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Letter #428

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Zaragoza, 1529-04-10

English register:

Valdés puts aside his resentment and anger, happy at Dantiscus’ letter and his decision to return to the imperial court. Dantiscus’ messenger received the passport for him immediately, he didn’t have to wait as had been the case when arranging the documents in connection with his leaving Spain. The emperor leaves Saragossa on Wednesday at the latest, the chancellor [Mercurino Gattinara] will remain there until April 19. Valdés suggests that Dantiscus come before the chancellery departs, this will make it easier for him to communicate with the Aragonese.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 53, p. 197
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 43 (TN), No. [53], p. 169

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 57

Prints:
1AT 11 No. 127, p. 113-114 (in extenso)
2VALDÉS 1996 Cartas y documentos, No. 64, p. 147 (in extenso)
3CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 32) p. 214-215 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Salutem plurimam.

Omitto expostulationes, depono stomachum, neque enim libet cum quoque hominum stomachari, ne videar tantum egomet mihi invidere gaudium, quo me tuis cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Alfonso de VALDÉS shortly before 1529-04-10, CIDTC IDL 6787, letter lost⌊litteriscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Alfonso de VALDÉS shortly before 1529-04-10, CIDTC IDL 6787, letter lost⌋ affecisti. Redibis tandem ad nos, quod felix faustumque sit. Vides, quam sit mihi gratior adventus, quam abitio. Fuit hic diu famulus tuus, ut haberet litteras, quibus tibi Spain (Hispania)⌊HispaniamSpain (Hispania)⌋ relinquere liceret et vix atque aegre eas a nobis impetravit aut potius extorsit. Quis enim non mallet te retinere, quam dimittere? At ubi hic tuus tabellarius advenit, cf. Passport issued by Charles V of Habsburg for Ioannes DANTISCUS, CIDTC IDT 249⌊litteras ad veniendumcf. Passport issued by Charles V of Habsburg for Ioannes DANTISCUS, CIDTC IDT 249⌋ huc petens, statim decretae, statim inscriptae, statim signatae atque expeditae sunt; eas igitur ad te mitto, tu fac, quamprimum ad nos venias. 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⌋ ad 1529-04-14⌊diem Mercurii1529-04-14⌋ hinc abiturus est, Mercurino Arborio di Gattinara (*1465 – †1530), humanist, jurist, trusted and influential advisor to Charles V; 1501 entered the service of the Habsburgs as legal counsel to Duchess Margaret of Austria, 1504 advisor and President of the Privy Council of Margaret of Austria, after the governoship of the Netherlands was entrusted to her, 1518 Grand Chancellor of Castile and later of Charles V as Roman Emperor, 1529 Cardinal of St. Giovanni a Porta Latina (after the death of his wife, Andreetta Avogadro) (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 12; CE, vol. 2, p. 76-80)⌊cancellariusMercurino Arborio di Gattinara (*1465 – †1530), humanist, jurist, trusted and influential advisor to Charles V; 1501 entered the service of the Habsburgs as legal counsel to Duchess Margaret of Austria, 1504 advisor and President of the Privy Council of Margaret of Austria, after the governoship of the Netherlands was entrusted to her, 1518 Grand Chancellor of Castile and later of Charles V as Roman Emperor, 1529 Cardinal of St. Giovanni a Porta Latina (after the death of his wife, Andreetta Avogadro) (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 12; CE, vol. 2, p. 76-80)⌋ manebit usque ad diem 1529-04-19⌊XIX huius mensis1529-04-19⌋. Tu fac, venias saltem ante abitionem Mercurino Arborio di Gattinara (*1465 – †1530), humanist, jurist, trusted and influential advisor to Charles V; 1501 entered the service of the Habsburgs as legal counsel to Duchess Margaret of Austria, 1504 advisor and President of the Privy Council of Margaret of Austria, after the governoship of the Netherlands was entrusted to her, 1518 Grand Chancellor of Castile and later of Charles V as Roman Emperor, 1529 Cardinal of St. Giovanni a Porta Latina (after the death of his wife, Andreetta Avogadro) (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 12; CE, vol. 2, p. 76-80)⌊cancellariiMercurino Arborio di Gattinara (*1465 – †1530), humanist, jurist, trusted and influential advisor to Charles V; 1501 entered the service of the Habsburgs as legal counsel to Duchess Margaret of Austria, 1504 advisor and President of the Privy Council of Margaret of Austria, after the governoship of the Netherlands was entrusted to her, 1518 Grand Chancellor of Castile and later of Charles V as Roman Emperor, 1529 Cardinal of St. Giovanni a Porta Latina (after the death of his wife, Andreetta Avogadro) (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 12; CE, vol. 2, p. 76-80)⌋, ut tanto facilius ab his The Aragonese ⌊ArragonensibusThe Aragonese ⌋ te possis explicare.

Vale.

Postscript:

Dominus probably Giovanni Bartolomeo di Gattinara (Giambartolommeo Arborio di Gattinara) (†1544), son of Pietro, nephew of chancellor Mercurino di Gattinara; Doctor of both laws, counsellor of emperor Charles V (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 37; CASALIS, p. 270)⌊Bartholomaeusprobably Giovanni Bartolomeo di Gattinara (Giambartolommeo Arborio di Gattinara) (†1544), son of Pietro, nephew of chancellor Mercurino di Gattinara; Doctor of both laws, counsellor of emperor Charles V (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 37; CASALIS, p. 270)⌋ ceterique amici omnes plurimum te salvere iubent.

Ite<ru>m vale.