Reverendissimo in Christo Patri ac 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 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⌋ episcopo Warmiensi etc., domino suo colendissimo

Reverendissime in Christo Pater ac Domine, domine Colendissime. Praemissa paratissima obsequiorum meorum oblatione.

Mirabitur, sat scio, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, unde gentium hae litterae mittantur, et ab eo, quem iamdudum fortasse ad superos commigrasse arbitrata est, vel cuius saltem apud eandem nulla memoria reliqua sit. Hic Lieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)⌊illeLieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)⌋ est, qui in Imperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌊comitiis AugustensibusImperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌋ anno XXX confecit chartam illam marinam universalem, Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae postea traditam. Quae pro opera impensa mihi tunc numerari iussit decem coronatos per Michiel De Vriendt (Michael Vrindius), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus during his stay at the imperial court in the Netherlands; nephew of Arendt Sturm (CIDTC, IDL 690, IDL 708, IDL 760, IDL 763, IDL 1356, IDL 597, IDL 2989, IDT 176)⌊Michaelem GandensemMichiel De Vriendt (Michael Vrindius), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus during his stay at the imperial court in the Netherlands; nephew of Arendt Sturm (CIDTC, IDL 690, IDL 708, IDL 760, IDL 763, IDL 1356, IDL 597, IDL 2989, IDT 176)⌋, cubicularium suum, cum obligatione aliorum totidem aliquando numerandorum. Vetus proverbium apud nos est: „Vetus debitum praestare veteri invidia”. Et quamvis nihil dubitem, quin Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima eorum adhuc memor sit, tamen haec ita accipi nolim, ut huiusmodi Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae in memoriam reducere videar et debitum postulare, sed eo dumtaxat spectant, ut et superstitem me adhuc esse sciat eadem Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra et mea opera et uti et abuti possit, si qua in re ea opus habeat.

De rerum autem mearum statu, quid aliud scribam, quam quod totus miseriae aulicae deditus sim? Inservivi ad aliquot annos serenissimae dominae reginae Mariae gubernatrici etc. Postmodum, hac relicta, contuli me in Hispanias ibique decedente imperatrice, obtinui officium feraldi sive fecialis. Eo hactenus functus sum et in presentiarum fungor. Et quia id officium usque adeo liberum est, vivo apud dominum Johannes Obernburger (Fabri) (*1500 – †1552), 1522 writer in imperial chancellery, 1524 registrator, 1532 secretary⌊Ioannem ObernburgerJohannes Obernburger (Fabri) (*1500 – †1552), 1522 writer in imperial chancellery, 1524 registrator, 1532 secretary⌋, secretarium in cancellaria caesarea. Illic fungor officio amanuensis vel scribae cancellariae in describendis privilegiis et aliis litteris, et interim subinde opera mea utitur caesar in conscribendis rebus geographicis chartisque, quarum est studiosissimus. Haec est summa rerum mearum.

Si Reverendissima Vestra Dominatio memoriam aliquam sui apud me relinquere dignabitur vel huic meae miseriae ex sua munificentia et liberalitate ob obsequium alias praestitum succurrere, ad magnificum dominum Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌊Cornelium ScepperumCornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌋, patronum meum unicum, tuto destinari poterit, quicquid id fuerit, et ego id omni officiorum genere promereri conabor erga Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram.

Quam felicissime valere opto eidemque me humillime commendo.

Worms (Vormatia), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river⌊WormatiaeWorms (Vormatia), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river⌋, VI Maii MDXLV.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae humillimus inservitor Lieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)⌊Levinus PanagathusLieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)⌋, heraldus caesareus