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Letter #693

Georg von LOGSCHAU (LOXANUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Speyer, 1531-10-06
            received 1531-10-20

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, AAWO, AB, D. 67, f. 76-77

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 416

 

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Reverendissimo in Jesus of Nazareth (Jesus Christ), in Christianity the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament⌊ChristoJesus of Nazareth (Jesus Christ), in Christianity the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament⌋ principi domino domino 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⌊Ioanni DantiscoIoannes 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⌋ episcopo Culmensi 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⌊sacratissima caesa.. maiestatiCharles 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⌋ oratori 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⌊Reverendissimae maiestatis 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⌋, domino meo honorandissimo

Hochwirdiger in Got furst, genediger herre. / Nach erbittung meiner gantz willigen dinst /

gib ich Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden zuerkhennen, das meines langen auspleibendens schreiben kain andere, alleine diesze ursach ist. / Nach wegzihung meines lieben hern bruders hern Cornelis von Prague (Praha, Praga), city in central Bohemia, on the Vltava river, from the 9th century capital of Bohemia, archepiscopal see⌊PragPrague (Praha, Praga), city in central Bohemia, on the Vltava river, from the 9th century capital of Bohemia, archepiscopal see⌋ / hab ich wil gewust, das uns der almechtig palt sollen zu samen fugen, / sein auch von derselbigen zeit / in keiner pleibenden stellen vorharret, sonder statz in ublicher raisze / auff dem wege gewest, / das wir die stat und stelle erlangen mochten, / des 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⌊romischer kayserlicherCharles 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⌋ mit Ferdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌊romischer koniglicher maiestetenFerdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌋ hoff sich sehn solleten. / In mittler zeit / hab ich vil guttes geschir gehabt. / Unser bruder her 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⌊NibschizNikolaus 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⌋ hat mir offt geschriben, / Ewer Furstliche Gnade nicht vergessen. / Bin zu Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum), city in Germany, Bavaria⌊AugspurgAugsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum), city in Germany, Bavaria⌋ acht gantzer tage geligen meinem lieben hern bruder Konrad Maier ⌊Cunrat MairKonrad Maier ⌋ / auff seiner hochzeit zu wolgefallen. / Aldo ist Ewer Furstliche Gnade auch nicht vorgessen worden. Alhie zu Speyer (Spira), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river, 25 km S of Mannheim⌊SpeierSpeyer (Spira), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river, 25 km S of Mannheim⌋, / her Wenzel Beyer (Payer, von Elbogen, Václav z Lokte, Venceslaus Cubitensis, Bayer) (*1488 – †1537), doctor of arts and medicine, professor in the faculty of medicine at the Leipzig university, author of several works, amongst others the first medical treatise upon term springs in Karlsbad (1521); 1530 stayed in Louvain; city physician in Elbogen (MOLANUS, p. 571; ADB, vol. 46 (1902), p. 535)⌊doctor WenzelWenzel Beyer (Payer, von Elbogen, Václav z Lokte, Venceslaus Cubitensis, Bayer) (*1488 – †1537), doctor of arts and medicine, professor in the faculty of medicine at the Leipzig university, author of several works, amongst others the first medical treatise upon term springs in Karlsbad (1521); 1530 stayed in Louvain; city physician in Elbogen (MOLANUS, p. 571; ADB, vol. 46 (1902), p. 535)⌋ und ich gedengken Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden zu merren malen, / sein auch die gantze stadt aus gelauffen, / haben kheinen mensch fragen wollen, / bisz wir Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden herbirg gefunden haben. / Ist an einem schonen und lustigen ort, / aber ein wenig zu weit / von uns. / Vorzeitten war ein thumher dorinne, hisz doctor Ribeischen, hab in gekhant von wegen seiner rohei, / die was auff dem nechstvorgangenen Imperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌊reichstagImperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌋ / die allerschonste pfaffen rithei. / In summa, hilfft uns Got zu Speyer (Spira), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river, 25 km S of Mannheim⌊SpeierSpeyer (Spira), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river, 25 km S of Mannheim⌋ / aber anders wo zu samen, szo bin ich Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden gantz und gar. / Ich schick Ewer Furstlichen Durchlaucht hiemit ein epistel Caspar Ursinus Velius (Caspar Bernhardi) (*1493 – †1539), humanist and poet, author of poems and chronicle of the wars of King Ferdinand against John Zápolya and the Ottoman Empire (De Bello hungarico, printed in 1762); friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Dantiscus; since 1509 servant of Gurk bishop Matthäus Lang; in 1527 became historian of King Ferdinand and in 1532 he was also appointed tutor of his children (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 56; CE, vol. 3, p. 356-357)⌊doctor VrsinusCaspar Ursinus Velius (Caspar Bernhardi) (*1493 – †1539), humanist and poet, author of poems and chronicle of the wars of King Ferdinand against John Zápolya and the Ottoman Empire (De Bello hungarico, printed in 1762); friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Dantiscus; since 1509 servant of Gurk bishop Matthäus Lang; in 1527 became historian of King Ferdinand and in 1532 he was also appointed tutor of his children (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 56; CE, vol. 3, p. 356-357)⌋, / wellet sy von ime als dem, / der von Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden wil commendirt sein, / freuntlich und erstlich genediglich annemen. / Wan warlich, ich wollet gern, das alle die jenigen, szo mich liep haben, Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden auch gerne dineten und freuntlichen willen erzeigten. / Das wirdt Ewer Furstliche Gnade, der ich mich hiemit bevelhen thue, alzait mit der that befinden. / Newe zeittung khein ander, / allein, / wir hoffen unser zu samen khunfft. / Der her Hieronim Łaski (Jarosław Łaski, Hieronymus de Lasco) (*1496 – †1541), diplomat in the service of Sigismund I Jagiellon and John I Zápolya, representing them in diplomatic contacts with Ferdinand I of Habsburg and Sultan Suleiman I; 1520-1522 Crown Carver, 1522-1523 Voivode of Inowrocław, 1523-1541 Voivode of Sieradz, from 1528 Zupan of the Spiš district; from 1530 Voivode of Transylvania (PSB 18, p. 225-229)⌊Hieronimus LaskiiHieronim Łaski (Jarosław Łaski, Hieronymus de Lasco) (*1496 – †1541), diplomat in the service of Sigismund I Jagiellon and John I Zápolya, representing them in diplomatic contacts with Ferdinand I of Habsburg and Sultan Suleiman I; 1520-1522 Crown Carver, 1522-1523 Voivode of Inowrocław, 1523-1541 Voivode of Sieradz, from 1528 Zupan of the Spiš district; from 1530 Voivode of Transylvania (PSB 18, p. 225-229)⌋ schreibt mi[r] vor dreisen tagen, / das her von seinen herren alh[ie] zu Speyer (Spira), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river, 25 km S of Mannheim⌊SpireSpeyer (Spira), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river, 25 km S of Mannheim⌋ auff denn Imperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌊reichstageImperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌋ sein wil / mit zweien gesellen, / die do peÿ seinen herren zu einem ansehen sein. / Was die handlung shein wirdt, / ist mir vorporgen, / zweifeln aber nicht, Ewer Furstliche Gnade werde mit der zeit, / wo es schon nicht bescheen ist, / auch etwus dor von wissen. / Ich hore sagen, das der Krzysztof Gersdorff ⌊GerstorfferKrzysztof Gersdorff ⌋ sollen shein von 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⌊koniglicher maiestet von PolenSigismund 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⌋, meinen gnedigen herren, zu Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden geschigk worden sein. / Ist ein fromer Krzysztof Gersdorff ⌊gesellKrzysztof Gersdorff ⌋, / m... wol leiden, das her nicht bisz zu diser zeit abgefurt... und mit Ewer Furstliche Gnaden, / do wir uns sehen solten konne[n]. Meinen liepsten hern bruder Cornelium wollet Ewer Furstliche Gnade comendirt haben / auff das aller hochste, wan ich bin auch sein gantz gros und vas... genediger herre. / Des gleichen vorsuch ich mich auch widderumb zu ime. / Ich hab ime aus Bohemia (Čechy, Kingdom of Bohemia), country in central Europe⌊Bohemen landBohemia (Čechy, Kingdom of Bohemia), country in central Europe⌋ ein geschengk pracht, / das fur ich auff d... stunden cum ea qua decet venerentia mit mir. / Ist ein trefflicher alter geschribener poeta, / den ze ... nie gesehen hat. / Etlich vorsten mag er villeicht ghe... haben quasi ex Ennio, / sonder das / original, / das ist biss in tertrain sporam / vorzaigt worden. / Sol uns auch, ab Gotwil, kurtzweil pringen.