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 Varmiensi, domino et maiori meo plurimum observando

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine et maior plurimum mihi observande, salutem et obsequendi studium.

Acceptis cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1538-09-20, CIDTC IDL 1926⌊litteriscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1538-09-20, CIDTC IDL 1926⌋ Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae mox vocatum Ioannes, tailor ⌊IoannemIoannes, tailor ⌋ sartorem adegi, ut ad Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram properaret. Cunctationis suae excusationem ipse afferet. Ego facile credo servitorem meum non intellexisse Ioannes, tailor ⌊ipsumIoannes, tailor ⌋ dicentem se expectaturum hic reditum eius. Non vacavit mihi perlegere hac vespera litteras, quas Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra (de quo ago gratias) ad me misit, ab aliis ad se datas. Eas a me in congressum mutuum nostrum retineri, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra ne aegre ferat, rogo. Tunc de his commentabimur quoque ex opportunitate.

Dominus Deus praestet mihi, ut iucundam felicemque videam Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram dedicationis meae auctorem, quidam hic civis meus ex nundinis Salfeldensibus huc reversus cf. Achatius von ZEHMEN (CEMA) to Ioannes DANTISCUS Stuhm (Sztum), 1538-09-07, CIDTC IDL 3754⌊litterascf. Achatius von ZEHMEN (CEMA) to Ioannes DANTISCUS Stuhm (Sztum), 1538-09-07, CIDTC IDL 3754⌋ mihi reddidit, quas a domino Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌊CzeemAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌋ ad me datas affirmavit. Ego agnito sigillo mox digito effregi cartulam, qua erat transfixa epistula, et antequam aperirem, animadverti alienum titulum, territus cancellario tradidi servandas litteras ostendens ruptae chartulae apicem adhuc fixurae haerentem, ut dubium esse non possit non fuisse resignatas litteras, quod et Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra advertere dignabitur, ac mihi condonare hunc errorem vel potius imprudentiam. Nam bona fide affirmo me nec explicasse litteras, nec introspexisse.

1538-09-27⌊Feria sexta1538-09-27⌋, Deo auspice, ex Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌊DitrichswaltDietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌋ ieiunus proficiscar, venturus Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), town in Ermland (Warmia), NE of Allenstein (Olsztyn)⌊GutstatumGuttstadt (Dobre Miasto), town in Ermland (Warmia), NE of Allenstein (Olsztyn)⌋ in Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis oppidum, opinor non ante vesperam, ac prandium cenae iuncturus, quam etiam Iudaico more facere non pigebit. Nolim autem Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram aliquid sibi propterea sumere incommoditatis aut molestiae, quod et rogo plurimum, optans eandem videre atque complecti sanam atque vigentem.

Ex Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊castro LobaviensiLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, die Sancti Mathaei apostoli 1538.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae studiosissimus Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌊Tidemannus CulmensisTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌋