Reverendissimo meo 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⌊domino CulmensiIoannes 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⌋ ad manus proprias

Reverendissime mi Domine observandissime.

Cum mitterem 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 League⌊GdanumGdańsk (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⌋ hunc meum canonicum, commisi illi ante omnia visere sanitatem mentis et corporis Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, quam plurimum rogo missas faciat istas animi perturbationes, haec enim calamitas et monstra, quae parit γυναικοκρατία, sunt illi cum multis summis ac etiam cum tota republica communia. Videbimus, quo tandem deveniemus et quale istorum finis. Ego interim Muses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌊MusulisMuses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌋ nostris me solor. Admoneo eos exemplis, quorum est nunc regnum aulicorum, ex quibus mitto haec paucula, plura cartae committere non audeo propter itinerarios eventus varios. Mitto etiam, quae habeo de rebus Ungaricis, reverendissimo domino nostro, qui eosdem manes, quos nos patitur, sed contemnit. Misi elegiam Vestrae Dominationi Reverendissimae, in qua nihil est, quod non in medio foro legi posset tutissime, et praesertim cum ea nunc omnium communis est querela.

Commendo me fraternae gratiae Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis.

Pułtusk (Poltovia), town in central Poland, Masovia, 26 km N of Warsaw⌊PoltoviaePułtusk (Poltovia), town in central Poland, Masovia, 26 km N of Warsaw⌋, 20 Aprilis 1534.

Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi addictus Andrzej Krzycki (Andreas Cricius) (*1482 – †1537), humanist, neo-Latin poet, diplomat, correspondent of Erasmus of Rotterdam; in 1525 he took part in the negotiations leading to the secularisation of the state of the Teutonic Order; from 1504 Canon of Poznań (from 1511 Scholastic, from 1519 Provost); from 1512 Canon of Cracow, Scholastic of Płock, and secretary to the first wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon, Barbara Zápolya; 1515-1523 royal secretary; 1518-1530 Provost of the Chapter of St. Florian in Cracow; 1522-1525 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1525-1527 Bishop of Poznań; 1527-1535 Bishop of Płock; 1535-1537 Archbishop of Gniezno, Primate of Poland (PSB 15, p.544-549)⌊PlocensisAndrzej Krzycki (Andreas Cricius) (*1482 – †1537), humanist, neo-Latin poet, diplomat, correspondent of Erasmus of Rotterdam; in 1525 he took part in the negotiations leading to the secularisation of the state of the Teutonic Order; from 1504 Canon of Poznań (from 1511 Scholastic, from 1519 Provost); from 1512 Canon of Cracow, Scholastic of Płock, and secretary to the first wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon, Barbara Zápolya; 1515-1523 royal secretary; 1518-1530 Provost of the Chapter of St. Florian in Cracow; 1522-1525 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1525-1527 Bishop of Poznań; 1527-1535 Bishop of Płock; 1535-1537 Archbishop of Gniezno, Primate of Poland (PSB 15, p.544-549)⌋