AAWO, AB, D. 4, f. 95v

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

AAWO, AB, D. 4, f. 95r

Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine, domine frater et amice carissime plurimumque honorande. Omnis felicitatis accessum cum mei commendatione.

Binas successive Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae litteras, cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Mauritius FERBER] Cracow, 1537-01-22, CIDTC IDL 1575⌊unascf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Mauritius FERBER] Cracow, 1537-01-22, CIDTC IDL 1575⌋, datas 1537-01-22⌊XXII Ianuarii1537-01-22⌋, septima Februarii, cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Mauritius FERBER] Cracow, 153[7]-02-02, CIDTC IDL 1577⌊alterascf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Mauritius FERBER] Cracow, 153[7]-02-02, CIDTC IDL 1577⌋ 1537-02-02⌊II Februarii1537-02-02⌋ datas in data praesentium accepi. Maximas agens gratias pro eo in me favore, quod et toties me suis litteris invisere, et quae istic aguntur communicare gravata non sit Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra. Sperandum est omnia felicissimum finem cum honore dominorum consiliariorum et pudore aemulorum esse sortitura. De his, quae et superinscribed⌈etet superinscribed⌉ Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima meminit a domino Ioanne de Werden mitti debebant, nihil accepi in hunc diem. Cetera omnia in adventum proprii nuntii Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae vel potius eiusdem reditum (qui ut fortunatissimus sit, cupidissime opto) suspensa facio. Interea pientissimus Deus Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram servet, prosperet sanamque reducat ex animo precor. Hic in Prussia (gratiae Christo), quatenus mihi constat, omnia salva sunt.

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⌋, 19 Februarii MDXXXVII

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)⌊MauritiusMauritius 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)⌋ Dei gratia episcopus Warmiensis