Reverendissimo in Christo Praesuli eidemque clarissimo Principi 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⌋, Warmiensis ecclesiae antistiti dignissimo, domino et patrono clementissimo

Nisi et occupatior, et sublimior esset Tua Celsitudo, Praesul ornatissime, et idem studiosorum Maecenas unice, quam ut parum digne parumque docte a me, tenui eruditione praedito tuo clientulo, debeat appellari, multa mihi prius insinuatione et impudentiae et audaciae culpa sit deprecan[dum ..., ne] poeticas hasce nugas Tuae Celsitudini dedicandas of[fendatur accipiens, verum] enim vero, quoniam officii mei interesse sum arbitratus, ut non minus pristinae tuae erga me liberalitatis memor, gratitudinem animi qualicumque argumento contester, quam, ut te talem patronum, publico huius scholae instituto demerear, nihil veritus sum, quamvis humile poëma, non ex sui pretio, sed offerentis animo, Tuae Celsitudini aestimandum offerre, idque epistola quantumvis Laconica. Quare Tuam Celsitudinem oro, immo obsecro, Praesul longe dignissime, ut hoc litterarium munusculum, si munusculi nomen mereatur, aequiore, cum in me, tum in ipsa studia, animo benigne accipiat atque adeo, qua merebitur, censoria virgula tractet. Quod si humilius videatur poëma, quam ut tanto studiorum antistiti debeat consecrari, memento mola salsa litare eum, qui thura non habeat. Dabitur fortasse dignius aliquando argumentum, quo me officiosius Tuae Celsitudini insinuem. Interim iis me totum Tuae Celsitudini in clientelam dedo atque Celsitudinem Tuam Deo Optimo Maximo etiam atque etiam commendo.

Elbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌊ElbingaeElbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌋, ex collegio nostro litterario, Kalendis Martiis Anno 1539.

Clarissimae Tuae Celsitudinis deditissimus cliens Gulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌊Gulielmus GnapheusGulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌋