Optimo Principi ac 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, regio 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⌊Carolum AugustumCharles 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 etc., domino et patrono carissimo suo

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X Calendas Maii cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ioannes CAMPENSIS (Jan van CAMPEN) & Helius EOBANUS Hessus (KOCH) before 1532-04-22, CIDTC IDL 6577, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ioannes CAMPENSIS (Jan van CAMPEN) & Helius EOBANUS Hessus (KOCH) before 1532-04-22, CIDTC IDL 6577, letter lost⌋ tuas accepimus, Ioannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)⌊CampensisIoannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)⌋ et ego, Dantisce humanissime, quibus velut aurem vellis nobis et officii nostri nos admones, qua in re satis videmus pro Tua mansuetudine Te agere, qui nihil acrius nobiscum expostules, cum potuisses Tuo iure. Nam, ut fatemur, primis a Tuo abitu diebus nonnihil a nobis esse cessatum propter continuata symposia, quae in memoriam dulcissimae Tuae praesentiae paulo longius extendimus, ita res ipsa nos purgabit. Non discessisse nos ab officio et fuisse Tui haudquaquam immemores, ostendent quaternae utriusque nostrum ad Te litterae, quarum priores, quod diutius detinuerit Tauropedinus, nos in causa non fuimus. Videmus enim earum Tibi ante scriptam Tuam ad me epistolam nihil fuisse redditum. Credo accipies uno tempore omnes atque ita et habebis nos purgatos et laudabis officium nostrum, qui nullum statuamus deinceps, quam diu absumus, diem intermittere, quin ad Te scribamus. Etenim finem tandem fecimus memoriam benignitatis Tuae per convivia celebrandi, quamquam nullum est momentum, nedum convivium, quo non amantissime de Te et apud nos et apud alios confabulemur. Ex reliquis meis litteris animum et propositum meum intelleges, de quo, quid tu sentias, facies pro Tua summa erga me pietate, si me primo quoque tempore certiorem reddes. Quamquam enim sis tantum non, ut scribis, negotiis regis agendis enecatus, tamen quia vacat etiam Tibi, ut video, ad nos verbosius perscribere, non erit, spero, molestum Tibi tribus verbis iterum significare, quid fieri velis. Tauropedinus fortassis redibit serius. Per nostros veredarios poteris commodius nobis, si quid voles, significare. Psalterium pulchre procedit, nisi quod Johannes Petreius (Hans Peterlein) (*1496 or 1497 – †1550), printer in Basel and Nuremberg, first editor of Nicolaus Copernicus' "De revolutionibus" (1543) (NDB, Bd. 20, p. 262-263)⌊PetreiusJohannes Petreius (Hans Peterlein) (*1496 or 1497 – †1550), printer in Basel and Nuremberg, first editor of Nicolaus Copernicus' "De revolutionibus" (1543) (NDB, Bd. 20, p. 262-263)⌋ penuria papyri nonnihil morae nobis obiicit. Dominum Hieronymus Ebner (Hieronymus Ebnerus) (*1477 – †1532)⌊Hieronymum EbnerumHieronymus Ebner (Hieronymus Ebnerus) (*1477 – †1532)⌋ et alios, quos iubes, Tuo nomine diligenter salutabo. Salutat te Katharina Spater (†1543), since 1514 wife of Helius Eobanus Hessus, daughter of Erfurt burgher Heinrich Spater (WORSTBROCK 1, p. 1069)⌊uxorcula meaKatharina Spater (†1543), since 1514 wife of Helius Eobanus Hessus, daughter of Erfurt burgher Heinrich Spater (WORSTBROCK 1, p. 1069)⌋ amanter ac devote. Vale cf. Hor. Carm. I 1.2 ⌊dulce decus meumcf. Hor. Carm. I 1.2 ⌋.

Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌊Noriberg[ae]Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌋, IX Calendas Maii MDXXXII.

Tuus Helius Eobanus Hessus (Eobanus Koch, Helius Coccius) (*1488 – †1540), neo Latin poet, humanist and writer, since 1509 secretary of bishop of Pomesania Hiob Dobeneck, lecturer of law at the University of Erfurt, 1526-1533 lecturer in the Nuremberg Gymnasium, 1530 visited Augsburg during the Imperial Diet, since 1536 professor of history at the University of Marburg; in 1512 attended the wedding of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Barbara Zápolya at Cracow (NDB, Bd. 4, s. 543-545; CE, vol. 1, p. 434-436)⌊Eobanus HessusHelius Eobanus Hessus (Eobanus Koch, Helius Coccius) (*1488 – †1540), neo Latin poet, humanist and writer, since 1509 secretary of bishop of Pomesania Hiob Dobeneck, lecturer of law at the University of Erfurt, 1526-1533 lecturer in the Nuremberg Gymnasium, 1530 visited Augsburg during the Imperial Diet, since 1536 professor of history at the University of Marburg; in 1512 attended the wedding of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Barbara Zápolya at Cracow (NDB, Bd. 4, s. 543-545; CE, vol. 1, p. 434-436)⌋