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Letter #3555

Ioannes TRESLER to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Gdańsk (Danzig), [1533]-01-22


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1595, p. 489-490

Prints:
1AT 15 No. 25, p. 40-41 (in extenso; Polish register)

 

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Salutem Dico. Reverendissime Praesul, gratiosissime Domine.

Iam annus est, quo me frustratur exspectatio adventus Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae. Percontatus sum a strenuo domino Johann von Werden (Constellatus, cf. HE, No. 148, p. 150, footnote No. 12) (*1495 – †1554), 1526 Mayor of Gdańsk (Danzig), from 1527 Starost of Neuenburg (Nowe), 1532-1535, 1538, 1539, 1546, 1551 Burgrave of Gdańsk, from 1535 Starost of Preußisch Mark (Przezmark) (1535-1540 together with Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)), 1536/1537 envoy of the Council of Royal Prussia to the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland held in Cracow (SBPN 4, p. 433-435; ZDRENKA 2, p. 368-369; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 93, 161)Ioanne de WerdenJohann von Werden (Constellatus, cf. HE, No. 148, p. 150, footnote No. 12) (*1495 – †1554), 1526 Mayor of Gdańsk (Danzig), from 1527 Starost of Neuenburg (Nowe), 1532-1535, 1538, 1539, 1546, 1551 Burgrave of Gdańsk, from 1535 Starost of Preußisch Mark (Przezmark) (1535-1540 together with Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)), 1536/1537 envoy of the Council of Royal Prussia to the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland held in Cracow (SBPN 4, p. 433-435; ZDRENKA 2, p. 368-369; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 93, 161), cum ex proximis Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia comitiisProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeagueGdanumGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League rediret, num quippiam certi de reditu Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae in patriam nobis afferret. Retulit Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram cupere quidem Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeaguepatriamGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League videre quantocius, modo per occasionem liceret. Quam utinam felici auspicio quamprimum dii largiantur.

Ceterum, Reverendissime Domine, sacerdotes Gdanenses infinitis paene calamitatibus oppressi hoc tempore novi evangelionis, questi sunt apud me indictam eis esse novam insuper, contributionis videlicet, calamitatem, quo nihil gravius miseris, iam paene inedia confectis, accidere potest. Rogant, efflagitant, ut apud Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram studeam impetrare litteras ad reverendissimum Wladislaviensem, ne sic sua reverendissima dominatio pergat quicquid reliqui est vestium nudis detrahere, fecerit itaque Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra rem sua humanitate dignissimam, si miserrimos sacerdotes hac molestia liberaverit. Nec video, quid reverendissimo Wladislaviensi commoditatis exspectari queat a tam tenui et oppresso clero, si extorquere perget sua reverendissima dominatio, citius lacrimis quam nummis miserorum ditabitur.

Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam felicissime valere cupio et me de adventu suae Reverendissimae Dominationis certiorem facere dignetur. Quod si Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeaguepatriamGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League videre Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae molestum fuerit, cum strenuo domino burgrabio ad Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram libenter advolabo, tamen cum id opportunum fuerit Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, citati et requisiti, prout moris est, iuris atque stili etc.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae mancipium Ioannes Tresler (Dreszler) (†after 1548), born in Gdańsk, from 1509 studied at Leipzig and Bologna; promoted to doctor of medicine and canon law. In 1538 he made ineffective efforts to obtain a canonry of Ermland, then moved to Wrocław; maintained close contact with Nicolaus Copernicus; from 1519 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Wrocław (Breslau), and from 1523 its Custos; 1530-1538 town physician and syndic in Gdańsk (Danzig) (SCHWARZ 1939, p. 29; DREWNOWSKI 1978, p. 49, 104, 138, 211; BORAWSKA 2013, p. 319-320)Ioannes TresslerIoannes Tresler (Dreszler) (†after 1548), born in Gdańsk, from 1509 studied at Leipzig and Bologna; promoted to doctor of medicine and canon law. In 1538 he made ineffective efforts to obtain a canonry of Ermland, then moved to Wrocław; maintained close contact with Nicolaus Copernicus; from 1519 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Wrocław (Breslau), and from 1523 its Custos; 1530-1538 town physician and syndic in Gdańsk (Danzig) (SCHWARZ 1939, p. 29; DREWNOWSKI 1978, p. 49, 104, 138, 211; BORAWSKA 2013, p. 319-320)