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Letter #3135

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Bona Sforza
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1543-04-05


Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 396r-v
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 60 (TN), No. 11, p. 35-36
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 251, p. 501

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 28

 

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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⌊Ioannes Dantiscus Episcopus VarmiensisIoannes 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⌋ Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌊Bonae Reginae PoloniaeBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌋

Serenissima Reginalis Maiestas et Domina, domina clementissima. Humillimam servitiorum et orationum mearum commendationem.

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Inter domum Burgundiae et Geldriensem dissidium componi non potuit, quod hac aestate instante non parvam rerum perturbationem pariet. De Gustav I Vasa (Gustav Ericsson) (*1496 – †1560), 1523-1560 King of Sweden; son of Erik Johansson and Cecilia Månsdotter ⌊Sweden (Suecia)⌊SueciaeSweden (Suecia)⌋ tyrannoGustav I Vasa (Gustav Ericsson) (*1496 – †1560), 1523-1560 King of Sweden; son of Erik Johansson and Cecilia Månsdotter ⌋, quod prius: nempe milites eum conscribere adhuc rumor est non raucus. Citizens of Hamburg ⌊HamburgensesCitizens of Hamburg ⌋, qui numerosas educere possunt naves, quarum non paucas a The Burgundians ⌊BurgundionibusThe Burgundians ⌋ per pacta ac foedera recuperarunt, illis iuncti relictis nobility of Denmark ⌊Danisnobility of Denmark ⌋ in England⌊AngliamEngland⌋ et in portus solitos navigationem struunt.

Haec sunt, quae de novis parens Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae iussis cum hoc nuntio scribenda se offerunt. Cum quo mihi inter eundum occursuro, si Serenissima Maiestas Vestra rescribi commiserit (quod summopere peto), ad ea praesertim, quae adhuc affecta manu in scheda exaravi, gratissimam mihi gratiam impartiet Serenissima Maiestas Vestra. Cui me suppliciter commendo atque omnia faustissima in aetate diutissime florente a domino deo intime precor.