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Letter #3882

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Achatius TRENCK]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-08-09

English register:

Dantiscus expresses the wish that the addressee as a representative of the [Ermland (Warmia)] Chapter should go with him to Königsberg for the wedding of the daughter of [Melchior von Kreytzen], Master of the Duke’s [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach’s] court. The real purpose of the journey is not so much the wedding as a meeting and talks with the Duke.

He is sending back Valentinus. He hopes the man will get better, but doubts he will ever get wiser. He commends him to the addressee’s care.




Manuscript sources:
1office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 93v (t.p.)

Prints:
1CEID 1/2 No. 91, p. 301-302 (in extenso; English register)

 

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...e. [S]alutem et felicitatem.

Superiori die humanissime cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1539-07-21, CIDTC IDL 4958⌊litteriscf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1539-07-21, CIDTC IDL 4958⌋ [suis dux vicinus noster me invitavit ad] nuptias, quas Elisabeth von Kreytzen (*1509 – †ca. 1579), daughter of Melchior von Kreytzen, Master of the court (Hofmeister) of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern (HARTMANN 1525-1550, p. 320-321; https://www.geni.com/people/Elisabeth-von-Tettau/6000000022672459498)⌊filiaeElisabeth von Kreytzen (*1509 – †ca. 1579), daughter of Melchior von Kreytzen, Master of the court (Hofmeister) of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern (HARTMANN 1525-1550, p. 320-321; https://www.geni.com/people/Elisabeth-von-Tettau/6000000022672459498)⌋ Melchior von Kreytzen (*ca. 1475 – †1557), councillor to Duke Albrecht von Hohnzollern, and from 1533 Master of his court (Hofmeister) (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 359, 833; MAŁŁEK 1967, p. 121 footnote 37, 165)⌊magistri curiaeMelchior von Kreytzen (*ca. 1475 – †1557), councillor to Duke Albrecht von Hohnzollern, and from 1533 Master of his court (Hofmeister) (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 359, 833; MAŁŁEK 1967, p. 121 footnote 37, 165)⌋ suae struit in Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌊Monte Regi[o]Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌋ ... [pr]o futuro 1539-08-24⌊Divi Bartolomei festo1539-08-24⌋, summopere a me postulans, ne eo ...erme conferre, non adeo ad hoc matrimonii gaudium, quantum ad mutuum ob multas et non vanas rationes colloquium. Quod cum non commodum solum, verum et necessarium utrumque esse agnosco, negare non potui meque pro die statuto ve[n]turum sum pollicitus. De Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊confratribusErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ itaque nostris quem ad eum congressum ac pro deco[re] nostro mecum habere debeam, magis aptum et idoneum hoc tempore, quam Dominationem Vestram, invenio neminem. Quam oro, sic rebus suis disponat, ut se ad hoc iter mecum accingat hucque temporius veniat, quo ante exitum de singulis agendis inter nos despicere possimus.

Remitto bonum nostrum Valentinus (fl. 1534-1539), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus as Bishop of Kulm⌊ValentinumValentinus (fl. 1534-1539), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus as Bishop of Kulm⌋, qui utinam melius valeret. De Valentinus (fl. 1534-1539), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus as Bishop of Kulm⌊quoValentinus (fl. 1534-1539), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus as Bishop of Kulm⌋ vix resipiscentiae spem reliquam esse existimo. Valentinus (fl. 1534-1539), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus as Bishop of Kulm⌊EumValentinus (fl. 1534-1539), oeconomus of Ioannes Dantiscus as Bishop of Kulm⌋ velit Dominatio Vestra, vel pietatis causa, habere commendatum.

Quae feliciter valeat.