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Letter #5749

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Palencia, [1527]-10-07

English register:

Valdés regrets that Dantiscus has decided to stay in Torquemada because he had prepared a place for him in Palencia, moving some of his own things to the chancellor’s [Mercurino Gattinara’s] quarters. Dantiscus doesn’t need a passport to come to Palencia because Valdés' influence will ensure his admittance. The chancellor leaves for Burgos on Wednesday afternoon or early on Thursday morning. Valdés suggests that Dantiscus join the chancellor’s retinue in Torquemada or in Palençuela. He promises to try to arrange for Dantiscus to live right next to him in Burgos. Valdés writes that the emperor gave the chancellor an exceptionally gracious reception, he would rather tell him the details in person. Contrary to Valdés' expectations, it wasn’t Marshal Cilly who was sent to Burgos but master le Borgne. It would be useful for Dantiscus to write to him about lodgings.


            received Paredes de Nava, [1527]-10-08

Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 57, p. 204-205
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 254, p. 990-991
3register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.43
4lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 43

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 472

Prints:
1BOEHMER 1899 p. 394-395 (in extenso)
2DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 45, p. 32 (reference)
3Españoles part II, No. 38, p. 206-207 (excerpt in Spanish translation)
4VALDÉS 1996 Cartas y documentos, No. 34, p. 98-99 (in extenso)
5CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 12) p. 157-159 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Clarissimo Viro, 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 DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, serenissimi 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⌊regis 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⌋ oratori.

Salutem plurimam.

Dormiebat 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)⌋, cum redditae mihi sunt cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Alfonso de VALDÉS Torquemada, 1527-10-07 or shortly before, CIDTC IDL 6762, letter lost⌊litteraecf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Alfonso de VALDÉS Torquemada, 1527-10-07 or shortly before, CIDTC IDL 6762, letter lost⌋ tuae, ad quas ut paucis respondeam, fuit mihi admodum molestum, ubi te in Torquemada (Turrecremata), town in central Spain, Castile and León, 21 km NE of Palencia⌊TurrecremataTorquemada (Turrecremata), town in central Spain, Castile and León, 21 km NE of Palencia⌋ mansisse intellexi, nam ut tibi commodius hospitium esse posset, res meas omnes 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)⌊cancellariumMercurino 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)⌋ transportare feceram. Nunc autem video te ad tuam piscationem reversum esse. 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)⌋ decrevit vel 1527-10-09⌊die Mercurii1527-10-09⌋ a prandio vel 1527-10-10⌊Iovis1527-10-10⌋ summo mane (ut solet) hinc discedere recta versus Burgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌊BurgosBurgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌋. Quare non opus est, ut litteras salvi conductus petas, verumtamen, si libet Palencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌊hucPalencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌋ venire, iam tanta mihi accessit auctoritas, ut facile, quos velim, introducam. Veni, non deerit hospitium nec intrandi facultas. Consultius tamen iudicarem, ut vel in Torquemada (Turrecremata), town in central Spain, Castile and León, 21 km NE of Palencia⌊TurrecremataTorquemada (Turrecremata), town in central Spain, Castile and León, 21 km NE of Palencia⌋ vel in Palenzuela, town and castle in central Spain, Castile and León, 39 km NE of Palencia⌊PalençuelaPalenzuela, town and castle in central Spain, Castile and León, 39 km NE of Palencia⌋ 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)⌊cancellariumMercurino 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)⌋ sperares atque nobiscum usque ad Burgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌊BurgosBurgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌋ ires; curabimus, ut sit tibi domus nostrae proxima.

Quo vultu 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⌋ exceperit 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)⌊cancellariumMercurino 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)⌋, malo ore exponere, quam hic scribere. Certe nihil hactenus vidi nec commodius, nec humanius, prout tibi relatum esse non dubito. Cetera ego praesens exponam. Marescalchus Jean III de Trazegnies (*ca. 1470 – †1549 or 1550), accompanied Eleanor of Austria to Portugal in 1519; according to other sources he was also sent to Portugal to marry Isabella of Portugal on behalf of Charles V; Lord of Trazegnies and Silly, Count of Autreppes; councillor and Grand Chamberlain of Charles V; Captain General of the land and county of Hainaut; Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (VERRIEST; DE VOCHT 1953, p. 379-382)⌊CillyJean III de Trazegnies (*ca. 1470 – †1549 or 1550), accompanied Eleanor of Austria to Portugal in 1519; according to other sources he was also sent to Portugal to marry Isabella of Portugal on behalf of Charles V; Lord of Trazegnies and Silly, Count of Autreppes; councillor and Grand Chamberlain of Charles V; Captain General of the land and county of Hainaut; Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (VERRIEST; DE VOCHT 1953, p. 379-382)⌋ non fuit missus Burgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌊BurgosBurgos, city in northern Spain, Castile and León⌋, uti sperabam, ivit tamen Ioanninus Bourchonus (le Borgne, Ioannes de Borgoingne) ⌊Ioanninus BourchovusIoanninus Bourchonus (le Borgne, Ioannes de Borgoingne) ⌋, quem vocant le Borgne, vir probus et qui sui similes amat. Scribe illi, ut habeas hospitium non longe a 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)⌋. Nihil mihi tua consuetudine gratius.

Vale.