BK 222, No. 47, p. 187

Salutem.

Te salvum advenisse vehementer gaudeo. 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)⌊CancellarioMercurino 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)⌋ cum non placuisset hospitium in Pínto, town in central Spain, Castile and León, 20 km S of Madrid⌊PintoPínto, town in central Spain, Castile and León, 20 km S of Madrid⌋, huc se contulit longeque melius habet, quam cum esset San Jerónimo el Real, monastery of Hieronymites (St. Jerome's Order) next to Madrid, where since the 15th century the Kings of Spain had their hunting lodge; they also used to wait there for their fiancées arriving, as the future Queen of Spain could not enter the city of Madrid before the marriage ceremony, which took place in the monastery's church. The Cortes of Castile also took place there. Today only the church and cloister remain, now situated within Madrid city⌊apud divum HieronymumSan Jerónimo el Real, monastery of Hieronymites (St. Jerome's Order) next to Madrid, where since the 15th century the Kings of Spain had their hunting lodge; they also used to wait there for their fiancées arriving, as the future Queen of Spain could not enter the city of Madrid before the marriage ceremony, which took place in the monastery's church. The Cortes of Castile also took place there. Today only the church and cloister remain, now situated within Madrid city⌋.[1] print 1 Quando umquam ,
ms 1 2 Quandocumque ⌈Quando umquam print 1 Quando umquam ,
ms 1 2 Quandocumque ⌉ ad 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)⌊eumMercurino 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)⌋ veneris, scio illi rem gratam te facturum. Veni cras ad prandium, si vacat. Sin minus, veniam ego ad te, si licebit. Munera tua accipio libentissime, tametsi print 1 potes,
ms 1 2 poteras⌈potesprint 1 potes,
ms 1 2 poteras⌉ ea ad discessum usque tuum servare. Vale.

print 1 Tuus Valdesius,
ms 1 2 omitted⌈Tuus Alfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)⌊ValdesiusAlfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)⌋print 1 Tuus Valdesius,
ms 1 2 omitted⌉

[1] Apud divum Hieronymum could mean “like in a royal residence”.

[2] Victoria – perhaps the capture of Milan (1526-07-24) at the beginning of the conflict between Charles V and the League of Cognac, or any subsequent minor success of the imperial troops in Italy. Identities of the mentioned envoys of the imperial army are not known, the Spanish one could be Fernando Marín (*1480 – †1527), abbot of Nájera, secretary of the emperor Charles V and commissioner of his troops in Lombardy during the Italian wars in the 1520s⌊Fernando Marín, abbot of NájeraFernando Marín (*1480 – †1527), abbot of Nájera, secretary of the emperor Charles V and commissioner of his troops in Lombardy during the Italian wars in the 1520s⌋. Information given by Valdés could also be a purely false rumour.