CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #269

Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1525-10-05

received Toledo, [1526]-01-10

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, AGAD, AZ, 2999, f. 61
2	office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 29, No. 3758, f. 131r
3	office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GWLB, Ms XXXIV 1777, f. 263r-v
4	copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 225v-226r
5	copy in Latin, 16th-century, BCz, 257, p. 619-620
6	copy in Latin, 16th-century, BNW, 12547, f. 251r-v
7	copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 37 (TN), No. 99, p. 489-490
8	copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 64 (TN), No. 99, p. 269-270
9	copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 166, p. 283-284
10	copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 262, p. 162

Auxiliary sources:

1	register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 353

Prints:

1	AT 8 No. 240, p. 324 (in extenso)
2	AT 7 a.1525, p. 327 (in extenso)

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BNW, BOZ, 953, f. 61v

Magnifico 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⌋ secretario et oratori nostro sincere dilecto

BNW, BOZ, 953, f. 61r

Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊Sigismundus Dei gratia rex PoloniaeSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋, Magnus Dux Lituaniae, Ruasiae Prussiaeque etc. dominus et heres

BNW, BOZ, 953, f. 61r

Magnifice sincere nobis dilecte.

Etsi pro debito muneris tibi iniuncti crebro litteris tuis de omnibus rebus, quae ad nos spectare arbitraris, certiores nos facis, nosque vicissim ad omnia tibi accurate respondemus et quid facto opus, quicque istic nomine nostro agendum sit, frequentibus litteris nostris suggerimus; tamen, credimus, quod propter magnam locorum intercapedinem, qua disiungimur, litterae serius quam oportet perveniunt, et ideo minus miramur, quod, si quid istic non satis ex sententia nobis oboritur, aliunde quam ex tuis litteris cognoscimus, prout nobis modo accidit. Intelleximus enim ex quorundam hominum certa relatione, quod caesarea maiestas ducatum Barensem viceregi Neapolitano donare constituerit pro re bene gesta, quam in proelio, quod cum rege Gallorum nuper habitum est, navavit, nos vero quapiam alia re pro eo ipso ducatu placatos vel contentos efficere.

Tu bene scis, quod nos nihil aliud ab ipsa caesarea maiestate optamus, quam quod iure divino et humano nostrum est, et proinde id ipsum venale non habemus. Quare si quid eiusmodi istic olfeceris et deprehenderis, da operam, ut quam maxime poteris illud avertas eique pro virili tua occurras, caesareamque maiestatem verbis nostris plurimum roges, ne in causa iustissima nobis incommodari patiatur neve nos ad dimittendum sub quibuscumque condicionibus et modis ducatum nostrum Barensem inducere in animum inducat, nam in ea re nullo modo desiderio et voluntati illius satisfacere possemus. Id nos maiestati suae caesareae omni studio et facultate nostra rependere curabimus.

Haec et cetera, quae in rem nostram fore existimabis, solita tua diligentia curare studeas, nosque de omnibus rebus per primum quemque tabellarium reddas certiores.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, quinta die Octobris anno Ihesu Christi M-o D-o XXV-to, regni nostri anno decimo nono.