Magnifico 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⌋, serenissimi domini, domini Poloniae regis apud caesaream maiestatem oratori, domino et amico observando

In aula caesareae maiestatis

Salutem.

cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Jan ZAMBOCKI Toledo, 1525-09-01, CIDTC IDL 7027, letter lost⌊Litteraecf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Jan ZAMBOCKI Toledo, 1525-09-01, CIDTC IDL 7027, letter lost⌋ tuae, quibus me de obitu Catelli mei solatus es, 1525-09-01⌊Kalendis Septembris1525-09-01⌋ e Toledo (Toletum), city in central Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, on the Tagus (Tajo) river⌊ToletoToledo (Toletum), city in central Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, on the Tagus (Tajo) river⌋ scriptae redditae mihi tandem post longam intercapedinem sunt 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⌊GdaniGdańsk (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⌋ eo die, quo severa nimium et acerba quaestio habita est de Citizens of Gdańsk ⌊GdanensibusCitizens of Gdańsk ⌋ tuis, quorum quasi princeps quidam fuisse videbatur quidam Hanns Schulcz. Is dies fuit 1526-05-04⌊quartus Maii1526-05-04⌋ mensis. Cuius rei seriem et historiam, si tibi in universum describere deberem, tecto et umbra mihi opus esset, quibus videlicet rebus historiarum scriptores gaudere solent, quaeque me (ut scis) deficiunt. Scio praeterea, quid a reverendissimo domino episcopo Cracoviensi de his rebus ad te perscriptum sit. Illinc poteris nonnihil conicere, sed plura ex fratre tuo, qui istuc ad te proficiscens maria et terras emensurus est, quique magnam partem earum rerum, quae hic Gdani actae sunt, coram contemplatus est et, quid futurum speratur, perspicere potuit. Adiectis adhuc 5 diebus tres continuos menses hic transegimus. De discessu nonnihil tractatur, sed is, quo die fut<u>rus est, nobis furfantibus non constat.

Causari videris, quod ad te rarius scribam. Dispeream, si quispiam alter crebriores det ad te epistulas aut si quisquam me uno plus te diligit vel colit et observat. Sed ego, postea quam tu Naples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania⌊NeapoliNaples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania⌋ discessisti, vix unas atque alteras accepi a te litteras easque perbreves et Laconicas. Quae tamen mihi erant gratissimae. Cum vero volumina epistularum tuarum huc advehuntur, tu autem sive occupationibus distentus sive taedio scribendi me praetermittis, id ego facillime paterer, modo certo scirem veterem tuam (quam ego nulla commodi mei proposita spe semper summopere expetebam) in me benevolentiam nulla in parte esse diminutam. Quandoquidem ego ab amicis (si tamen aliquorum amicitia dignus existimor) non tam verba vel longam scriptionem, quam in amicitia fidem et perseverantiam desidero amicitiasque ut non facile admitto, sic semel susceptas (si modo me id iactare non ridebis) sanctissime, ne dicam pertinacissime servare mihi videor. Id ipsum etiam mihi velim ab aliis fieri, praesertim cum non sim nescius etiam amicitiis sua fata impendere. Sed tu certus sis me tibi hactenus esse addictum et fore tantisper, dum me reieceris, facultatemque tibi commodandi potius quam voluntatem mihi deesse.

Curia, immo tota patria nostra veterem illum suum praeclarum cursum tenet, quem etiam (quamvis longe abes) tamquam coram adesses pro tua rerum peritia considerare potes. Viget manetque illa (nobis cum toto orbe terrarum communis, qua etiam creator omnium Deus gaudere et delectari existimatur) rerum varietas atque mutabilitas. Nescio, an aliquis sit contentus sorte sua. Ille crucem sceleris praemium tulit, hic diadema etc. Premit insontes debita sceleri noxia poena etc. Pauperes egent, divites abundant, amant iuvenes, desperant senes, mediocres queritantur. Ego (ut tibi meam stultitiam referam) torpeo et attonnitus obstupesco atque, ut saxum Niobe, paene obrigui. Sed satis philosophatum. Si non fatuisatum, modo et hora divos adeundi appetit, qua re cessandum est aliquando et rumpenda haec loquacitas. Illud scias me nihil aeque cupere (qualiter te etiam expetere necesse est) quam reditum tuum huncque celerem. Vive, vale mei memor.

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⌊GdaniGdańsk (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⌋, 5-ta die Iulii 1526.

Tuus Jan Zambocki (*ca. 1480 – †1529), royal courtier, from 1527 a paid informer of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern at the royal court in Cracow. Together with Ioannes Dantiscus and Mikołaj Nipszyc, he formed the "triumvirate" of friends who were the front runners of a group of courtiers known for their fondness for entertainment; 1503 scribe in the royal chancellery; 1528 royal secretary; 1511 royal envoy to Masovia; 1519, 1526, 1527 - to Warmia and the Prussian Estates (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 271; ORACKI 1988, p. 220-221)⌊Ioannes SzamboczskiJan Zambocki (*ca. 1480 – †1529), royal courtier, from 1527 a paid informer of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern at the royal court in Cracow. Together with Ioannes Dantiscus and Mikołaj Nipszyc, he formed the "triumvirate" of friends who were the front runners of a group of courtiers known for their fondness for entertainment; 1503 scribe in the royal chancellery; 1528 royal secretary; 1511 royal envoy to Masovia; 1519, 1526, 1527 - to Warmia and the Prussian Estates (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 271; ORACKI 1988, p. 220-221)⌋