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Reverendissimo stain⌈[Reverendissimo]Reverendissimo stain⌉ in Christo patri et(?) domino, 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⌊IoanniIoannes 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⌋ Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi nec non administratori Pomesaniensi, domino meo colendissimo

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Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine, domine mi colendissime. Studia mea sunt Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae ex animo debita et paratissima.

Omnium primum Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae ago magnas gratias, cum me solita pietate novissime recipere dignata est. Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊GdaniGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ plures dies, quam institueram, tentus fui. Nec ex eo etiam, c stain⌈[c]c stain⌉um carissimo germano Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae litteras dedi, t stain⌈[t]t stain⌉um q(uo)d nil dignum habebam i stain⌈[i]i stain⌉am(?) q(uo)d hinc ad Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, si quid esset p[...] stain⌈[...][...] stain⌉ram. Nunc quando omnia [...] stain⌈[...][...] stain⌉ repetii vel omnia silent, etiam [...] stain⌈[...][...] stain⌉ Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae significandum potius, quam penitus tacendum duxi. Ceterum abiens Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra mihi demandavit, ut ad Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram redirem, q(uo)d et facere habita commoditate non o{b}mittam. Nam quare accelerem causam, non video.

Nec dubito Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, uti coram petii, pro futura electione ad domum Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae propriam Deo favente secundis avibus declinaturam. Qui Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram diu salvam atque incolumem servare dignetur.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊FrauenburgFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, die VII Augusti anno MDXXXVII.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae Leonard Niederhoff (*ca. 1485 – †1545), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Nicolaus Copernicus and executor of his will; studied in Cracow, Leipzig and Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree; from 1511 parish priest of St. Bartholomew's Church in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1515 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), and from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1532 Dean of the Ermland Chapter; he also had a canonry in Kulm from which he resigned in 1533. In 1530, after Dantiscus' resignation, became a parish priest of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Gdańsk (KOPICZKO 2, p. 231; SBKW, p. 175)⌊Leonardus NiderhofLeonard Niederhoff (*ca. 1485 – †1545), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Nicolaus Copernicus and executor of his will; studied in Cracow, Leipzig and Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree; from 1511 parish priest of St. Bartholomew's Church in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1515 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), and from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1532 Dean of the Ermland Chapter; he also had a canonry in Kulm from which he resigned in 1533. In 1530, after Dantiscus' resignation, became a parish priest of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Gdańsk (KOPICZKO 2, p. 231; SBKW, p. 175)⌋ servitor.