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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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 Dei gratia episcopo WarmiensiIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌋, domino meo colendissimo et gratioso

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Observantiae et obsequiorum meorum commendatione praemissa.

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine observandissime et gratiose.

Intelligo dominum Paweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Dantiscus; steward of the Dominium of Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 first mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto); 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland, forced in December 1538 to resign in favour of Alexander von Suchten; in 1543 he regained this prebend, but two years later had to step aside for Kaspar Hannau (KOPICZKO 2, p. 308; SBKKDM, p. 103; SBKW, p. 227; PSB 39/3, p. 405-406)⌊praepositum GutstatensemPaweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Dantiscus; steward of the Dominium of Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 first mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto); 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland, forced in December 1538 to resign in favour of Alexander von Suchten; in 1543 he regained this prebend, but two years later had to step aside for Kaspar Hannau (KOPICZKO 2, p. 308; SBKKDM, p. 103; SBKW, p. 227; PSB 39/3, p. 405-406)⌋ fuisse apud Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, subinde etiam familiarem ipsius pro consilio huc fuisse missum, quod an pro voto acceperit, addubito. Existimo autem omnia pendere ex arbitrio Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, quam rogo et obsecro me de mente domini Paweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Dantiscus; steward of the Dominium of Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 first mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto); 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland, forced in December 1538 to resign in favour of Alexander von Suchten; in 1543 he regained this prebend, but two years later had to step aside for Kaspar Hannau (KOPICZKO 2, p. 308; SBKKDM, p. 103; SBKW, p. 227; PSB 39/3, p. 405-406)⌊praepositiPaweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Dantiscus; steward of the Dominium of Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 first mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto); 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland, forced in December 1538 to resign in favour of Alexander von Suchten; in 1543 he regained this prebend, but two years later had to step aside for Kaspar Hannau (KOPICZKO 2, p. 308; SBKKDM, p. 103; SBKW, p. 227; PSB 39/3, p. 405-406)⌋ certiorem reddere dignetur, an per me oblata acceptare velit, aut si nobis lite causa erit prosequenda. Quod si postremum aggredi cogemur, rogo, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra nos in iustitia tueri et manutenere dignetur.

His me humiliter Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae commendans.

Ex Mehlsack (Melzak), town in Ermland (Warmia), 32 km SE of Frauenburg (Frombork), today Pieniężno⌊MelsacMehlsack (Melzak), town in Ermland (Warmia), 32 km SE of Frauenburg (Frombork), today Pieniężno⌋, X Novembris MDXXXVIII.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae adictissimus Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian, and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy and banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon in 1540; imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome in 1541; after his release in 1544, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509–1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519–1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1529–1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536–1540 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, now Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220; BORAWSKA 2023, p. 537-538)⌊Alexander ScultetiAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian, and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy and banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon in 1540; imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome in 1541; after his release in 1544, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509–1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519–1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1529–1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536–1540 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, now Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220; BORAWSKA 2023, p. 537-538)⌋