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Letter #5704

Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Vilnius, 1540-10-10
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-10-22

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, AGAD, AZ, 2999, f. 196
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 57 (TN), No. 144, p. 545-546
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 284, No. 117, p. 284
4register with excerpt in Latin, Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8243 (TK 5), a.1540, f. 38r-v

 

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Reverende in Christo Pater sincere dilecte.

De Gulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌊GnapheoGulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌋ magistro Elbingensi est nobis Paternitatis Vestrae et Elbing Town Council ⌊civium ElbingensiumElbing Town Council ⌋ cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon before 1540-10-10, CIDTC IDL 7298, letter lost⌊litteriscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon before 1540-10-10, CIDTC IDL 7298, letter lost⌋ supplicatum. Gulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌊QuemGulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌋ propter impia et pestifera fidei Christianae dogmata civitate exigendum decreto Diet of Poland ⌊conventus generalisDiet of Poland ⌋ Cracoviensis statuimus, quoniam in eo non postremam curam et sollicitudinem nostram semper consumptam esse voluimus, ut huiusce generis dogmatum auctores a populis nostris, quos sincerae et catholicae fidei sectatores esse, quoad nostra fieri potest studemus, procul abigantur. Qua in re nullam interponi moram salubre esse existimamus, tamen, habentes Paternitatis Vestrae intercessionis et Citizens of Elbing ⌊civium nostrorum ElbingensiumCitizens of Elbing ⌋ rationem, amplius Gulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌊illiGulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌋ paulo prorogandum exigendi terminum non dubitavimus, dum illi alium quempiam in istius suspecti locum doctum iuxta ac pium dispiciunt ac sufficiunt.

Nam, ut decretum hoc nostrum porro abrogemus, id nec dignitatis nostrae, nec salutis communis esse arbitramur, ut scilicet decretum assensu et voluntate Royal Council of Poland ⌊consiliariorumRoyal Council of Poland ⌋ factum absque eis a nobis rescindatur utque sic Gulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌊hominemGulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌋ in fide Christi suspectum impune inter nostros toleremus. Quin, quod Gulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌊illiGulielmus Gnapheus (Willem de Volder, Gulielmus Hagensis, Willem van de Voldersgraft) (*1493 – †1568), Dutch humanist, playwright; Catholic priest, then adherent to the Reformation; rector of the Gymnasium in the Hague; imprisoned twice, in 1531 emigrated to Prussia; 1535-1541 first rector of the Gymnasium in Elbing; 1541-1547 lived and taught in Königsberg; from 1547 to death stayed in East Frisia (i.al. as secretary to Countess Anna of Oldenburg and educator of her sons) (ORACKI 1984, p. 69; PAWLAK 1987)⌋ adhuc aliquantum temporis prorogatur, in eo conscientiam onerari suam Paternitas Vestra intelligat, cuius plane est officium non modo non sic suspectis hominibus patrocinari, sed eos deferre ac persequi habereque in tanta re, in qua de salute et tranquillitate publica agitur, leviorum etiam suspicionum rationem, ne cf. Sil. 7.353 gliscente malo ⌊gliscens malumcf. Sil. 7.353 gliscente malo ⌋ ingentes vires acquirat.

Bene valeat Paternitas Vestra.