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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 VarmiensiIoannes 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 colendissimo

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Reverendissime Domine, domine colendissime.

Officiosissimam servitutis meae commendationem.

Magister Iacobus quemadmodum sit absolvendus — nondum enim est absolutus — ex reverendissimi domini litteris cognoscet. Vehementer offensa est maiestas regia, quamquam reginalis maiestas, ut narrat magister Iacobus, excepit eum non inhumaniter. Consilium Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae probatur Vestrae reverendissimo domino. Idem et ipse censet, sed de constantia metuit, ne idem accidat, quod in Piitrckoviensibus comitiis, ubi dici potuit: “Parturiunt montes”. Nam texi videtur tela Penelopes.

Novarum hic rerum nihil est, nisi quod hodie Deo duce nos cum serenissimo rege Cracoviam seniore, regina vero Elisabetha Vilnam proficiscitur cum suo. Quae sit animi nunc distractio, facile Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra coniecturam facere potest, sumus enim in procinctu. Quamobrem dabit veniam brevitati. Mauricium aut Psittacum in horas expectamus. Per eum scribentur omnia fusius.

Deum precor, ut Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram diu servet incolumem et felicem. Cuius me gratiae commendo.

Ex Brest-Litovsk (Brześć nad Bugiem, Brześć Litewski), town in western part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, today southwestern Belarus⌊BrziieszczieBrest-Litovsk (Brześć nad Bugiem, Brześć Litewski), town in western part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, today southwestern Belarus⌋, tertio Idus Octobris, 1544.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae servitor deditissimus Stanisław Hozjusz (Stanisław Hosz, Stanislaus Hosius) (*1504 – †1579), diplomat and theologian; 1534-1538 secretary to the Bishops of Cracow Piotr Tomicki and Jan Chojeński; 1538-1549 royal secretary; 1538-1549 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1539 Cantor; 1540-1550 Canon of Cracow; 1549-1551 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1551-1579 Bishop of Ermland; in 1560 elevated to Cardinal; 1561-1563 Papal Legate to the General Council of Trent; in 1573 appointed Grand Penitentiary to Pope Gregory XIII (SBKW, p. 95-96; KOPICZKO 2, p. 129-130)⌊Stanislaus HosiusStanisław Hozjusz (Stanisław Hosz, Stanislaus Hosius) (*1504 – †1579), diplomat and theologian; 1534-1538 secretary to the Bishops of Cracow Piotr Tomicki and Jan Chojeński; 1538-1549 royal secretary; 1538-1549 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1539 Cantor; 1540-1550 Canon of Cracow; 1549-1551 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1551-1579 Bishop of Ermland; in 1560 elevated to Cardinal; 1561-1563 Papal Legate to the General Council of Trent; in 1573 appointed Grand Penitentiary to Pope Gregory XIII (SBKW, p. 95-96; KOPICZKO 2, p. 129-130)⌋ cantor et canonicus Varmiensis