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Letter #5788

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
[Augsburg?], [1530-06-26 — 1530-07-30?]

English register:

Valdés would greatly like to visit Dantiscus if he had time to spare. He will pass his invitation on to master Cobos, but reminds him that the man cannot stand a feast without girls. Valdés suggests that if he feels too old for such things, Dantiscus should task young Cornelis [De Schepper] with getting some girls.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 48, p. 191 (c.p. 1)
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 254, p. 985
3excerpt in English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.1C
4lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 1C

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 621 (b.p.)

Prints:
1CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 39) p. 228-229 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Salutem.

Utinam per otium liceret venire ad te, nihil eram libentius facturus Ceterum domino Francisco de los Cobos y Molina (*ca. 1477 – †1547), Andalucian nobleman born into the disadvantaged family of Diego de los Cobos, regent of Úbeda, and Catalina de Molina; 1503 scribe at the chancellery of Queen Isabella I of Castile; 1507 Treasurer of Granada; 1508 Regent for Úbeda, 1516 secretary to Charles I of Spain (later Emperor Charles V), Comendador for the Kingdom of Castile (KENISTON)⌊CovosFrancisco de los Cobos y Molina (*ca. 1477 – †1547), Andalucian nobleman born into the disadvantaged family of Diego de los Cobos, regent of Úbeda, and Catalina de Molina; 1503 scribe at the chancellery of Queen Isabella I of Castile; 1507 Treasurer of Granada; 1508 Regent for Úbeda, 1516 secretary to Charles I of Spain (later Emperor Charles V), Comendador for the Kingdom of Castile (KENISTON)⌋ tuam animi promptitudinem significabo, tametsi scias hominem non passurum, ut convivium absque puellis fiat. Quare, tu senex si illas pollicere non potes, id negotii domino Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌊CornelioCornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌋ manda, iuveni et imberbi.

Vale.