Ornatissimo Praesuli, benignissimo Principi, 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⌊Ioanni DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, ecclesiae Warmiensis antistiti, domino et patrono meo incomparabili

Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeylsbergaeHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋

Cum de tua erga me humanitate omnia optima mihi persuadeam, Ornatissime Praesul, benignissime Princeps, nihilque antiquius habeam, quam promissae fidei ac operae non defuisse, non possum, quin nugas meas Tuae Celsitudini, quamquam occupatissimae, iterum legendas obtrudam. In quam quidem partem peccare malim, quam neglectae operae solutaeque fidei suspicionem meo silentio incurrere. Quare Augustissimam Tuam Celsitudinem enixe precor, ut qua hactenus usus es in me humanitate, eadem quicquid hic poematis nomini tuo dedicamus, emaculatius aliquanto et locupletius, quam prius erat, redditum accipias, pariterque Aristarchum quendam te illi praebeas. Ius siquidem facio tuae eruditioni, Vir multo eruditissime, ut quocumque tibi visum fuerit modo hunc litterarium foetum tractes, verses, flagelles, perdas, serves. Quod si dignum iudicabis, qui, sub clarissimi nominis tui auspiciis eductus, publici iuris fiat, quo huius ludi litterarii instituto, ubi sub tuis etiam signis militamus, plus dignitatis famaeque accedat, oppido ac lubens id fieri patiar: quin et triumphali hac actione tuum ad nos plausibilem adventum ad proxima patriae comitia, si Deus Optimus Maximus dederit, excipere neutiquam gravabimur, modo cum bona tua gratia id fiat. Nihil etenim aeque cupiam atque te, talem ac tantum litterarum antistitem, huic litterario instituto fautorem, immo praesidem accedere. Tuae porro prudentiae retulerit, Praesul Optime, Princeps benignissime, decernere, si, vel ex tuo sit usu, vel ex reipublicae litterariae salute, ut hoc officium nostrum et in nuncupando et in exhibendo, Tua Celsitudo benigne admittat, cuius quidem sententiae tuae, me tuum clientem, vel tribus verbis certiorem facere non gravaberis, spero. Iis Tuam Celsitudinem quam felicissime valere cupio.

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, 8 Augusti Anno 1539.

Clarissimae Tuae Celsitudinis studiosissimus 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)⌋ Hagensis