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Magnifico domino Ioanni Dantisco, consiliario et oratori regio, amico carissimo

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Magnifice domine, amice carissime.

Crebras ego quidem a te, fateor, accipio litteras; illis tamen quod tardius et non ad tempus respondeo, non accidit culpa vel neglegentia de te mea, sed quod et nuntii, qui perferant, raro hic reperiantur et ego gravi nimiumque longa aegritudine fatigatus nedum tibi longo intervallo disiuncto, verum et iis, qui proxime absunt, scribendo satisfacere non possum. Tu tamen quod crebro scribas, gratum mihi praestas officium, quod vicissim omni gratificatione referre tibi curabo.

Vehementer doleo te ita, ut scribis, pecunia et annuo tibi constituto negligi. Quia tamen hoc potius Barensis praefecti vel administratoris imprudentia, quam 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⌊maiestatis reginalisBona 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⌋ voluntate vel mandato accidisse constat, tu haec boni et aequi consulere bonoque animo esse debebis. Dubitare enim te non oportet grata esse officia et servitutem tuam utrique maiestati, pro qua scio illarum maiestates ad omnem occasionem tui aequam et benignam rationem habituras esse. Ad praesens autem 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⌊maiestas reginalisBona 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⌋ scribi fecit ad procuratores Bari (Barium, Status Barensis), duchy in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, Bari was a hereditary country of Queen Bona of Poland⌊ducatus sui BarensisBari (Barium, Status Barensis), duchy in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, Bari was a hereditary country of Queen Bona of Poland⌋ litteras, quibus illis mandat, ut subducta ratione annuorum et numerationis tibi factae de reliqua omni pecunia, BCK, 1595, p. 62 quae tibi secundum tempus exactum numerari debuit, respondeant illamque tibi dari, numerari aut rescribi curent. Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊Maiestas autem regiaSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ ultra hoc, quod equorum stipendium vult tibi debere, ad cuius nunc rationem ducentos aureos tibi mittit, et alios ducentos, quos credito ab argentariis acceperas, domino Seweryn Boner (*1486 – †1549), merchant and financial agent of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1520-1542 Burgrave of Cracow, 1524-1549 Governor and salt mine supervisor in Cracow, 1532 Castellan of Żarnów, 1535-1546 Castellan of Biecz, 1546-1549 Castellan of Sącz (PSB 2, p. 300-301; NOGA, p. 299)⌊Severino BonerSeweryn Boner (*1486 – †1549), merchant and financial agent of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1520-1542 Burgrave of Cracow, 1524-1549 Governor and salt mine supervisor in Cracow, 1532 Castellan of Żarnów, 1535-1546 Castellan of Biecz, 1546-1549 Castellan of Sącz (PSB 2, p. 300-301; NOGA, p. 299)⌋ solvi mandavit, praecepit etiam eidem domino Severino Boner, ut in singulos menses ad sumptus in Germany (Germania, Niemcy)⌊GermaniaGermany (Germania, Niemcy)⌋ faciendos centum aureos tibi a The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌊FoccarisThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌋ numerari procuret. Quare tu, quod datur, grato accipias animo. Et si forte haec tibi pecunia non fuerit satis, a The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌊FocarisThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌋ sumas mutuo, quos ego nihil dubito in hoc tibi gratificaturos iri.Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊ Maiestatem autem regiamSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ certo scio id, quod necessario acceperis, pro te esse dissoluturam. Namque Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊maiestas suaSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ in Imperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌊conventu imperiiImperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌋ tuam praesentiam necessariam sibi putat cum propter alia, quae ex improviso contingere possent, tum maxime, ut in his, quae indigne homines istic de maiestate regia vel suspicantur vel loquuntur, famam, dignitatem et innocentiam maiestatis suae defendas eaque omnia cures et agas, quae ad honorem BCK, 1595, p. 63 et decus suae maiestatis pertinere fueris arbitratus.

Monitorium contra dominum archiepiscopum decretum et instructionem manu tua scriptam frater tuus mihi reddidit, quae omnia ego utrique maiestati legi et ostendi. Et sane quod ad monitorium attinet, principio factum tuum de illo recepto hucque transmisso maiestatibus suis non erat gratum, postea tamen re perspecta culpae tuae id attribuere noluerunt, sed potius ignorationi earum rerum, quae hic ex munere neutralitatis suscepto maiestatis regiae cum a Ioannis tum a Ferdinandi regis adhaerentibus maximas et arduas difficultates assidue facessunt. Namque utrimque maiestas sua querimoniis et criminationibus variis impugnatur et lacessitur. Rex enim Ioannes edicta de non militando in Hungaria ad iniuriam sibi facta esse cum maiestate sua expostulat et contra, qui favent Ferdinando regi, arguunt maiestatem suam exinde occulte cum rege Ioanne sentire, quod aliquot Polonos temerario ausu et contemptu edictorum in Hungariam se contulisse intelligunt. Sed ut ad monitorium redeam, maiestati suae expedire videbatur, ut illud domino cardinali Sanctorum Quattuor BCK, 1595, p. 64 remitteret seque ex hoc odioso officio exoneraret. Nam metuebat maiestas sua, ne hac ratione offensus rex Ioannes vel regnum suae maiestatis Thurcis, quos ad praesens circa se habet, infestaret, vel a concordia et pace suscipienda, quam nunc maiestas sua per oratores diligenter tractat, animum revocaret. Quare in hunc modum se de non exsecuto monitorio per dominum cardinalem maiestas sua pontifici maximo excusat, ut tu ex exemplo earum litterarum, quod tibi cum praesentibus mitto, cognosces. Et sane hoc etiam ad officium tuum pertinebit, ut iisdem rationibus maiestatem suam excuses idque adiungas, maiestatem suam impedire nolle, si per suum nuntium vel aliquam aliam hic in regno personam pontifex ius et coerctionem suam in domino archiepiscopo exercere voluerit, quod etiam, si a principio Sanctitas sua fecisset, maiestati suae prohibere animus non erat, modo ab hoc officio persona maiestatis suae immunis haberetur. Namque maiestas sua pro benignitate sua et ut regnum periculis liberaret, nemini vellet esse vel suspicione vel facto obnoxia. Sed de hoc prudenti satis sit tantum scripsisse.

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Anno superiore cum maiestas sua in ducatu Lithuaniae ageret, officio et fide, quam debent maiestati regiae, permoti domini Lithuaniae postularunt concedi sibi ab eius maiestate, ut illa adhuc vivente filium maiestatis suae in dominum sibi optarent. Quod cum Deo operante admisisset maiestas sua, illi communi consensu et alacri animo ita fecerunt sublimaruntque eundem serenissimum maiestatis suae filium in solium ducale et paternum. Postquam vero huc maiestas sua redisset, omnes ordines regni Poloniae, ne in observantia et fide apud maiestatem suam concessisse dominis Lithuanis viderentur, in conventu Pyotrcoviensi, ad quem recta ex Lithuania rediens maiestas sua descenderat, mirifico consensu et communi omnium studio ac voluntate eadem ratione de coronando in regem filio maiestatem suam impense rogarunt. In quo cum etiam maiestas sua illis assensa fuisset, serenissimus illius filius XX Februarii hic Cracoviae in regem est coronatus. Cui solemnitati et consiliarii et proceres et nuntii provinciarum regni, item etiam illustrissimus dux Prussiae cum coniuge et domino Wilhelmo, fratre suo, interfuerunt, quod et maiestati suae cum filio et toti regno sit felix et faustum.

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Dominus Piotr Dłuski ⌊Petrus DluskiPiotr Dłuski ⌋, singularis et domesticus amicus et servitor meus, habet istic Andrzej Dłuski ⌊filiumAndrzej Dłuski ⌋ suum in contubernio domini Lewicki ⌊LeviczkiLewicki ⌋, quem ex certo consilio cuperet istic in aula 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⌋ in quopiam honesto loco collocare. Quare ego abs te magnopere rogo, ut illius et mea causa de loco et domino commodo illi provideas, eumque vel reverendissimi domini cancellarii vel alicuius alterius principis, qui continue sit in aula caesaris, servitio addicas. Quicquid enim in illum officii et beneficii in hac parte contuleris, ego tibi id benevolentia et gratificatione mea referre curabo. Pater vero ipsius id tibi optime merebitur.

Cetera tibi Bernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau⌊fraterBernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau⌋ coram verbis exponet, quem mature et sospitem ad te pervenire opto. Tu vero ut valeas salvusque sis et cito revertaris, multum cupio. Ac si non tam cito fueris reversus, scribendi officium non obmittas.

Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, XXV Aprilis anno Domini M-o D-o XXX-o.

Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌊Petrus episcopus CracoviensisPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌋ et vicecancellarius subscripsit