Dem hochwirdigen in Got fursten und hern, hern 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⌊Johan 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⌋, / bischoven zu Kulm diocese (Chełmno diocese)⌊ColmenKulm diocese (Chełmno diocese)⌋, seiner 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⌊koniglichen maiestet zu PolenSigismund 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⌋ orator peÿ 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⌊romischer kayserlicher maiestetCharles 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⌋, meinem gnedigsten herren

an 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⌊romischer kaÿserlicher maiestetCharles 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⌋ hoff

Hochwirdiger in Got furst, genediger herre. / Nach erbittung meiner gantz willigen dinste /

wess ich Ewer Ganden auff ditz mal nichts anders anzuzeigen, / alleine wir haben nach unsern fromen Nikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌊NibschitzNikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌋ / noth alhii. / Hat die sachn dis hern margraff Jorgen vortragen, vorsich mich als pott der vortrag in buchstaben pracht wirdt, / szo zeucht hir von hinen. / In summa, er hat sich dermassen alhie gehalten, / das ich seiner kin schands hab gelaiste, auch ime nach meinem besten vormogen gut bruderschafft. / Ich willer Ewer Gnaden gerne etwas newes von hinen schreiben. Szo wiss sÿ wol, / wen ein anstand ader frid gemacht wirdt, / szo pegibt sichs selten etwas, / das do zu schreibn wer, / aber krig und unrhue gibt newerzeittung krafft. / Ferdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌊Romische konigliche maiestetFerdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌋ helt alhie haus zu Prague (Praha, Praga), city in central Bohemia, on the Vltava river, from the 9th century capital of Bohemia, archepiscopal see⌊PragawPrague (Praha, Praga), city in central Bohemia, on the Vltava river, from the 9th century capital of Bohemia, archepiscopal see⌋, / kan nicht wissen, wie lang. / Es hebt widderumb ein wenig an, vor die langeweile zu sterben, / doch nichts am hoff, allein under dem gemainen man. / So ist es auch ein tewrung alhie, / dergleichen kein mensch gedengk. / ... macze habers umb 17 gulden, die man vormals zu ... aber 3 gulden gekaufft hat, / aber Got hab lob, / es ist alhie gar ein schone zeit, / und alle fruchte stehen wol, / ist widderumb alles guttes zu hoffen. / Es wer auch schie zeit, das uns seine gotliche barmhertzigkheit eins mals / von solhem krieg, hunger und sterben erloset, / sunst mocht es in ein gewonhait khomen /

Ich wil Ewer Gnaden gepeten haben, / sy wolle meim bruder Cornelio vil guetes von meinet wegen anzeigen / und inen bitten, er welle mir den hern probably Alfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)⌊Valdesiumprobably Alfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)⌋ / und hern Alexander von Schweiß (†1533-1536), In 1522 he accompanied duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda to the Imperial court in Spain where, in 1523, he was raised to the nobility by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg, in 1529 and 1530 he followed the Imperial court to Italy and to the Diet of Augsburg, where he was appointed to translate the Augsburg Confession into French and to read before the assembly the Catholic "Confutatio" in reply to the confession; in the summer of 1529 he played a prominent role in the litigation between Hesse and Nassau concerning the succession in the county of Katzenelbogen; at least from 1511 secretary to the council of the Landgraviate of Hesse, by 1516 at the latest secretary of duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda, 1524-1533 Imperial secretary (CE, vol. 3, p. 235)⌊Alexandern SchweisAlexander von Schweiß (†1533-1536), In 1522 he accompanied duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda to the Imperial court in Spain where, in 1523, he was raised to the nobility by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg, in 1529 and 1530 he followed the Imperial court to Italy and to the Diet of Augsburg, where he was appointed to translate the Augsburg Confession into French and to read before the assembly the Catholic "Confutatio" in reply to the confession; in the summer of 1529 he played a prominent role in the litigation between Hesse and Nassau concerning the succession in the county of Katzenelbogen; at least from 1511 secretary to the council of the Landgraviate of Hesse, by 1516 at the latest secretary of duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda, 1524-1533 Imperial secretary (CE, vol. 3, p. 235)⌋ / von meinet wegen vast grussen, / und dem hern Alexandro anzeigen, das ich ine 2 brieff geschriben, aber kein anttwurt von im bekhomen, / sonder es wil mich bedungken, das ich vil vleissiger in seinen sachen, / als er in meinem gehandelt habe. / Er welle Alexander von Schweiß (†1533-1536), In 1522 he accompanied duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda to the Imperial court in Spain where, in 1523, he was raised to the nobility by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg, in 1529 and 1530 he followed the Imperial court to Italy and to the Diet of Augsburg, where he was appointed to translate the Augsburg Confession into French and to read before the assembly the Catholic "Confutatio" in reply to the confession; in the summer of 1529 he played a prominent role in the litigation between Hesse and Nassau concerning the succession in the county of Katzenelbogen; at least from 1511 secretary to the council of the Landgraviate of Hesse, by 1516 at the latest secretary of duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda, 1524-1533 Imperial secretary (CE, vol. 3, p. 235)⌊inAlexander von Schweiß (†1533-1536), In 1522 he accompanied duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda to the Imperial court in Spain where, in 1523, he was raised to the nobility by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg, in 1529 and 1530 he followed the Imperial court to Italy and to the Diet of Augsburg, where he was appointed to translate the Augsburg Confession into French and to read before the assembly the Catholic "Confutatio" in reply to the confession; in the summer of 1529 he played a prominent role in the litigation between Hesse and Nassau concerning the succession in the county of Katzenelbogen; at least from 1511 secretary to the council of the Landgraviate of Hesse, by 1516 at the latest secretary of duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda, 1524-1533 Imperial secretary (CE, vol. 3, p. 235)⌋ nach ermanen, / szo wirdt hers erkhennen, / das es vorgleicht sal werden, / wie die eine sache trifft mein bruder Konrad Maier ⌊Cunrat MaierKonrad Maier ⌋, / die ander ..., als er wol wissen hat. / Damit wil ich ouch Ewer Gnaden, der ich gantz und gar bin bevolhen. /

Datum Prague (Praha, Praga), city in central Bohemia, on the Vltava river, from the 9th century capital of Bohemia, archepiscopal see⌊PragPrague (Praha, Praga), city in central Bohemia, on the Vltava river, from the 9th century capital of Bohemia, archepiscopal see⌋, den ersten Iunii 1531.

Ewer Gnaden williger

Georg von Logschau (Georg von Loxau, Georgius Loxanus) (†ca. 1551), Bohemian secretary of Ferdinand I, King of the Romans, and his German Vice-Chancellor; 1527 - his envoy in Cracow (POCIECHA 2, p. 334-335)⌊Georg von LoxauGeorg von Logschau (Georg von Loxau, Georgius Loxanus) (†ca. 1551), Bohemian secretary of Ferdinand I, King of the Romans, and his German Vice-Chancellor; 1527 - his envoy in Cracow (POCIECHA 2, p. 334-335)⌋ etc.