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Letter #3550

Maciej DRZEWICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Piotrków, 1533-01-16


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, address in secretary's hand, BCz, 1595, p. 471-474

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 209

Prints:
1AT 15 No. 18, p. 32-33 (in extenso; Polish register)

 

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Reverendissime domine, amice et frater in Christo carissime et honorande.

Salutem in Domino et optatam felicitatem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi a Domino Deo precamur.

Non inutile fuisset, si Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio ad hunc Diet of Poland conventumDiet of Poland venisset, nam munere consecrationis statum suum adornasset ac perfectiorem faceret et accesioni futurae solidiora fundamenta iacere favore omnium potuisset. Quia tamen adversa valetudo id ipsum impedivit, aequo animo ferendum est et sperandum, quod Deus praescivit, illud tempore suo futurum est. Nos vero, quia principis erga ipsam animum exploratum habemus, bene ominamur, et faxit Deus, quod optamus. Super illa quaestione matrimonii satis superque Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi per filium Schachtman civis Gdanensis rescripseramus, probantes responsa data illustri principi Prussiae et pseudo episcopis mirarerque litteras nostras ad eandem non pervenisse, nam ille ipsas in Culmen officiali tradere debuit. Reverendissimus quoque dominus Cracoviensis in eandem sententiam se Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi scripsisse nobis retulit, probans illis bene esse responsum, igitur Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio persistat in sua sententia et nolit suum honorem dare alteri, nec patiatur, ut lupi eius ovibus insidientur. Quod vero debiti meminerit, ut patienter exspectemus, sumus contenti, quia nostrae intentionis est Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi semper placere.

In hoc nostro conventu, aliorum adventum exspectando praeter principis dignitatem, convivamur et nihil adhuc egregii in rem rei publicae aggressi sumus, sed iam hoc biduo Spiritus Sancti gratia invocata aggrediemur, sperantes, quod Dominus Deus noster non deseret nos et suggeret consilia securitatis et pacis.

Nipssicz nondum a serenissimo Romanorum rege rediit, sicque dubium est, uter alteri regum herbam porriget. Caesar aduc Bononiae est una cum summo pontifice, concilii celebrandi rem tractantes, quo autem eventu res cedet, incertum est, praesertim aliis regibus delirantibus. Opinio tamen est, quod auctoritas caesaris praevalebit pro religione reparanda et ubi concilium celebrabitur, dubio procul Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio ad volvendum saxum adhibebitur. Turci orator ad regem nostrum huc veniet. Sed de Opalensky nihil adhuc certi auditur, quid autem is afferet, audiemus, verum id suspicamur, quod pro Valacho intercedet. Alia nova hic modo non habemus praeter id, quod ambitiones ex morte olim domini Cracoviensis mirabiles succreverunt de officiis ab illo relictis. Optime valere eandem optamus et nos valebimus, si quid macis plus habebimus. Campensi nostro salutem dicatis.

Maciej Drzewicki (*1467 – †1535), in 1486 accompanied Filippo Buonaccorsi (Callimachus), as his secretary, during his mission to emperor Frederick III of Habsburg. In 1515 took part in the First Congress of Vienna, and then (together with Rafał Leszczyński and Dantiscus) in a mission to Venice on Emperor Maximilian I's behalf; after 1488 Canon of Cracow, 1492 Royal Secretary, 1492-1505 Scholastic in Cracow, 1493 Cantor at the collegiate chapter in Sandomierz, 1496-1531 Scholastic at the collegiate chapter in Łęczyca, 1497, 1499 Grand Royal Secretary, 1498-1514 Provost at the collegiate chapter in Skalbmierz, 1499 - at St. Florian's in the Kleparz district in Cracow, 1500 Canon of Poznań, 1501-1511 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1504 Bishop of Przemyśl, 1511-1515 Provost at the collegiate chapter of St. Michael at the Crown castle and Grand Crown Chancellor, 1513-1531 Bishop of Włocławek, 1531-1535 Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland, 1515 envoy of Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg (together with Rafał Leszczyński and Ioannes Dantiscus) to Venice (PSB 5, p. 409-412; Urzędnicy 10, p. 166)Mathias archiepiscopus GnesnensisMaciej Drzewicki (*1467 – †1535), in 1486 accompanied Filippo Buonaccorsi (Callimachus), as his secretary, during his mission to emperor Frederick III of Habsburg. In 1515 took part in the First Congress of Vienna, and then (together with Rafał Leszczyński and Dantiscus) in a mission to Venice on Emperor Maximilian I's behalf; after 1488 Canon of Cracow, 1492 Royal Secretary, 1492-1505 Scholastic in Cracow, 1493 Cantor at the collegiate chapter in Sandomierz, 1496-1531 Scholastic at the collegiate chapter in Łęczyca, 1497, 1499 Grand Royal Secretary, 1498-1514 Provost at the collegiate chapter in Skalbmierz, 1499 - at St. Florian's in the Kleparz district in Cracow, 1500 Canon of Poznań, 1501-1511 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1504 Bishop of Przemyśl, 1511-1515 Provost at the collegiate chapter of St. Michael at the Crown castle and Grand Crown Chancellor, 1513-1531 Bishop of Włocławek, 1531-1535 Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland, 1515 envoy of Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg (together with Rafał Leszczyński and Ioannes Dantiscus) to Venice (PSB 5, p. 409-412; Urzędnicy 10, p. 166) etc.