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Letter #6263

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Georgius SABINUS
s.l., [after 1547-02-26]

Early printed source materials:
1SABINUS 1558 (Ioannes Dantiscus episcopus Varmiensis Sabino s(alutem)) p. [170v-171r] (in extenso)
2SABINUS 1563 (Ioannes Dantiscus episcopus Varmiensis Sabino s(alutem)) p. 331-332 (in extenso)
3SABINUS 1578 (Ioannes Dantiscus episcopus Varmiensis Sabino s(alutem)) p. 331-332 (in extenso)
4SABINUS 1581 (Ioannes Dantiscus episcopus Varmiensis Sabino s(alutem)) p. 331-332 (in extenso)
5SABINUS 1589 (Ioannes Dantiscus episcopus Varmiensis Sabino s(alutem)) p. 331-332 (in extenso)
6SABINUS 1606 (Ioannes Dantiscus Episcopus Varmiensis suo Sabino s(alutem)) p. 3[03]-305 (in extenso)
7DANTISCUS 1764 (Ad eundem) p. 155-156 (in extenso)

Prints:
1DANTISCUS 1938 (Jedenastozgłoskowce do Jerzego Sabina) No. 18.3, p. 192-194 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
2Dantisci Carmina (Hendecasyllabi ad Georgium Sabinum) No. XLVI.3, p. 214-216 (in extenso)
3DANTISCUS 1973, 1987 (Hendecasyllabi ad Georgium Sabinum / Jedenastozgłoskowce do Jerzego Sabina) No. 3, p. 96-99 (in extenso; Polish translation, Anna KAMIEŃSKA)
4Antologia 1985 (Jedenastozgłoskowce do Jerzego Sabina) No. 3, p. 232--233 (Polish translation, Edwin JĘDRKIEWICZ)
5STARNAWSKI 2001 p. 36 (excerpt)

 

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Perlegi cupide tuum cf. ⌊libellumcf. ⌋ ,
Leporis, salis, eruditionis
Plenum, quem toties videre avebam.
Ex hoc ingenii libens acumen
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Amplexus, numeros iocosque dulces
Transcurri; neque Pegasus ⌊PegasumPegasus ⌋ volantem,
Quem clarum tibi stemma iussit esse
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⌋, praeterii, nec hoc, amicis
Quidquid Muses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌊PieridesMuses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌋ tuae dicarunt.
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Dignas hinc tibi gratias referre
Deberem siquidem, sed est supellex,
Scis, quam curta mihi, sub hac palaestra
Iam pridem qui Helicon, mountain in Greece, a temple of Apollo and a grove dedicated to the Muses was there located in antiquity; the ancients belived that the springs there gave poets inspiration⌊HeliconidasHelicon, mountain in Greece, a temple of Apollo and a grove dedicated to the Muses was there located in antiquity; the ancients belived that the springs there gave poets inspiration⌋ reliqui.
Ingratus tamen esse nolo totus:
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Si Lucretia nostra non placebit,
Quam mitto, veniam dabis; placere
Quod possit tibi forte, deinde mittam.
At patrocinio tuo tuisque
Doctis hendecasyllabis, Sabine,
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Indignus fuit ille sordidatus,
Pro quo tot precibus simul profusis
Exposcis veniam, licet sit usto
Dignus stigmate, contumax Iopas ⌊IopasIopas ⌋,
Qui tangens fidibus chelyn malignis
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Infames voluit meos fideles
Cives reddere, dixerat fidem quos
Infregisse; docere quod nequibat.
Poenas ferre graves calumniator
Coram iudicio, quod ergo fugit,
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Leges quas statuere, debuisset.
Quod porro quereris, gemis dolesque
Mortem Anna Schwarzerdt (*1522 – †1547), daughter of Philipp Melanchthon, since 1536 wife of Georgius Sabinus (NDB, Bd. 22, p. 320-321)⌊coniugisAnna Schwarzerdt (*1522 – †1547), daughter of Philipp Melanchthon, since 1536 wife of Georgius Sabinus (NDB, Bd. 22, p. 320-321)⌋ optimique Pietro Bembo (*1470 – †1547), Italian scholar, poet, literary theorist, historian, editor of Petrarch; an exponent of Ciceronian purism and one of the most important figures in the development of the Italian language as a literary medium; from 1513 secretary to Pope Leo X; in 1538 elevated to cardinal (CE, vol. 1, p. 120-123)⌊BembiPietro Bembo (*1470 – †1547), Italian scholar, poet, literary theorist, historian, editor of Petrarch; an exponent of Ciceronian purism and one of the most important figures in the development of the Italian language as a literary medium; from 1513 secretary to Pope Leo X; in 1538 elevated to cardinal (CE, vol. 1, p. 120-123)⌋,
Tecum condolui, piis utrisque,
Orans, Manibus ut quies beata
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Detur cum superis; et hanc utrisque
Nobis, quando vocabimur, petamus!
Nulli cedere nam solet propinquans
Cunctis terminus a Deo locatus.