R(everendiss)imo principi d(omi)no 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⌊JoanniIoannes 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⌋ e(pisco)po Warmien(si), D(omi)no meo gratiosissimo

Hochwirdiger furst, genediger herre. / E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(naden) sein mein gantz willig ungesparte dinste / alzeit bevor. /

Darbeÿ gib ich E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(naden) zuerkhennen, das ich mit der 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⌊ro(mischen) ko(niglichen) m(aieste)tFerdinand 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⌋ von weg(en) on the margin⌈von weg(en)von weg(en) on the margin⌉ E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(naden) medium, was das vorbott / in die Silesia (Śląsk), region mainly in today's southwestern Poland, in 1526-1741 under Habsburg rule as part of the Czech-Hungarian legacy of Ferdinand I⌊SlesienSilesia (Śląsk), region mainly in today's southwestern Poland, in 1526-1741 under Habsburg rule as part of the Czech-Hungarian legacy of Ferdinand I⌋ belangent, / genugsam gredt hab / etc.

Darauff ist mir dise anttwurtt gefallen, / ire 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⌊ro(mische) k(o)n(igliche) m(aiestet)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⌋ zweifel nicht, / was sy in allem gehaim / mit E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(naden) gereth. / Darbey wil sy das also lassen pleiben / der zuvorsicht, / E(wer) F(urstliche) G(nade) werde als der vorstendige, / die ab Gotwil glug salige und nu confirmirte freuntschafft / helff(en) nach dem allerbesten fordern, / domitt / rhue, frid und ainigkheit / nicht allein zwischen / dem koniglichen personen, / sonder auch land(en) und leutt(en) pleibn mocht. / Das vorleihe der almechtige in ewigkheit amen. /

Denn warlich gnediger furst / die warheit zu schreiben, / so ist alle meine sach sider ich ein weib genomen / gantz und gar zum frid, und nicht zum krig gericht. /

Eins kan ich auch E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(naden) vor alle newzeittung nicht vorhalt(en), / das die 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 k(o)n(igliche) m(aiestet)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⌋ schon mit irem son, / das ist mit der Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊jung(en) k(onigliche)n m(aiestet) / von PolenSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋, prang, / dieweil, Got hab lob, / die hewrett also zum ende beschlossen BCz, 1595, p. 294 nentt in forthan nicht anders, / wen ire m(aieste)t seiner zu reden wirdt / mein her son / und ist gleich hoffertig, / das ire m(aieste)t, ab Gotwil, nach ein anher werd(en) wirdt. /

Sunst weisz ich E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(naden) nichts anders zuschribn(?), allein, / dieweil E(wer) F(urstliche) G(nade), Got hab lob, / hoch gesagen, / sy wolle des hern 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⌊NibschiczsNikolaus 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⌋ und meiner / als die alth diner nicht vergessen.

Dat(um) Neisse (Nysa, Nissa), town between Silesia and foothills of the Sudety mountains, 116 km SE of Wrocław⌊NeissenNeisse (Nysa, Nissa), town between Silesia and foothills of the Sudety mountains, 116 km SE of Wrocław⌋, den 20 Junii 1538.

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gancz dinstlicher

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)⌊G(eorg) v(on) 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)⌋