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Letter #596

A parish priest of St. Michael's Church in Ghent to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Ghent (Gandavum), 1532-02-23

English register:

The wife of the Bailiff [Arendt Strum] asked the parish priest of St. Michael’s in Ghent to inform Dantiscus that Livina will soon give birth. To conceal the matter from her elderly parents she is staying with another family until the delivery. She asks Dantiscus to send her some more money. The wife of the Bailiff has kindly assisted her with advice. If Dantiscus should return to Ghent, he can count again on a hospitable welcome in the house of the Bailiff.




Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 67, f. 252
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 410

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 293

Prints:
1CEID 2/2 (Appendix No. 14) p. 626-627 (in extenso; German register)

 

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Ad illustrissimum 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⌋ apud 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⌊caesaream maiestatemCharles 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⌋ 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⌊legatumIoannes 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⌋

Ne loquaciorem, quam par sit, Thersites one of the Greek soldiers in the Trojan War; secondary, negative character in Homer's Iliad; stands figuratively for a sharp-tongued and verbose critic⌊ThersitemThersites one of the Greek soldiers in the Trojan War; secondary, negative character in Homer's Iliad; stands figuratively for a sharp-tongued and verbose critic⌋ referam, Illustrissime Vir, paucis referam, quae insignis pietate matrona wife of Arendt STURM ⌊uxorwife of Arendt STURM ⌋ Arendt Sturm (*ca. 1466 – †after 1546), he belonged to a patrician family, of which several members held offices in the city magistrate; he was Dantiscus' host when he stayed in Ghent in 1531; under-bailiff in Ghent (L'ESPINOY, p. 190)⌊balivi GandensisArendt Sturm (*ca. 1466 – †after 1546), he belonged to a patrician family, of which several members held offices in the city magistrate; he was Dantiscus' host when he stayed in Ghent in 1531; under-bailiff in Ghent (L'ESPINOY, p. 190)⌋ me, ut scriberem, rogatum habuit. Lyncken, paramour of Ioannes DANTISCUS (Lynken, Livina) (fl. 1532)⌊LivinaLyncken, paramour of Ioannes DANTISCUS (Lynken, Livina) (fl. 1532)⌋ iam partui proxima omnem rem hactenus admodum secretam habuit, ut ne parentibus quidem iam senio confectis innotescat idque, quo fiat oportunius, in alienis degit aedibus degetque parturiens sumptibus licet paulo amplioribus, in quibus omne abs te acceptum aes fere expendit tuaeque humanitati et benevolentiae suam paupertatem commendat. Neque facile verbis consequi possim, quam benigne Lyncken, paramour of Ioannes DANTISCUS (Lynken, Livina) (fl. 1532)⌊illiLyncken, paramour of Ioannes DANTISCUS (Lynken, Livina) (fl. 1532)⌋ fuerit a consiliis dicta pia matrona wife of Arendt STURM ⌊uxorwife of Arendt STURM ⌋ Arendt Sturm (*ca. 1466 – †after 1546), he belonged to a patrician family, of which several members held offices in the city magistrate; he was Dantiscus' host when he stayed in Ghent in 1531; under-bailiff in Ghent (L'ESPINOY, p. 190)⌊baliviArendt Sturm (*ca. 1466 – †after 1546), he belonged to a patrician family, of which several members held offices in the city magistrate; he was Dantiscus' host when he stayed in Ghent in 1531; under-bailiff in Ghent (L'ESPINOY, p. 190)⌋ rogatumque te habet, ut, si Ghent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌊hucGhent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌋ divertaris, in suas aedes declines. Iam devovit se, familiam totamque supellectilem tuo obsequio.

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