, vol. 2, Poznań, PWN, 1949 ⌋, p. 23, cf. cf. Ioannes Dantiscus' correspondence with Sigmund von Herberstein, ed. by Marek A. Janicki, Tomasz Ososiński, Warsaw-Cracow, 2008, series: Corpus Epistularum Ioannis Dantisci 2, Amicorum sermones mutui 1, series ed.(s): Jerzy Axer, Anna Skolimowska ⌊CEID 2/1cf. Ioannes Dantiscus' correspondence with Sigmund von Herberstein, ed. by Marek A. Janicki, Tomasz Ososiński, Warsaw-Cracow, 2008, series: Corpus Epistularum Ioannis Dantisci 2, Amicorum sermones mutui 1, series ed.(s): Jerzy Axer, Anna Skolimowska ⌋, Introduction, p. 23). Two years after the duchess’s death, when Herberstein was in Cracow in February 1526 in connection with his second mission to Muscovy, he reminded Sigismund I about the promised remuneration. Sigismund I assured Herberstein that the matter would finally be resolved after his return from Muscovy, and in fact it was (see cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌊Herberstein 1855cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌋, loc. cit., cf. cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii Sigismundi liberi baronis in Herberstein, Neyperg et Guttenhag Russiae et quaevnunc eius metropolis est Moscoviae brevissima descriptio, chorographia denique totius imperii Moscici et vicinorum quorundam mentio; de religione quoque varia inserta sunt et quae nostra cum religione non conveniunt; quis denique modus excipiendi et tractandi oratores, disseritur; itineraria quoque duo in Moscoviam sunt adiuncta; ad haec non solum novae aliquot tabulae, sed multa etiam alia nunc demum ab ipso autore adiecta sunt; quae, si cui cum prima editione conferre libeat, facile deprehenderet., Basilea, 1556 ⌊Herberstein 1556cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii Sigismundi liberi baronis in Herberstein, Neyperg et Guttenhag Russiae et quaevnunc eius metropolis est Moscoviae brevissima descriptio, chorographia denique totius imperii Moscici et vicinorum quorundam mentio; de religione quoque varia inserta sunt et quae nostra cum religione non conveniunt; quis denique modus excipiendi et tractandi oratores, disseritur; itineraria quoque duo in Moscoviam sunt adiuncta; ad haec non solum novae aliquot tabulae, sed multa etiam alia nunc demum ab ipso autore adiecta sunt; quae, si cui cum prima editione conferre libeat, facile deprehenderet., Basilea, 1556 ⌋, p. 150; cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Moscouia der Hauptstat in Reissen / durch Herrn Sigmunden Freyhern zu Herberstain / Neyperg vnd Guetenhag Obristen Erbcamrer / vnd obristen Erbtruckhsessen in Kärnten / Römischer zu Hungern vnd Behaim Khü. May. rc. Rat / Camrer vnd Presidenten der Niderösterreichischen Camer zusamen getragen. Sambt des Moscouiter gepiet - vnd seiner anrainer beschreibung vnd anzaigung - in wen sy glaubens halb / mit vns nit gleich hellig. Wie die Potschafften oder Gesanten durch sy emphangen vnd gehalten werden / sambt zwayen vnderschidlichen Raisen in die Mosqua. Mit Ro(mischer) Khu(niglicher) May(estet) gnad vnd Priuilegien., Wienn, Michael Zimmerman, 1557 ⌊Herberstein 1557cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Moscouia der Hauptstat in Reissen / durch Herrn Sigmunden Freyhern zu Herberstain / Neyperg vnd Guetenhag Obristen Erbcamrer / vnd obristen Erbtruckhsessen in Kärnten / Römischer zu Hungern vnd Behaim Khü. May. rc. Rat / Camrer vnd Presidenten der Niderösterreichischen Camer zusamen getragen. Sambt des Moscouiter gepiet - vnd seiner anrainer beschreibung vnd anzaigung - in wen sy glaubens halb / mit vns nit gleich hellig. Wie die Potschafften oder Gesanten durch sy emphangen vnd gehalten werden / sambt zwayen vnderschidlichen Raisen in die Mosqua. Mit Ro(mischer) Khu(niglicher) May(estet) gnad vnd Priuilegien., Wienn, Michael Zimmerman, 1557 ⌋, § 604, 647).

[4] In July 1520 Ferdinand von Habsburg sent Herberstein on a mission to Hungary. He was in Pressburg from mid-July to the end of September 1520 (cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌊Herberstein 1855cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌋, p. 225; cf. Bertold Picard, Das Gesandtschaftswesen Ostmitteleuropasin der frühen Neuzeit. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Diplomatie in der ersten Hälfte des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts nach den Aufzeichnungen de Freiherrn Sigmund von Herberstein, Graz-Wien-Köln, 1967 ⌊Picard 1967cf. Bertold Picard, Das Gesandtschaftswesen Ostmitteleuropasin der frühen Neuzeit. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Diplomatie in der ersten Hälfte des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts nach den Aufzeichnungen de Freiherrn Sigmund von Herberstein, Graz-Wien-Köln, 1967 ⌋, p. 168).