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Letter #1771

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Fernando de GUEVARA
Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16

English register: Dantiscus is replying to Guevara’s letter containing a recommendation of Diego Gracián (de Alderete), whom he already knew, as his future son-in-law. Dantiscus states that though the marriage was agreed upon without his consent, there is nothing else he can do but refrain from opposing God’s will. He promises that he will let his daughter’s husband know at the proper time what his view of the situation is.


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, BCz, 244, p. 293 (t.p.)

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 644
2register in English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 32, No. 579

Prints:
1CEID 1/1 No. 65, p. 305 (in extenso; English register)

 

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Ioannes etc., Dei gratia episcopus Culmensis, administrator Pomesaniensis et ad episcopatum Varmiensem postulatus, Egregio Domino doctori Gueuarre salutem plurimam dicit.

Quod nobis eruditum dominum Iacobum Gracianum tuis litteris commendasti, fuit nobis non vulgariter gratum, tum quod hominem prius noverimus et amaverimus, tum etiam quod hoc matrimonium, de quo scribis, contraxerit. Quod, quamvis non accedente permissione et consensu nostro coierit, non admodum tamen , cum sic superis placuit, adversamur, quinimo suo tempore, quo animo feramus, benevolentia et re ipsa testatum faciemus. Bene vale.

Ex castro nostro Lubaviensi in Prussia, XVI Novembris MDXXXVII.