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⌋, praesuli dignissimo, domino suo observandissimo

Indefessam obsequiorum cum debita oboedientia exhibitionem.

Reverendissime Praesul.

Excepi et legi cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Iacobus HERMITZ shortly before 1547-09-13 , CIDTC IDL 7415, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Iacobus HERMITZ shortly before 1547-09-13 , CIDTC IDL 7415, letter lost⌋ Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae ea, qua decet, reverentia. cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Iacobus HERMITZ shortly before 1547-09-13 , CIDTC IDL 7415, letter lost⌊Quaecf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Iacobus HERMITZ shortly before 1547-09-13 , CIDTC IDL 7415, letter lost⌋ ultra, quam dici potest, me gaudio affecerunt, tum quod praeter meritum et exspectationem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae clientulo supplicanti tam incunctanter tamque comiter cf. Iacobus HERMITZ to Ioannes DANTISCUS shortly before 1547-09-12, CIDTC IDL 7414, letter lost;
Ioannes DANTISCUS to Iacobus HERMITZ shortly before 1547-09-13 , CIDTC IDL 7415, letter lost⌊responsumcf. Iacobus HERMITZ to Ioannes DANTISCUS shortly before 1547-09-12, CIDTC IDL 7414, letter lost;
Ioannes DANTISCUS to Iacobus HERMITZ shortly before 1547-09-13 , CIDTC IDL 7415, letter lost⌋ miserit, tum quod plus praestat amplissima ista Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae clementia (illustrissimi principis ornamentum), quam expetere audebam, cum Petrus (fl. 1547)⌊filiumPetrus (fl. 1547)⌋ istum, immorigerum etiam, paternis amplexibus dignatur. Immo extra caulam ecclesiae errantem non dedignatur, praesertim si fidem promissam re ipsa ratam faceret. Super haec Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra me commonefecit, ne in promissis magnificis simulatio lateret et, dum nunc Curium simulat, postmodum Bacchanalia vivat et nequiter se humiliet, ut subdole fallat. Propterea, ne periculo me imprudens implicarem, serio Petrus (fl. 1547)⌊huncPetrus (fl. 1547)⌋ coram generoso domino Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae praefecto Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌊Georgio ProykGeorg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌋ admonui et obstrinxi, quo de vitae prioris mutatione curaret, ne postea malo nodo malus cuneus quaerendus esset.

Ipse Petrus (fl. 1547)⌊PetrusPetrus (fl. 1547)⌋ constanter stipulatus fidem et Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌊domino capitaneoGeorg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌋, et mihi, ne nulla nos caperet dubitatio, quin praestare vellet, quod promitteret, videlicet Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae fidem firmam atque oboedientiam perpetuam, praeterea, ubi locorum in dominio Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae utilis esse posset, eo se promptum concedere Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae exhibet. Hinc spem concepimus firmam et fiduciam Petrus (fl. 1547)⌊PetrumPetrus (fl. 1547)⌋ post lapsum futurum stabiliorem et meliorem.

Tandem oro et obsecro Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae celsitudinem, ut haec scripta mea boni consulat. Cui me ipsum debeo, maxime, cum non sit alius quisquam, cuius officiis me tam esse devinctum non solum fatear, verum etiam gaudeam.

Precor, ut Deus Optimus Maximus Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram quam diutissime nobis sua gratia servet incolumem, praesertim in hoc rerum turbine et ecclesiae Catholicae perverso ordine.

Datae Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊BraunsbergiBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋, 13 Septembris 1547.

Iacobus Hermitz (Jakub Hermicz) (†1551)⌊Iacobus HermitzIacobus Hermitz (Jakub Hermicz) (†1551)⌋ parochus Braunsbergensis, Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae minister obsequentissimus