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Letter #323

Hugo ANGELO to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Valladolid, 1538-06-03
            received 1538-09-15

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Spanish, autograph, BCz, 307, p. 121-122
2copy in Spanish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8243 (TK 5), a.1538, f. 16r-v
3register with excerpt in German, Spanish, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 32, No. 586

 

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All muy Illustre y Reuerendissimo Señor, el señor don 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⌊Juan de Curis 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⌋, obispo de Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊VarmiaErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋ etc.

Muy Illustre y Reuerendissimo Senor.

Por falta de my Señor primo miçer Heinrich Ehinger (Enrrico Eynger) (†1537)⌊Anrique EyngerHeinrich Ehinger (Enrrico Eynger) (†1537)⌋, que Dios ha lleuado deste mundo como Vuestra Señoria antes desta habera sabido, / sabiendo quan seruidor era de Vuestra Señoria y la verdadera afficion y buena voluntad, que tenia a las cosas que a Vuestra Señoria Reuerendissima tocaban, y por haber el seydo parte y enterçessor del casamiento de la Juana Dantisca (*1527 – †1601), daughter of Ioannes Dantiscus and Isabel Delgada; wife of Diego Gracián de Alderete (SKOLIMOWSKA 2004, p. 52; LLAMAS 1995; LLAMAS 1999; LLAMAS 2001; LLAMAS, SKOLIMOWSKA; MELGAR, 37, ...)⌊señora su hijaJuana Dantisca (*1527 – †1601), daughter of Ioannes Dantiscus and Isabel Delgada; wife of Diego Gracián de Alderete (SKOLIMOWSKA 2004, p. 52; LLAMAS 1995; LLAMAS 1999; LLAMAS 2001; LLAMAS, SKOLIMOWSKA; MELGAR, 37, ...)⌋ me attrebo a supplicar a Vuestra Señoria. / Pues los negocios por la diuina voluntad han habido este effectu, / ansi que el señor Diego Gracián de Alderete (*ca. 1494 – †1586), humanist, translator from Greek and Latin into Castilian, became engaged to Dantiscus' daughter Juana on 1537-06-30, and married her in 1538; scribe and secretary to Emperor Charles V, later secretary to King Philip II of Spain (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000; CE, vol. 2, p. 122)⌊secretarioDiego Gracián de Alderete (*ca. 1494 – †1586), humanist, translator from Greek and Latin into Castilian, became engaged to Dantiscus' daughter Juana on 1537-06-30, and married her in 1538; scribe and secretary to Emperor Charles V, later secretary to King Philip II of Spain (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000; CE, vol. 2, p. 122)⌋ con la dicha Juana Dantisca (*1527 – †1601), daughter of Ioannes Dantiscus and Isabel Delgada; wife of Diego Gracián de Alderete (SKOLIMOWSKA 2004, p. 52; LLAMAS 1995; LLAMAS 1999; LLAMAS 2001; LLAMAS, SKOLIMOWSKA; MELGAR, 37, ...)⌊señoraJuana Dantisca (*1527 – †1601), daughter of Ioannes Dantiscus and Isabel Delgada; wife of Diego Gracián de Alderete (SKOLIMOWSKA 2004, p. 52; LLAMAS 1995; LLAMAS 1999; LLAMAS 2001; LLAMAS, SKOLIMOWSKA; MELGAR, 37, ...)⌋ ha ya belado y casado a usu y costumbre de nuestra sancta madre eglesia, adonde estubieron presentes el señor Gaspar Vayler (Gaspar Wayler), agent of the Fuggers in Spain⌊Gaspar VaylerGaspar Vayler (Gaspar Wayler), agent of the Fuggers in Spain⌋ y / otros quatro The Germans ⌊allemanesThe Germans ⌋ de mi nacion muy honradas personas. /

Y por que el dicho señor Diego Gracián de Alderete (*ca. 1494 – †1586), humanist, translator from Greek and Latin into Castilian, became engaged to Dantiscus' daughter Juana on 1537-06-30, and married her in 1538; scribe and secretary to Emperor Charles V, later secretary to King Philip II of Spain (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000; CE, vol. 2, p. 122)⌊secretarioDiego Gracián de Alderete (*ca. 1494 – †1586), humanist, translator from Greek and Latin into Castilian, became engaged to Dantiscus' daughter Juana on 1537-06-30, and married her in 1538; scribe and secretary to Emperor Charles V, later secretary to King Philip II of Spain (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000; CE, vol. 2, p. 122)⌋ es muy honrada persona mucho my señor y amigo, / que meresce todo bien y honra y lo ha hecho en todo tan generosamente no dudo que la dicha Juana Dantisca (*1527 – †1601), daughter of Ioannes Dantiscus and Isabel Delgada; wife of Diego Gracián de Alderete (SKOLIMOWSKA 2004, p. 52; LLAMAS 1995; LLAMAS 1999; LLAMAS 2001; LLAMAS, SKOLIMOWSKA; MELGAR, 37, ...)⌊señoraJuana Dantisca (*1527 – †1601), daughter of Ioannes Dantiscus and Isabel Delgada; wife of Diego Gracián de Alderete (SKOLIMOWSKA 2004, p. 52; LLAMAS 1995; LLAMAS 1999; LLAMAS 2001; LLAMAS, SKOLIMOWSKA; MELGAR, 37, ...)⌋. / Estará mejor tractada de lo que nadi<e> piensa y a la señora su Isabel Delgada (†after 1546-06-15), Dantiscus' paramour during his stay in Spain, mother of his two children, Juana and Juan (Juan died in childhood)⌊madreIsabel Delgada (†after 1546-06-15), Dantiscus' paramour during his stay in Spain, mother of his two children, Juana and Juan (Juan died in childhood)⌋ ha casado tanbien que viue muy honestamente y pues de Vuestra Señoria se espera algun bien, / fabor, / y ayuda de costa, / como es de mucha rrazon que Vuestra Señoria lo haga, / yo de mi parte la supplico lo haga tanbien y tan generosamente como todos sus seruidores lo desseamos de veer, / sabiendo la liberalidad y la magnanimidad que con otros no tan seruidores de Vuestra Señoria, como el dicho señor Diego Gracián de Alderete (*ca. 1494 – †1586), humanist, translator from Greek and Latin into Castilian, became engaged to Dantiscus' daughter Juana on 1537-06-30, and married her in 1538; scribe and secretary to Emperor Charles V, later secretary to King Philip II of Spain (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000; CE, vol. 2, p. 122)⌊secretarioDiego Gracián de Alderete (*ca. 1494 – †1586), humanist, translator from Greek and Latin into Castilian, became engaged to Dantiscus' daughter Juana on 1537-06-30, and married her in 1538; scribe and secretary to Emperor Charles V, later secretary to King Philip II of Spain (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000; CE, vol. 2, p. 122)⌋ y su Juana Dantisca (*1527 – †1601), daughter of Ioannes Dantiscus and Isabel Delgada; wife of Diego Gracián de Alderete (SKOLIMOWSKA 2004, p. 52; LLAMAS 1995; LLAMAS 1999; LLAMAS 2001; LLAMAS, SKOLIMOWSKA; MELGAR, 37, ...)⌊mujerJuana Dantisca (*1527 – †1601), daughter of Ioannes Dantiscus and Isabel Delgada; wife of Diego Gracián de Alderete (SKOLIMOWSKA 2004, p. 52; LLAMAS 1995; LLAMAS 1999; LLAMAS 2001; LLAMAS, SKOLIMOWSKA; MELGAR, 37, ...)⌋ son, / hasta agora y siempre era acostumbrado de usar. / Dexado a parte la rrazon que para ello ay y a Vuestra Señoria mas que a nadi<e> consta, / esto supplicamos todos los seruidores de Vuestra Señoria, y quando se offresca, que yo de mi parte lo pueda seruir a Vuestra Señoria, lo hare con muy entera voluntad.

Cuya muy Illustre y Reuerendissima persona nuestro Señor guarde y prospere y su casa acresçiente, como todos sus seruidores desseamos. /