Spectabilis Domine, amice carissime.

Salutem et felicitatem.

Sunt, qui putant, inter quos Athenaeus of Naucratis (fl. about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD), Greek rhetorician and grammarian⌊AthanaeusAthenaeus of Naucratis (fl. about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD), Greek rhetorician and grammarian⌋ fuit, cf. Adagia 1286 Non sunt amici, amici qui degunt procul ⌊non esse amicos, qui procul deguntcf. Adagia 1286 Non sunt amici, amici qui degunt procul ⌋ . Quod secus se habere plerique viri boni mecum haud dubie sentiunt, quandoquidem eorum, qui absunt, non qui coram sunt, tenemur desiderio. Quod ex amore nasci solere, cui dubium est? Quo cum Tuam Dominationem iam a multis annis sum prosecutus, ab eo me desiisse, nequaquam velim, putes.

Fuitque mihi gratissimum ex cf. Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS Vienna, 1540-08-18, CIDTC IDL 2334⌊litteriscf. Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS Vienna, 1540-08-18, CIDTC IDL 2334⌋ magnifici domini Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌊Cornelii ScepperiCornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌋ intelligere, quod quemadmodum meritus es et tuae postulant virt[utes], ob quas mihi carus fuisti semper, a sacra 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⌊cae[sarea et] catholica maiestateCharles 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⌋ liberaliter sis habitus, cuius ... non parum tuis accessit fortunis.

Non [potui itaque] committere, quin tibi, veteri amico [meo et] ... [con]tubernali ex animo congratul[arem] ... [prout] eis, quibus bene volo, accedit, ... has itaque ad te dedi ... [iucun]dam coniunctionem et dulc[issimam consuetudinem nostram] ... refricarem meique in te animi facerem significationem non eo, ut tibi ad tuae felicitatis cumulum usui esse possim, quod tamen velim maxime, sed quo te hic etiam per tot locorum inte[r]valla amicum adhuc, eumque sincerum, habere agnoscas, utque hoc modo vel unas a te extorqueam, quibus de tuo statu imprimis, vti commune tecu<m> mihi sit gaudium, et quae apud vos geruntur, fierem certior. Qua in re mihi Tua Dominatio gratificabitur plurimum.

Quam faustiss[ime] valere opto.

Ex castro meo Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, X Ianua[rii] MDXLI.