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Letter #297

Bona Sforza to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1526-07-20
            received Valladolid, [1527]-03-17

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, BCz, 3465, p. 155-158
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 262, p. 152-154

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 384

Prints:
1AT 8 No. 247, p. 329-330 (in extenso)

 

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... et egregio ... utriusque iuris ... [secre]tario et oratori ... sincere nobis dilecto

Curia Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊caesarisCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋

Via The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌊VelserorumThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌋

Magnifice et egregie, sincere nobis dilecte.

Habuimus tuas sub data ex Seville (Sevilla, Hispalis, Sivillia), city in southwestern Spain, Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir river⌊HispaliSeville (Sevilla, Hispalis, Sivillia), city in southwestern Spain, Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir river⌋ in Betica Hispaniae 1526-05-13⌊13 Maii1526-05-13⌋ satis gratas et laetas cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Bona Sforza Seville, 1526-05-13, CIDTC IDL 6562, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Bona Sforza Seville, 1526-05-13, CIDTC IDL 6562, letter lost⌋, quibus significasti, non esse tanti habitum, quanti aliunde reputatum seditiosi nimium Anthonelli interitum, etiam si caesari deferatur, quod nobis audire placuit Tuaeque Strenuitati gratias agimus, quod nos ex eo apud [nos] perplexo liberavit dubio remque nostram tutam declarat salubri consilio. Nec posse illud nobis obesse, sicut iuste censemus citra omnem iacturam iurium nostrorum, verum tamen, si tentatum fuerit aliquid contra, Tua Strenuitas non ignorat, quid pro nobis non minus iuste quam rationabiliter respondere debeat et mentem nostram prioribus nostris litteris conformando recolligat, iunctis his, quae magnificus Ludovicus Aliphius, secretarius noster, eidem nunc scribit.

Consilium adversus Ludovicum de Montealto et Hannibalem, servum eius, comprobamus, et acceptamus officiumque hoc boni oratoris gratia nostra remuneramus.

De castro Barensi et eius castellano pendemus ex litteris suis, quas intactas remisimus sacrae regiae maiestati, domino nostro, et inde exspectamus, ut intelligamus, quae interea acta sint; attamen ea spe solamur, quam nobis satis bonam his litteris pollicetur, sumusque et gratae et contentae, quod consanguineus domini Sigismundi Loffredi sit noster castellanus, qui et meretur et placet et quanto citius, tanto nobis carior erit. Efficiat hoc Strenuitas Tua domini Sigismundi Lofredi adiutorio et opera dummodo castrum eripiatur de manibus illorum, quos iustis partibus nostris semper habuimus suspectos, immo infensos, quorum etiam, ut scribit, auctoritas minuitur, et utinam pereat sine caesaris indignitate cum illorum ignominia, qui privatam utilitatem et non caesaris honorem curabant.

De citatione peremptoria adversus impetitores nostros, rebus sic furentibus, silentio concedimus semperque bonis consiliis per Tuam Strenuitatem illic nanciscendis deferimus et acquiescimus et propterea haec suo arbitrio commiseramus et utinam Granatae finem horum haberemus sicut sperat Strenuitas Tua, tunc illam regiis ac nostris litteris revocaremus, quas donec expresse miserimus, nolumus quidem omnino inde pedem moveret.

De cambio CCC ducatorum apud dominos The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌊VelzerosThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌋ sumus contentissimae, redduntur et semper reddentur per Antonio Niccolo Carmignano (Suavius Parthenopeus) (†1544), humanist, poet, author of panegyrics extolling the Polish royal family (ca. 1532). From 1518 treasurer of Queen Bona Sforza; ca. 1525-1528 and 1535 General Treasurer of the Duchy of Bari; 1537-1544 Castellan of Bari (POCIECHA 2, p. 54-56)⌊Nicolaum CarminianumAntonio Niccolo Carmignano (Suavius Parthenopeus) (†1544), humanist, poet, author of panegyrics extolling the Polish royal family (ca. 1532). From 1518 treasurer of Queen Bona Sforza; ca. 1525-1528 and 1535 General Treasurer of the Duchy of Bari; 1537-1544 Castellan of Bari (POCIECHA 2, p. 54-56)⌋, Barensem thesaurarium nostrum, absque omni mora ac difficultate. Et licet decreveramus et tot litteris nostris insinuavimus Tuae Strenuitati ut salarium suum repeteret ea via et ab illis mercatoribus, quos Gian Giacomo de Dugnano ⌊Ioannes Iacobus DunignanowGian Giacomo de Dugnano ⌋, mercator Venetus, nostro nomine demonstraret, quia tamen videmus impeditam esse intentionem nostram et infectam viam illam, iam Strenuitas Tua utatur officio et benevolentia dominorum The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌊VelserorumThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌋ aut The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌊FocarorumThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌋, vel quos horum maluerit, dummodo sit firmus et securus una via. Nos illis et rependemus favore nostro et restituere mandamus cessante omni difficultate et mora. Debet his CCC se sustentari usque ad mensem Septembrem, sicut nobis scribit, sed nondum nec prius redibit, donec eam expresse revocaverimus, et deinde tam pro suo honore quam etiam honestissima inde expeditione consulemus.

Redimus ad castellum Barense et dicimus quosdam servos et familiares castellani egredientis e castello occidisse satis indigne duos cives Barenses subditos nostros, et postquam petita fuit iustitia desuper apud collaterale consilium, hactenus non fuit obtenta, et ut credimus plures erunt similes errores per istum castellanum, nam et istos homicidas clandestina fuga liberabit et aliis malum exemplum et scandalum dabit, quod Tua Strenuitas coram caesarea maiestate proponat et hanc rationem deducat pro relaxando castello nostro.

Nil nobis inde scripsit de illustri domino Ferdinand Duke of Calabria (*1488 – †1550)⌊duce CalabriaeFerdinand Duke of Calabria (*1488 – †1550)⌋, consanguineo nostro et conubio eius, quod scire cupiebamus.