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Letter #173

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Piotr TOMICKI
Valladolid, 1523-01-11


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 4, No. 390, f. 128-129
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 73r-v
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 35 (TN), No. 117, p. 445-448
4copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 73, p. 83-85

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8241 (TK 3), a.1523, f. 4

 

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[Reverendissi]mo in Christo Patri et Domino, Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌊[domino] Petro Dei gratia episcopo [Posnan]iensi Regni Poloniae [vicecancella]rioPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌋ domino meo gratiosissimo ...ter

Reverendissime Domine,

Mandavit mihi Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima, ut de omnibus, quae se offerrent, quoties habere possem tabellarios, semper scriberem, scribo et interdum metuo, ne magis quam oportet scribam. Quod si facio, pro sua gratia, in quam omnem meam fiduciam habeo, non aegre ferat, afficior ... singulari voluptate, cum mihi hoc datur otium, non scribendi, sed, sic mihi videor, loquendi cum Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima. Nullam itaque neque ad stilum, ut nostri dicunt, neque ad lineamenta litterarum do operam, sed festinanter, praesertim dum postae abitio in horas dicatur, hanc voluptatem capio. Qualis fuerit mea privata audientia, et quae in ea acta, ex litteris ad maiestatem regiam intelliget. Quis vero meus hic status ex novissimis his annexis, ut reor, satis intellexit, et si quid deest, quo fortassis fieri possit scrupulus de tot meis expensis, addam, quod omiseram. Strenas non posui ad calculum, de quibus hic maior quam in nostra aula habetur superstitio. Quid in primis ianitoribus hinc est incipiendum, quid tubicinatoribus, quid fistulatoribus, quid aliis iocosis musicis, quid illis, qui mihi ex cellario Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊caesarisCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋ cotidie unam vini dant lagenam, quid cocis, quid postarum cursoribus, quid hospitiorum datoribus, quid denique omnibus, qui iis temporibus, ut hic consuetudinis est, otio aliquid mendicent, a me datum est, ne aliis oratoribus viderer inferior, non bene ausim scribere, satis est, quod dedi. Mirabitur Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima, si, prout spero, Deus, creator meus, mihi faverit reditum, exposuero, quid hic exposuerim. Quod si mihi de omnibus aliquod quaero lucrum, nisi, ut honestas et dignitas serenissimi domini mei seruitur, imprecatus sum mihi, prius, dum huc per mare ire deberem, nunc mille vicibus in reditu mihi magis mali imprecor, obruar in primis fluctibus, et ut Leander apud Ausonium: cf. Mart. Spectacula 25b Cum peteret dulces audax Leandros amores / Et fessus tumidis iam premeretur aquis, / Sic miser instantes adfatus dicitur undas: / Parcite dum propero, mergite cum redeo.; Meander, 18 (1963), p. 172 ⌊Mergite, dum redeocf. Mart. Spectacula 25b Cum peteret dulces audax Leandros amores / Et fessus tumidis iam premeretur aquis, / Sic miser instantes adfatus dicitur undas: / Parcite dum propero, mergite cum redeo.; Meander, 18 (1963), p. 172 ⌋, si non fideliter domino meo in omnibus, quantum ratio mea capere potest, servio. Dabitur etiam a me opera, quod, si nulla provisio neque intereundum a 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⌊maiestate regiaSigismund 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⌋ pro meo reditu mihi dabitur, ut venditis omnibus rebus meis saltem sine illius maiestatis ignominia redire possim, sed iam iterum de his. cf. Sus apage, haud tibi spiro ⌊Apage suscf. Sus apage, haud tibi spiro ⌋. Alligavi his illustrissimae dominae ducis Mediolani ad me litteras et copiam provisionis, quam illius illustritas rogat a maiestate caesarea expediri, ex iis omnia iura illius illustritatis Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima intelliget et, quid mihi hic sit a maiestate caesarea impetrandum, cognoscet. Scripsi de iis rebus serenissimae reginali maiestati et r[e]ttuli me ad Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam, quod illi ea omnia, quae hanc causam spectant, misissem. Factura est igitur, meo iudicio, Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima reginali maiestati rem gratam, si et litteras et copiam prouisionis ad illius reginalem maiestatem miserit. Ego hic omnem operam impendam, sicut ante 4 annos Barcelona (Barcinona, Barcino), city in northeastern Spain, Catalonia⌊BarchinonaeBarcelona (Barcinona, Barcino), city in northeastern Spain, Catalonia⌋ feci, et spero, quod impetrabo. Quae hic aguntur et practicantur, Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima habebit ex litteris ad maiestatem regiam. Interea nihil novi se obtulit, quam quod heri maiestas caesarea quibusdam episcopis et aliis, qui plura habent officia, quaedam officia abstulit et vult, quod episcopi et qui aliis rebus in provinciis sunt astricti, debito satisfaciant, et sic sex de curiae consilio domum ablegavit et aliis officia distribuit. Verum est, ut prius scripsi, quod manifesta in curia cognoscitur paupertas conquiruntur igitur mirabilibus modis pecuniae et contra Gallos colliguntur. His diebus Galli potentes sunt in mari, acceperunt nuper et hostibus et amicis Portugalensibus sex naves, veram piraticam exercent. Ego summopere cuperem, ut Hadrian VI (Adriano de Florensz (Dedel)) (*1459 – †1523), tutor of young Charles von Habsburg (later Emperor Charles V), 1522-1523 Pope⌊pontifexHadrian VI (Adriano de Florensz (Dedel)) (*1459 – †1523), tutor of young Charles von Habsburg (later Emperor Charles V), 1522-1523 Pope⌋ pacem faceret, quod coram redire possim. Alias quomodo mihi, nisi cum maiori quam antea periculo, sit redeundum? Adhuc nescio cf. Ov. Am. 1.4.54 ⌊consilium nobis resque locusque dabuntcf. Ov. Am. 1.4.54 ⌋. Commendo me humiliter Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae et rogo, quemadmodum iam mille vicibus scripsi, reditus mei rationem habere dignetur.