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⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo WarmiensiIoannes 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⌋, domino suo gratioso ac clementissimo

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiose ac clementissime.

Post humillimam servitiorum meorum exhibitionem.

Etsi vires ex aegri <tu> dine nuper passa, quae per dies XIIII me lecto detinuit, nondum recuperavi, tamen curabo, ut desiderio Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae satisfiat ac ad eandem volente Domino ad 1539-08-22⌊feriam VI ante Bartholomei1539-08-22⌋ me conferam servitorem me exhibens, quocumque Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra iverit, etiam si eundum esset usque ad ipsos The Indi ⌊IndosThe Indi ⌋.

Ex quo autem, Reverendissime Domine, hic mei iuris officium gerens publicum non sum, rogo quam humillime, Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra dignetur Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabili capituloErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ significare me ad hanc profectionem a Reverendissima Paternitate Vestra vocatum esse, ut ansa calumniae nasutis nonnullis adimatur, qui dicturi essent, forsan me ingerere huiusmodi profectioni et pleraque alia.

Me gratiae Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae quam humillime commendo. Quam Deus Omnipotens nobis diu felicem ac incolumem conservare dignetur.

Datae Allenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estate⌊AllensteinAllenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estate⌋, die 12 Augusti 1539.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae deditissimus servitor Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊Achacius de TrenckaAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋