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Letter #642

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon
Ghent (Gandavum), 1531-06-15
            received 1531-07-05

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 12, No. 1464, f. 239-241
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 325r-326v
3copy in Latin, 16th-century, BK, 216, No. 115, f. 135r-136v
4copy in Latin, 16th-century, BNW, 12630, No. 115, f. 137r-138v
5copy in Latin, 17th-century, BCz, 266, p. 260-265
6copy in Latin, 17th-century, BK, 227, No. 115, f. 125v-127r
7copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 46 (TN), No. 114, p. 465-469
8copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 194, p. 409-410
9copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 267, p. 224-227

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8242 (TK 4), a.1531, f. 55

Prints:
1AT 13 No. 194, p. 188-190 (in extenso)

 

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Serenissima Regia Maiestas et Domine, Domine Clementissime. Humillimam perpetuae meae servitutis commendationem.

Dedi Ghent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌊hincGhent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌋ cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon Ghent (Gandavum), 1531-04-04, CIDTC IDL 608;
Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon Ghent (Gandavum), 1531-05-19, CIDTC IDL 628⌊novissimascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon Ghent (Gandavum), 1531-04-04, CIDTC IDL 608;
Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon Ghent (Gandavum), 1531-05-19, CIDTC IDL 628⌋ meas ad Maiestatem Vestram Serenissimam 1531-04-04⌊4 Aprilis1531-04-04⌋ et 1531-05-19⌊19 Maii1531-05-19⌋, in quibus abunde descripsi, quae tum se offerebant; ad praesens nolui eam opportunitatem omittere, cum caesar hinc hodie versus Bruxellas rursus proficiscatur, quin scriberem; utar tamen brevibus.

Magnificus dominus Cornelius Scepperus, qui primum ad reverendissimum dominum cardinalem Maguntinum et deinde ad illustrissimum dominum Ludovicum, comitem palatinum electorem, in negotio Lutheranorum profectus fuit a caesare, quid egerit, nondum scimus, isti enim duo principes scripserant superioribus diebus caesari se scire quaedam commoda media, quibus negotium cum Lutheranis ex re caesaris pro tranquillitate orbis christiani componi possit, non tamen ea media, qualia essent, caesari descripserant. Misit igitur maiestas caesarea dominum Cornelium ad eos principes primum, ut resciret et ea media rescriberet indeque recta ad serenissimum Romanorum regem contenderet. Quae postea evenerunt et quid maiestas caesarea in animo habeat (quod secretissime mihi concreditum est), Maiestas Vestra Serenissima in scheda inclusa intelleget.

Interea nihil actum est hic aliud, quam quod omnibus modis pecuniae colliguntur. Bruxellis futurus est istarum terrarum conventus, in quo maiestas caesarea sororem suam, serenissimam Hungariae reginam, istarum regionum relinquet gubernatricem et efficiet, ut omnes ei iurent; postea id fiet, quod in scheda descripsi.

His diebus fuit hic elegans et strenuum hastiludium, in quo praefuit caesar et fractis 14 lanceis cum omnium admiratione atque acclamatione, gessit se supra modum strenue; praeferebantur hastilusoribus ingredientibus palaestram seu campum arma illorum in scuto depicta cum galea et omnia sic fuerant in ordine suspensa; erant omnes numero quinquaginta quattuor; unus dumtaxat in frangendis lanceis caesarem excessit, habuitque caesar secundam palmam, cum a puellis in symposio ad id habito distribuerentur.

1531-06-14⌊Pridie1531-06-14⌋(!)[1] accepi Ghent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌊hicGhent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌋ cf. Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1531-04-15, CIDTC IDL 613⌊litterascf. Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1531-04-15, CIDTC IDL 613⌋ Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae datas Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ 1531-04-15⌊15 Aprilis1531-04-15⌋ in negotio Gdanensium cumque hoc iam aliquandiu tractaverim cum caesare et consiliariis ad id deputatis, nihil aliud effectum est, quam quod petunt, ut a Gdanensibus obtinerem facultatem, qua negotium hoc amicabili modo componi posset. Interea tamen non omittam, quo arrestum in Dordraco factum contra civem Maiestatis Vestrae Serenissimae Gdanensem dissolvatur, quod si fieri nequit, non erit inconveniens, ut simile Maiestas Vestra Serenissima Gdani fieri permittat, quo vicissim causam conquerendi habeant Belgae, quorum tumor aliter sedari non poterit. Iam enim satis est maiestati caesareae a me nomine Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae inculcatum. Maiestas caesarea omnia ad consiliarios istarum terrarum, qui a parte adversa corrupti sunt, reicit.

Anno praeterito, quando Maiestas Vestra Serenissima dignata mihi fuit assignare provisionem menstruam 100 ducatorum, scriptum mihi fuit, quod stipendium equorum meorum, quamdiu hic agerem, mihi currere seu cedere deberet. Et cum iam ingentem pecuniarum summam de proprio supra provisionem Maiestatis Vestrae Serenissimae impenderim atque impendo in dies, idque pro honore et existimatione Maiestatis Vestrae Serenissimae fiat augenda, supplico Maiestati Vestrae Serenissimae humillime dignetur committere, ut equorum meorum stipendium post novissimam solutionem nobili domino 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 Livonia⌊NibschiczNikolaus 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⌋ numeretur, quo ille id, quod pro vestibus ad honorem Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae comparatis Karl Koczer (Karl Kotzer, Karl Kuczer) (†1538), Cracow merchant, agent of the Habsburgs; Cracow town councillor; 1537 Mayor of Cracow (HDP, p. 736; p. 32; POCIECHA 2, p. 125, 298, 338, 361, 514, 559, 581; POCIECHA 4, p. 44, 53, 74, 337, 402)⌊Carolo KuczerKarl Koczer (Karl Kotzer, Karl Kuczer) (†1538), Cracow merchant, agent of the Habsburgs; Cracow town councillor; 1537 Mayor of Cracow (HDP, p. 736; p. 32; POCIECHA 2, p. 125, 298, 338, 361, 514, 559, 581; POCIECHA 4, p. 44, 53, 74, 337, 402)⌋ debeo, persolvat. In ea re Maiestatis Vestrae Serenissimae cum totus sim exhaustus et multis debitis implicatus, gratiam et clementiam humillime imploro.

Et quod reliquum est, cum ulterius nequaquam possum hic subsistere et iam septem anni et 4 menses elapsi sint quod absum, Maiestati Vestrae Serenissimae iterum atque iterum supplico, dignetur me tandem revocare et aliquem cordatiorem, quam ille prior fuit, mittere, quem in hac aula instituerem, cuius Maiestas Vestra Serenissima servitio uti posset. Ego revera ob tot labores iam totus canus et praeter aetatem morbis ac aegritudinibus obnoxius, nescio, si amplius (quod tamen maxime velim) Maiestati Vestrae Serenissimae usui esse possim; cf. Ov. Pont. 4. 10. 5 gutta avat lapidem, consumitur anulus usu ⌊ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usucf. Ov. Pont. 4. 10. 5 gutta avat lapidem, consumitur anulus usu ⌋. Serenissimae Maiestati Vestrae, ut domino meo clementissimo, hoc crassum meum corpus cum afflicto animo suppliciter commendo et deprecor maturiorem reditus mei rationem habere dignetur. Christus, dominus noster, Maiestatem Vestram Serenissimam quam diutissime incolumem et felicissimam conservet, amen.

Ex Ghent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌊GandavoGhent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌋ Flanders (Flandria), county in the Low Countries, part of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1482, today corresponding to the Belgian provinces of Western Flanders and Eastern Flanders, the region of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in the Netherlands and part of the Département du Nord in France⌊FlandriaeFlanders (Flandria), county in the Low Countries, part of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1482, today corresponding to the Belgian provinces of Western Flanders and Eastern Flanders, the region of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in the Netherlands and part of the Département du Nord in France⌋, 15 mensis Iunii anno Domini MDXXXI

Postscript:

Secretum hic adhuc habetur, sed certum est, maiestatem caesaream ex Bruxellis pro Augusto futuro iturum in Germaniam ad conventum imperii, cuius locus et dies nondum est deputatus; debet a serenissimo Romanorum rege designari; ibidem iterum cum Lutheranis tractandum capietque maiestas caesarea in Germania ex re consilium, si per Italiam aut rursus hinc mari traiecturus sit in Hispaniam, quod hoc anno propter instantem hiemem fieri non potest. Consultabit etiam caesar cum fratre et amicis contra molimina pontificis et regis Franciae, si quid forsan aggredientur, quod futurum omnino putatur. Ex his, in quibus adhuc res publica christiana discriminibus versatur, Maiestas Vestra Serenissima facile intellegit. Ab illustrissimo domino Ludovico, duce Bavariae, aliud adhuc non habui responsum, quam hoc, quod hinc 4 Aprilis misi. Alia non restant, quam quod humillime supplico, dignetur Maiestas Vestra Serenissima mei misereri et tandem revocare, ne totus inteream etc. Datum ut in litteris.

[1 ] date of receiving annoted by Dantiscus on the envelope of the letter in question is two days earlier, i.e. June 12