CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #5718

Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1545-02-06

received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1545-02-16

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, AGAD, AZ, 2999, f. 247
2	copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 38, p. 155
3	copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 62 (TN), No. 10, p. 37-38

Auxiliary sources:

1	register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 210

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Reverendo in Christo Patri 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 Episcopo VarmiensiIoannes 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⌋ sincere nobis dilecto

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⌊Si[gi]smundus Dei gratia rex 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⌋ supremus dux Li[th]uaniae Russiae Prussiae Mazouiae etc. dominus et heres

Reverende in Christo Pater et domine syncere nobis dilecte.

Nihil est, quod nobis agat Paternitas Vestra gratias de Wartenbergensibus. Fecimus libenter ita multis in nos Paternitatis Vestrae meritis exigentibus.

Quae vero scripserat ad nos antea de Pucensi negotio, grata nobis acciderunt, neque nos ea res quicquam offendit, quod ita suae erga nos fidei satisfacere contendit, ut factum tamen aliquid nolit contra eam fidem, quam Deo dedit, neque suae professionis ac personae, quam gerit, obliviscatur, quin haec illius religio magis etiam delectat animum nostrum, et quae semper spectatissima nobis fuit fides Reverendae Dominationis Vestrae, eam spectatiorem etiam nobis reddit et probatiorem.

Litteras obligationis, quae sunt apud Reverendam Dominationem Vestram ad nos mitti volumus, sed tempori, dies enim dictus coram nobis Citizens of Gdańsk ⌊GdanensibusCitizens of Gdańsk ⌋ est postridie Dominicae Invocavit. Ad quem diem eas habere velimus.

Quod in schaeda addit de Scultetorum liberis, qua condicione sint in Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊terris nostris PrussiaeRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋, libenter accepimus.

Bene valeat.

Datae Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, feria sexta mensis Februarii, anno Domini M-o D-o XLV-o, regni vero nostri XXX 9-o