Letter #692
Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUSLuxembourg, 1531-10-04
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De Schepper can hardly find time to write letters. He and his colleague act as governors of the Duchy of Luxembourg, an honourable but demanding task. That is why he insists on his recall; he asks Dantiscus to support his request when he meets [Nicolas Perrenot de] Granvelle. De Schepper wants to be present at the negotiations that will be held in France.
He mentions the rumours about the arrival of Hieronim Łaski and comments on a recent book on the comets published in German by a follower of Zwingli. He asks Dantiscus to procure him similar publications because he supposes that he will not soon be relieved of his duties. The appointment of a new governor is delayed by fear of the plague, although it is on the decline. He encloses a letter for his wife [Elisabeth Donche].
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Reverendissimo [in C]hristo Patri et Domino, domino Ioan[ni] Dantisco episcopo Culmensi etc., serenissimi Poloniae regis oratori, domino tamquam patri honorandissimo
Salutem plurimam.
Reverendissime Domine.
Quandoquidem in hoc exilio nullum gratius tempus est, quam quod scriptioni impenditur, libens hoc negotium mihimet facesso, postquam ab aliis vacare datur. Nos enim hic sumus ut gubernatores huius ducatus perferunturque ad nos variae causae, quibus cognoscendis non parum temporis terimus. At est hoc honorificum sane, commodum vero minime. Quare diligentissime instare soleo, ut revocer. Quod si apud dominum a Grandvella venire tibi contingat, rogo, et de me habe mentionem, utque hinc revocandi auctor sit, precibus contende. Aveo enim interesse conventui Gallico et a solitudine, in qua hic sum, si quis alius, animo sum aversissimo.
Quae de Hieronymi Lasky adventu scripsisti, hic vulgo feruntur diciturque esse in itinere. Prodiit nuper hic libellus quidam de cometa Germanice scriptus a quodam Zwyngliano. Numquam credidissem tam stolida esse pectora in Germania, adeo invertit scripturas torquetque omnes in partes, subinde negans quicquam timendum esse, subinde asserens mutatum iri imperium tralatumque ad popularem statum. Si quid tale istic est, rogo, ad nos transmittas. Vereor enim, ne tam brevi redeam, ob id potissimum, quod nemo facile huc venturus est, ut gubernet, metu pestis, quae fama longe est minor, multi enim cotidie defunguntur estque contagioni plurimum ademptum flatu vulturni, qui continue hic spirat.
Litteras istis annexas rogo, ut ad uxorem meam transmittas. Et bene vale.
Ex arce Lucemburgi, IIII-o die Octobris anno XV-c XXXI.
Humilis inservitor Cornelius Duplicius Scepperus
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Collega meus vicecomes sese plurimum Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae commendat.