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Reverendissime in Christo Pater ac Domine mi clementissime.

Cum videam Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram tantopere et sincero affectu valetudinis meae curam gerere, rependat eius benevolentiae vices Deus. Aliquid ulterius de ea scribendum duxi. Hesterno die, quae fuit vigilia Natalis Domini nostri Iesu Christi, interclusis vitalibus spiritibus videbar iam iam exhalaturus aad nimam, sed rogavi Dominum diligenter, ut saltem in posterum nativitatis suae diem me misericorditer servare dignaretur, ut viatico salutari munitus tanto maiori fiducia in communione fidelium et caelesti favore hinc migrare possem. Exaudivit mox vota mea Dominus et apertis spirituum meatibus respirare me permisit, adiciens desideratum a me diem. Adiecturus forte aliquot alios, sed ob letalem morbum et hominibus incurabilem vita mea diuturna esse nequit, nisi divinae miserationis virtute, praesertim absumpta iam prope carne et vitalibus humoribus exhaustis.

Iam aliquomodo Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam hoc iniucundo argumento non molestabo, saltem ea, quae saepenumero fortassis iam inculcavi, Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima boni consulat, et de mittenda cervisia triticea. De cetero nihil prorsus sit sollicita.

In causa confratris et amici mei, cuius vices profecto doleo, facile esset invenire consilium, quo citra magnum negotium decidi posset, si mihi suppeterent vires, praesertim capitis. Obversantur mihi praeterea animo me tam vivum, quam mortuum, in non parva pericula coniciendum, ubi res non satis tuto et caute ac secretssima fide tractata fuerit.

Proinde summopere curandum erit, ne minima iota harum rerum, si quas scribere mihi concesserit Dominus, prodeat, aut litterae vel nuntius Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae aperte ad me mittantur. Mox alioqui suspiciones emergunt innumerae, etiam in insontem. Quapropter titulum litterarum ad me Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra domino Fabianus Emmerich (*1477 – †1559), physician of Ermland bishops and canons, owner of seizeable library; built a hospital in Mehlsack; 1509 priest of archipresbyterial church in Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński); 1511-1513 chaplain of Allenstein (Olsztyn) castle; 1515 priest in Sątopy; 1520-1529 Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) canon; 1532 archipresbiter in Mehlsack (Pieniężno); since the thirties cathedral vicar in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1537-1543 secretary of Ermland chapter; 1547 Ermland canon (KOPICZKO 2, p. 64-65; SBKW, p. 53-54)⌊Fabiano EmrichFabianus Emmerich (*1477 – †1559), physician of Ermland bishops and canons, owner of seizeable library; built a hospital in Mehlsack; 1509 priest of archipresbyterial church in Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński); 1511-1513 chaplain of Allenstein (Olsztyn) castle; 1515 priest in Sątopy; 1520-1529 Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) canon; 1532 archipresbiter in Mehlsack (Pieniężno); since the thirties cathedral vicar in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1537-1543 secretary of Ermland chapter; 1547 Ermland canon (KOPICZKO 2, p. 64-65; SBKW, p. 53-54)⌋ [co]ntionatori, viro mea sententia sancto, inclusis litteris meis inscribat, addito mandato, ut eas mihi reddat, sed in aedibus etiam non meis, sed suis eas accipiens.

Haec salutis nostrae die prima scripsi. Plura, si dederit Dominus, cras subiciam. Iam me prope modum capitis vertigo occupat, ut plura nunc nequeam.

Quod ad dominum Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌊NicolaumNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌋ attinet, credo eum pariturum paternis admonitionibus Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae. Nec arbitror ullum esse in eius cf. Nicolaus COPERNICUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1539-01-11, CIDTC IDL 5773⌊litteriscf. Nicolaus COPERNICUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1539-01-11, CIDTC IDL 5773⌋ fucum, sed hoc futurum puto nunc, quod antea quoque factum est Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊p raecessore Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae idem urgente, hoc est descendet ... in oppidum Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊FrawenburgFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋ cum pueris in domum ad hoc coemptam et vix praeteribit dies, quando priores sit invisura sedes ac dominum suum salutatura, quandoque sola, quandoque etiam prolibus comitata, et metuo utramque, id est tam suam, quam domini sui rem domesticam administraturam. Cogetur itaque Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌊bonus ille virNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌋ utramque domum in suam magnam iacturam sustinere eritque scandalum priore longe pestilentissimum. Si vero non licebit interdiu congredi, beneficio noctis fiet. Et si a quopiam mulier in huiusmodi furtivo transitu visa aut deprehensa aliquoties fuerit (celari enim nolunt huiuscemodi mulierculae etiam in facinore parum honesto), quid offendiculi res sit paritura, quis non videt?

Ut autem in tempore his malis obviam eatur, salvo Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae iudicio, ita procedendum reor, quod eadem Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra hominem secundo clausis ac paternis litteris admoneat, superioribus tamen paulo severioribs ac brevissimis, ut eam litteris suis certiorem quam primum, hoc est circiter Kalendas Ianuarii, certiorem reddat, an iuxta promissa suam mulierculam cum prolibus ex aedibus suis amoverit, imo ut ei persuadeat, ut se in alium quempiam locum conferat ac domicilium Frawenburgense commutet, ne qua, vel minima, pristini congressus suspicio remanere possit. Unum furtivum aut nocturnum congressum si deprehendatur, ut raro fallit maiorem spargere infamiam, quam fortassis multorum mensium consuetam ac celatam cohabitationem. Cum admonitione futuri scandali si hic manserit, ut superius dixi, non enim diutius tolerare Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra aut se continere posset, quin contra alios quoque quamprimum sit processura et tam infame scandalum tandem aliquando amolitura, propter quod duorum aut trium culpa et Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, et totum ecclesiae collegium non solum hic in Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊patriaRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋, imo in ipso Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊regnoPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋ ac circum vicinis nationibus atque in ipsa media Germany (Germania, Niemcy)⌊GermaniaGermany (Germania, Niemcy)⌋ pessime audire. Quod aliis quoque inculcandum postea erit.

Quod si mulier hinc abire noluerit, facta Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊civitatisFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋ incola, nihil amplius negotii Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae cum domino, sed cum famula erit. Quam primum admonebit iuxta admonitionis hic a me insertae formulam, quam si contemnet, procedat Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra contra eam ordinaria auctoritate et ecclesiastica iurisdictione usque ad <ad> excommunicationem, aggravationem, reaggravationem et invocationem brachii saecularis, hoc est Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabilis capituliErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋, sub cuius ditione morabitur, ut eam Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae censuras exsequendas e consortio huius civitatis eiciant. Quod necessario faciendum erit et sic causa habitura est finem.

Sed habet, ut audio, litteras divortii, quas exhibebit, mulier. Verum tamen nihil hoc curet Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra (quod in secretissimam aurem dico) nec opus fore puto, ut iudicis sententia (quod molestum esse solet) rescindatur, sed relinquatur, ut valeat, quantum possit. Non enim talis separatio perpetua esse solet. Nihilominus nolle aliquomodo Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam tolerare, ut eius apud ecclesiam praesentia tantam nobis infamiam irroget, ut supradictum est.

Palam esse eam habere viventem maritum, cui et humano, et divino iure adhaerere teneatur, utcumque ad tempus sit divortiata. Publicum praetera existere, quod in publico adulterio ex aliis maritis intra tempus divortii progenerit aliquot proles, quod non modo censura ecclesiastica, sed humanis legibus sit puniendum. Ad quod nihil suffragatur quaecumque divortii sententia etc.

Quonam pacto ad ulteriores censuras, hoc est excommunicationem, aggravationem, reaggravationem etc. procedendum sit, hinc semper id exigo cum nec necessitas postulet, nec ego vires habeo, qui tantis sufficiant laboribus, qui haec ipsa revera non sine morbi mei augmento tam prolixe scribo, libenter etiam usque ad mortem Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae inserviens. Sed cum in hac una causa deinceps minime sit opus mea opera, non possum mihi persuadere Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam me aliquomodo hac in re frustra et profecto sine causa oneraturam. Habet dominum Nicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌊decanum GutstadensemNicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌋ ad manum tot annis cancellarium et in iudiciis ecclesiasticis diu versatum, et me forte si non melius, perinde tamen expertum, utpote recenter inde amotum, cum ego a multis iam retroactis annis ea omnia non modo abdicaverim, sed velut pestem aliquam, ut plerique sciunt, vitaverim. Tales enim processus initia sunt puerilia, quibus primum instituuntur novitii, seu iudiciorum ecclesiasticorum tirones. Quorum omnium formulas habet praefatus dominus Nicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌊decanusNicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌋, qui omnia legitime conficiet, si Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima ipsius opera utetur, quemadmodum necessarium esse iudico.

Verum tamen, si postea cum aliis aliqua perplexitas inciderit et dominus Nicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌊decanusNicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌋ meo consilio uti voluerit, non negabo, quale quale sit futurum, praesertim in tam pio et vehementer necessario negotio, in cuius consummatione laudem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae ex animo faveo. Si vero interim moriar aut viribus destitutus fuero, nihil dubito de Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae prudentia et domini Nicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌊decaniNicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌋ industria, quin nihilominus res sit processura feliciter, Deo fortunante, eventum.

Dominus 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌊AlexanderAlexander 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌋ dixisse fertur: ”Si dominus 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⌊episcopusIoannes 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⌋ coget me dimittere cocam, concedam Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊GedanumGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ revertarque, ubi apud ecclesiam aliquid deserviendum fuerit. Quo deservito mox illuc revertar instar domini Leonard Niederhoff (*ca. 1485 – †1545), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Nicolaus Copernicus and executor of his will; studied in Cracow, Leipzig and Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree; from 1511 parish priest of St. Bartholomew's Church in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1515 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), and from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1532 Dean of the Ermland Chapter; he also had a canonry in Kulm from which he resigned in 1533. In 1530, after Dantiscus' resignation, became a parish priest of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Gdańsk (KOPICZKO 2, p. 231; SBKW, p. 175)⌊decaniLeonard Niederhoff (*ca. 1485 – †1545), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Nicolaus Copernicus and executor of his will; studied in Cracow, Leipzig and Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree; from 1511 parish priest of St. Bartholomew's Church in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1515 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), and from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1532 Dean of the Ermland Chapter; he also had a canonry in Kulm from which he resigned in 1533. In 1530, after Dantiscus' resignation, became a parish priest of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Gdańsk (KOPICZKO 2, p. 231; SBKW, p. 175)⌋, relicta coca in suis aedibus a me emptis”. Sed huic nodo similis adhibendus erit cuneus. Et quia domini 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌊AlexandriAlexander 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌋ mentio incidit, succurrit mihi miserandae illius inter ipsum et Paweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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 Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌋ transactionis facies, et quoties obversatur animo, toties tanta rei indignitas animum mihi cruciat et morbi dolorem auget. Quid, q[u]aeso, tanta praecipitatione fuerat opus, ut me tantillum quidem temporis exspectari potuerit, donec Paweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌊bonus ille virPaweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌋ de pensione et regressu in Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊urbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ expeditis litteris assecuratus fuisset.

In his transactionibus talis processus observari solet, ut possessor renuntiaturus suo beneficio procuratores in Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊urbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ constituat ad cedendum adversario, ea tamen condicione et non aliter, ut pensio et regressus sibi reserventur. Adversarius constituat procuratores ad consentien[dum] in huiusmodi pensionem ac regressum. Reversis tum ex Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊urbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ eiuscemodi litteris, tunc primum vetus possessor de pensione et regressu securus factus evacuat possessionem, quae tunc adversario traditur. Hic adeo festinatum est et perinde ac si capitulum et ecclesia nec ad medii anni spatium, vel saltem trimestre, Alexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌊novo illo possessoreAlexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌋ carere nequaquam potuissent, puero scilicet nec facie, nec nomine capitulo cognito, tam subito in alienas fortunas irrumpens, de ecclesia nihil adhuc meritus, destituto bono Paweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌊illoPaweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌋ ac innocenti, optime tam de ecclesia, quam multis pontificibus merito, ut propterea etiam praebenda haec collata ei fuerit. Pro qua tot annis serviverat, eam nunc unius horulae intervallo amisit, et quod Paweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌊illiPaweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌋ non modo perniciosius, imo pudendum est. Coactus est et pecuniam addere, praetextu (ut arbitror) redimendarum litterarum pensionis et regressus, quas in perpetuum numquam assequetur, praesertim si Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima (quam Deus diu servet incolumem) viam universae carnis ingressa fuerit, mortales equidem sumus omnes.

Esto, vita contingat satis longa, quo iure aut qua ratione 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)

Alexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌊Alexandri illi duoAlexander 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)

Alexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌋ aut eorum alter a Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima ad litteras contra se expediendas cogi poterunt? Prorsus nullo. Proinde nec quadrantem unum, nec pactum regressum assequetur miser ille Paweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌊PaulusPaweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌋. Eventus docebit me verum fuisse vatem. Et si pauculo tempore certa eius rei argumenta Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae exponere licuisset, pedibus ac manibus ipsa etiam in meam itura fuisset sententiam. Cui antea firmiter constitutum fuerat, ut pensio minor XXX marcarum non penderetur, quam nunc ad X redactam audio. Sed perinde est, triginta sint, an una, quod neminem consultorem Paweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌊vir ille simplexPaweł Snopek (*after 1480 – †1554), close collaborator of Ioannes Dantiscus; Econom of the Dominium Ermland (Warmia); in 1524 mentioned as Canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) for the first time; 1528-1554 Provost of Guttstadt; 1536-1538 Canon of Ermland (in December 1538 he was forced 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)⌋ non habuerit, doleo, ipseque non minimam culpam me in hoc habere profiteor, quod eum rogaveram ob amorem salutis meae, ne me in hac causa aliquomodo aegrotum molestaret. Quod adeo pertinanter ac strenue fecit, ut interim unicum iota ad me non scripserit, nec ex eo unicum verbum de hac apud hanc ecclesiam a memoria hominum (ut puto) non audita et insolita concordia me certiorem reddit. Acceptam ferat hanc fortunam Alexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌊nepotisAlexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌋ dominus 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌊AlexanderAlexander 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌋ aegritudini meae, alioquin numquam assecuturus me sano. Quod callide praesensit ideoque nihil mecum, in cuius manu res erat, de concordia tractare umquam voluit. Ego certo mihi persuadeo omnes supradictae transactionis auctores iusto Deo de afflicta simplici innocentia severam rationem reddituros.

Sed quid, rebus omnibus iam - proh dolor - confectis, actum ago et frustra prolixius scribendo me crucio? Ut videlicet aestum curarum mearum in sinum Reverendissimae Domintionis Vestrae sinceriter effunderem et et maerorem cordis communione calamitatis nonnihil lenirem. Certum enim habeo Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae tam iucunda, quam tristia mea curae et paternae sollicitudini existere. Proinde minus eam aegre laturam, ubi quid morbi impatientia suggerente et ipsius facti indignitate permovente imprudenter aut parum continenter effuttierim. Quae solet boni consulere omnia, quae iniquo animo non fiant.

Postremo, ut aliquando tandem ineptias meas finiam. Audio dominum Valentinum Duschke camerarium extremum vitae suae tempus Deo dedicare et absolutum a curiarum strepitu et negotii[s] aulicis illi debitum pensum solvere constituisse, si modo cum gratioso favore Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae dimitti posset. Quapropter eandem Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram supplex oro, ut id (quia aequum videtur) etiam mea intercedente petitione impetrare et obtinere possit.

Commendo me devotissime Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae. Cui quid aliud, quam numinis caelestis favorem et gratiam imprecor, non video.

Ex Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊FrawenburgoFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, die Sanctorum Innocentum anno 1539.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae totus Felix Reich (*ca. 1475 – †1539), secretary to Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia), and his chaplain; from 1518 Chancellor to succeeding Bishops of Ermland: Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) and Mauritius Ferber; 1518-1525 Provost of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; 1526-1539 Canon of Ermland; 1528 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1529-1532 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko); 1538-1539 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland, and Custos of Ermland; 1528-1530 envoy of the Ermland Chapter to the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia (KOPICZKO 2, p. 265-266; BORAWSKA 1984, p. 176-177; SBKW, p. 200-201)⌊Felix ReichFelix Reich (*ca. 1475 – †1539), secretary to Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia), and his chaplain; from 1518 Chancellor to succeeding Bishops of Ermland: Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) and Mauritius Ferber; 1518-1525 Provost of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; 1526-1539 Canon of Ermland; 1528 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1529-1532 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko); 1538-1539 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland, and Custos of Ermland; 1528-1530 envoy of the Ermland Chapter to the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia (KOPICZKO 2, p. 265-266; BORAWSKA 1984, p. 176-177; SBKW, p. 200-201)⌋