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Letter #424

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Toledo, 1529-02-01

English register:

Valdés informs Dantiscus that all his friends are well except young Johannes Obernburger, who was close to dying but recovered. Some died of the same disease, Cortés is also ill and it is uncertain if he survives. The emperor is sticking to his plans [of traveling to Italy]. The pope was very ill and there was even talk of electing his successor. The French don’t like Rome [as the seat of the pope] because of the proximity of the imperial army. Valdés puts himself in the position of someone without real influence on events, a spectator in the theatrum mundi.


            received Valladolid, [1529-02-08]

Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 51, p. 194-195
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 43 (TN), No. 9, p. 21
3lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 47

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 48
2register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 49
3register in English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.47

Prints:
1BOEHMER 1899 p. 399 (in extenso)
2AT 11 No. 32, p. 28-29 (in extenso)
3DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 64, p. 43 (excerpt)
4Españoles part IIIB, No. 7, p. 324 (excerpt in Spanish translation)
5VALDÉS 1996 Cartas y documentos, No. 54, p. 130 (in extenso)
6CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 30) p. 206-207 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Clarissimo viro, Domino 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⌊Ioanni 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⌋, serenissimi 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⌊regis PoloniaeSigismund 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⌋ oratori

Salutem plurimam.

Jan Lewicki (†1555), before 1522 sollicitator for Primate Jan Łaski's affairs in Rome, 1522 Latin secretary to Queen Bona Sforza; ca. 1524 Cantor in Płock; 1535 superintendent of Płock cathedral; 1535 presented to the parish in Biała and to the canonry of St. Michael's collegiate church in Płock; 1538 Commendatory Abbot of the monastery of Canons Regular of the Lateran in Czerwińsk; Queen's envoy to Charles V of Habsburg (POCIECHA 2, p. 96-97)⌊CollegamJan Lewicki (†1555), before 1522 sollicitator for Primate Jan Łaski's affairs in Rome, 1522 Latin secretary to Queen Bona Sforza; ca. 1524 Cantor in Płock; 1535 superintendent of Płock cathedral; 1535 presented to the parish in Biała and to the canonry of St. Michael's collegiate church in Płock; 1538 Commendatory Abbot of the monastery of Canons Regular of the Lateran in Czerwińsk; Queen's envoy to Charles V of Habsburg (POCIECHA 2, p. 96-97)⌋ tuum meis litteris vacuum ad te venire nolui. Nos Toledo (Toletum), city in central Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, on the Tagus (Tajo) river⌊hicToledo (Toletum), city in central Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, on the Tagus (Tajo) river⌋ tui rectissime valemus omnes, praeter unum Johannes Obernburger (Fabri) (*1500 – †1552), 1522 writer in imperial chancellery, 1524 registrator, 1532 secretary⌊Ioannem OberemburgensemJohannes Obernburger (Fabri) (*1500 – †1552), 1522 writer in imperial chancellery, 1524 registrator, 1532 secretary⌋, qui parum afuit, quin cf. Verg. A. 6.370 flumina tanta paras Stygiamque innare paludem; Verg. A. 6.323 Cocyti stagna alta vides, Stygiamque paludem ⌊Styx, river in Greek mythology separating the world of the living form of the world of the dead⌊Stigiam paludemStyx, river in Greek mythology separating the world of the living form of the world of the dead⌋ navigaritcf. Verg. A. 6.370 flumina tanta paras Stygiamque innare paludem; Verg. A. 6.323 Cocyti stagna alta vides, Stygiamque paludem ⌋. Servavit tamen nobis bonum Johannes Obernburger (Fabri) (*1500 – †1552), 1522 writer in imperial chancellery, 1524 registrator, 1532 secretary⌊iuvenemJohannes Obernburger (Fabri) (*1500 – †1552), 1522 writer in imperial chancellery, 1524 registrator, 1532 secretary⌋ divina bonitas. Periere nonnulli eodem morbo. Hernán Cortés de Monroy e Pizarro (*1485 – †1547), Spanish conquistador and Dantiscus' friend⌊CortesiusHernán Cortés de Monroy e Pizarro (*1485 – †1547), Spanish conquistador and Dantiscus' friend⌋ adhuc periclitatur et haud scio, utrum illi magis expediat morine an vivere, ut nunc quidem res humanae reguntur. 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⌊CaesarCharles 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⌋ in sua sententia perstat. Quid futurum sit, Deus ipse novit. Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici) (*1478 – †1534), 1523-1534 Pope⌊Pontifex RomanusClement VII (Giulio de' Medici) (*1478 – †1534), 1523-1534 Pope⌋ pugnabat cum morte atque aegre sustinebat conflictum. Uter eorum vicerit, incertum. Agebatur iam Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊RomaeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ de novo pontifice designando. Allegabant The French ⌊GalliThe French ⌋ suspectam Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊RomamRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ ob vicina 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⌊caesarisCharles 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⌋ arma dumque illi tumultuantur, nos, quibus in hoc mundi theatro spectatoris munus a superis datum est, fabulae exitum exspectabimus.

Vale.

Lewicki is mentioned as a person, who delivered the letters to Dantiscus at the time (el Senor Leuicio leuador desta), in the cf. Pedro GARCÍA Sr to Ioannes DANTISCUS Toledo, 1529-01-27, CIDTC IDL 3827⌊lettercf. Pedro GARCÍA Sr to Ioannes DANTISCUS Toledo, 1529-01-27, CIDTC IDL 3827⌋ of Pedro García Sr secretary of the council of Aragon (Españoles, p. 286)⌊Pedro GarcíaPedro García Sr secretary of the council of Aragon (Españoles, p. 286)⌋