Reverendissimo in Christo patri et 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⌊IohanniIoannes 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⌋ Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi, domino meo colendissimo

Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine, domine mi clementissime.

Etsi nihil dignum habeo, quod Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae scribam, malo id ipsum Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae significare, quam habere nuntium absque meis litteris vacuum ad Reverenissimam Dominationem Vestram ire.

Mentem venerabilis capituli in negotio Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae ex litteris eiusdem Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra accipiet.

Mitto etiam Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae carpones VI, quos Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra pro innata clementia et erga me singulari pietate gratiose recipere dignetur.

De camisea Margenburgensi ac privilegio etc. hic egi. Videtur esse difficultas de facultatibus non insertis et omnium maximae de numero creandorum non expresso. Item valde ridiculosum atque monstruosum ista insignia hic gerere, cum et episcopi suis non utantur. Et hic apud ecclesiam sunt ac fuerunt illi similes et numquam usi sunt. Quare monendum, ut desistat aut saltem iura sufficientia ostendat.

Quid reverendissimus dominus Warmiensis ad petitionem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae egerit, coram ipse dominus Iacobus Lange exponet. Tempore ac a[m]icis cedendum est.

Cupio cum Reverendissima Dominatione Vestra ad satietatem colloqui, utinam citius. Si Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae huc venire visum non est, ego Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, ubi et quando voluerit, accedam.

Famulum meum ex Livonia (Livland, Inflanty), estate of Livonian Order, today part of Latvia and Estonia⌊LivoniaLivonia (Livland, Inflanty), estate of Livonian Order, today part of Latvia and Estonia⌋ de hora in hor[am] exspecto, ubi venerit, de singulis reddam Reverendissimam [Dominationem Vestram] certiorem. Felicissime et optime valeat Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, cui me totum offero dedoque.

Ex Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊WarmiaFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋ d[ie], XXVI Maii anno MDXXXIII.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae Leonard Niederhoff (*ca. 1485 – †1545), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Nicolaus Copernicus and executor of his will; studied in Cracow, Leipzig and Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree; from 1511 parish priest of St. Bartholomew's Church in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1515 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), and from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1532 Dean of the Ermland Chapter; he also had a canonry in Kulm from which he resigned in 1533. In 1530, after Dantiscus' resignation, became a parish priest of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Gdańsk (KOPICZKO 2, p. 231; SBKW, p. 175)⌊Leonardus NiederhoffLeonard Niederhoff (*ca. 1485 – †1545), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Nicolaus Copernicus and executor of his will; studied in Cracow, Leipzig and Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree; from 1511 parish priest of St. Bartholomew's Church in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1515 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), and from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1532 Dean of the Ermland Chapter; he also had a canonry in Kulm from which he resigned in 1533. In 1530, after Dantiscus' resignation, became a parish priest of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Gdańsk (KOPICZKO 2, p. 231; SBKW, p. 175)⌋ servitor