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Letter #386

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Scipione di SOMMA
Burgos, 1527-12-02


Manuscript sources:
1office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 242, p. 221-224
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 1366, p. 33-34
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 157, p. 661-663

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 484

Prints:
1AT 10 No. 6, p. 9-10 (in extenso)
2AT 10 No. 19, p. 20-21 (in extenso)

 

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Magnifice Domine. Commendationem plurimam.

Accepi 1527-12-01⌊prima huius mensis1527-12-01⌋ cf. Scipione di SOMMA to Ioannes DANTISCUS Naples, 1527-09-27 (5 Kalend(das) Octobris), CIDTC IDL 6672, letter lost⌊litterascf. Scipione di SOMMA to Ioannes DANTISCUS Naples, 1527-09-27 (5 Kalend(das) Octobris), CIDTC IDL 6672, letter lost⌋ Dominationis Vestrae Naples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania⌊NeapoliNaples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania⌋ 1527-09-27⌊5 Kalendas Octobris1527-09-27⌋ datas, quibus me humaniter arguit, quod iam a multo tempore litteras a me non acceperit, cum tamen ad longum de omnibus 1527-06-14⌊14 Iunii praeteriti1527-06-14⌋ ex Valladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌊ValleoletiValladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌋ cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Scipione di SOMMA] Valladolid, 1527-06-14, CIDTC IDL 351⌊scripserimcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Scipione di SOMMA] Valladolid, 1527-06-14, CIDTC IDL 351⌋, quae eo se tempore offerebant, suspicor, quod haec mea scripta ad Dominationem Vestram non pervenerint. Queritur idem magnificus dominus Sigismondo Loffredo (*ca. 1480 – †1539), Charles V's secretary for Italian affairs (POCIECHA 2; POCIECHA 4)⌊Sigismundus LoffredusSigismondo Loffredo (*ca. 1480 – †1539), Charles V's secretary for Italian affairs (POCIECHA 2; POCIECHA 4)⌋, cui litteras meas transmittendas dederam, quod suae etiam fortasse sint deperditae. Ab eo tempore nihil se tale offerebat, quod Dominationem Vestram a me scire oportuit, fuimus etiam dispersi propter pestem, quae in Valladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌊ValleoletiValladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌋ saeviebat paulo ante; quod ad Dominationem Vestram commode hucusque scribere non potuerim, dabit igitur pro sua in me benevolentia veniam, deinceps crebrius quam prius scripturus.

Ea, quae spectant novam commissionem pro magnifico domino Cola Maria di Somma (*1488 – †ca. 1545), Dantiscus supported his efforts to obtain the post of the castellan of Bari; advisor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1528-02-28 castellan of Bari (POCIECHA 2, p. 275, 285-286; http://www.genmarenostrum.com/pagine-lettere/letteras/di_somma.htm)⌊Cola Maria de SummaCola Maria di Somma (*1488 – †ca. 1545), Dantiscus supported his efforts to obtain the post of the castellan of Bari; advisor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1528-02-28 castellan of Bari (POCIECHA 2, p. 275, 285-286; http://www.genmarenostrum.com/pagine-lettere/letteras/di_somma.htm)⌋, ut castellanus Bari (Barium, Status Barensis), duchy in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, Bari was a hereditary country of Queen Bona of Poland⌊arci BarensiBari (Barium, Status Barensis), duchy in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, Bari was a hereditary country of Queen Bona of Poland⌋ praeficiatur, dedi cum magnifico domino Sigismundo Loffredo hic etiam quam potui operam mittoque eandem Dominationi Vestrae in ea forma, qua prius, paulo post duplicatas cum alia provisione desuper Granatae facta missurus. Rogo Dominationem Vestram plurimum, quam primum ista commissio exsecutionem suam habuerit, me certiorem reddere non gravetur. Spero enim postquam cum Bari, castle and city in southern Italy, capital of Duchy of Bari⌊castelloBari, castle and city in southern Italy, capital of Duchy of Bari⌋ res hoc modo perfecta fuerit, quod subinde a 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

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌊serenissimis dominis meisSigismund 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

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌋ hinc ex hoc ergastulo revocabor, faciat itaque rem mihi Dominatio Vestra gratissimam, si cum primis mihi, quid cum hac commissione factum fuerit, significaverit.

Velim etiam Dominatio Vestra mihi clare perscriberet, quomodo negotium de adoha habeat, in quibus iuribus seu indultis desuper serenissima reginalis maiestas nitatur, quo certius edocerer, quid hic ea in re impetrare a maiestate caesarea debeam. De gratia parum spei habeo: si nobis certa consuetudo ut in regno Neapolitano usu accepta vel alia iura non subvenerint, cf. Adagia 1.4.75 ⌊a sicco pumice aquam postulabimuscf. Adagia 1.4.75 ⌋. Quodcumque in his Dominationi Vestrae expedire videbitur, pro servitio hoc serenissimam maiestatem, in quo sumus, copiose ad me perscribere velit, quo semel haec tragoedia cothurnos deponat et nos colophonem imponere possemus.

Aliud ad praesens non resta{n}t, quam quod me Dominationi Vestrae plurimum commendo et rogo, ubi potest, scribat saepius, quandoquidem litteris Dominationis Vestrae doctissi<mi>s oblector summopere illisque oppido quam libentissime semper respondebo.