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Letter #61

Paweł PŁOTOWSKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
s.l., 1539-09-24
            received [1539]-09-25

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 68, f. 289

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 143

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 68, f. 289r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine mi clementissime, benefactor modis omnibus colendissime.

Post officiosissimam sui commendationem.

Immortales gratias ago et habeo Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae, quod fasci superinscribedcici superinscribedculum litterarum mearum incorruptum ad manus domini Stanisław Hozjusz (Stanisław Hosz, Stanislaus Hosius) (*1504 – †1579), diplomat and theologian; 1534-1538 secretary to the Bishops of Cracow Piotr Tomicki and Jan Chojeński; 1538-1549 royal secretary; 1538-1549 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1539 Cantor; 1540-1550 Canon of Cracow; 1549-1551 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1551-1579 Bishop of Ermland; in 1560 elevated to Cardinal; 1561-1563 Papal Legate to the General Council of Trent; in 1573 appointed Grand Penitentiary to Pope Gregory XIII (SBKW, p. 95-96; KOPICZKO 2, p. 129-130)HosiiStanisław Hozjusz (Stanisław Hosz, Stanislaus Hosius) (*1504 – †1579), diplomat and theologian; 1534-1538 secretary to the Bishops of Cracow Piotr Tomicki and Jan Chojeński; 1538-1549 royal secretary; 1538-1549 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1539 Cantor; 1540-1550 Canon of Cracow; 1549-1551 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1551-1579 Bishop of Ermland; in 1560 elevated to Cardinal; 1561-1563 Papal Legate to the General Council of Trent; in 1573 appointed Grand Penitentiary to Pope Gregory XIII (SBKW, p. 95-96; KOPICZKO 2, p. 129-130) obtulit se missuram. Quoad spiritum traham, hanc gratiam Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae promereri studebo, nam et certo scio, quin et hoc negotium, quod mihi est cum Quirinus Galler (†1543), a merchant from Passau and the Fuggers' agent in Rome; scribe of the Roman Rota and notary of the Roman Curia (RC, No. 443, 479, 485; NOVA 1981, p. 355-372 )QuirinoQuirinus Galler (†1543), a merchant from Passau and the Fuggers' agent in Rome; scribe of the Roman Rota and notary of the Roman Curia (RC, No. 443, 479, 485; NOVA 1981, p. 355-372 ), diligenter commendaverit sacratissimo 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 Austriaprincipi written over eeii written over e et regiSigismund 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 nostro. Libenter visitarem Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram, cum dominus Nikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of LivoniaNypczyczNikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia redierit a domino Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)principeAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544), sunt enim mihi nonnullam conferenda cum sua dominatione. Si possibile est, Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram oro, dignetur me certum reddere et quando servitorem suum Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of PolandCracoviamCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland expediverit, et cum redierit, et superinscribedetet superinscribed quid reportaverit de dieta scire cupio.

Cum his me clementi gratiae Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae iterum atque iterum commendo, optans eandem diu et felicissime vivere.

Datum 24 Septembris anno Domini 1539.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae addictissimus et obsequentissimus servitor Paulus Plothowski praepositus et canonicus Warmiensis