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Letter #96

Ioannes SECUNDUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Mechelen, [1532]-02-24


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D.102, f. 197

 

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[R]everendissimo in Christo [pat]ri, 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⌋ [episco]po Culmensi ac serenissimi 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⌊regis 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⌋ oratori etc.

Antwerp (Antwerpen, Antverpia), city in the Low Countries, from 1315 a Hanseatic port, in the 16th century the centre of Brabant’s artistic life and the wealthiest trade city in Europe, today in northern Belgium⌊AntverpiaeAntwerp (Antwerpen, Antverpia), city in the Low Countries, from 1315 a Hanseatic port, in the 16th century the centre of Brabant’s artistic life and the wealthiest trade city in Europe, today in northern Belgium⌋

Salutem plurimam, praesul observandissime.

Accepi per cursorem tuum cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ioannes SECUNDUS shortly before 1532-02-24, CIDTC IDL 7394, letter lost⌊epistulamcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ioannes SECUNDUS shortly before 1532-02-24, CIDTC IDL 7394, letter lost⌋, in qua sic apud me agis, ac si non et id quod cupis ac longe etiam plura tibi debeam. Mitto id, quod cupis, sed non ita, ut cupiebam, nondum enim figulina imaginem licuit decoquere, nec enim satis aruerat, id quod in primis requiritur. Potes tu aliquando per opportunitatem et coquendam et depingendam curare, quam diu autem incocta est, leniuscule tractanda est, ne vectationis quassatione detrimentum patiatur. Tu vero cum hoc qualicumque munere (si munus dicendum est, quod in aeris alieni diminutionem dari solet), me quoque totum accipe tibi, quocumque feraris, addictissimum et vale.

Scripsi de negotiis litium illarum bis, itaque nunc nihil addo.

Commendat se tibi Nicolaus Everardi (Nicolaas Everaerts) (*ca. 1461 – †1532), father of the neo-Latin poets Ioannes Secundus, Nicolaus Grudius and Hadrianus Marius; 1509-1528 president of the council of Holland, since 1528 president of the grand council of Mechelen (CE, vol. 2, p. 446-448)⌊paterNicolaus Everardi (Nicolaas Everaerts) (*ca. 1461 – †1532), father of the neo-Latin poets Ioannes Secundus, Nicolaus Grudius and Hadrianus Marius; 1509-1528 president of the council of Holland, since 1528 president of the grand council of Mechelen (CE, vol. 2, p. 446-448)⌋ et Nicolaus Grudius (*1503/1504 – †1570/1571), neo-Latin poet, one of the Tres Fratres Belgae; 1532 imperial secretary (he replaced Alfonso de Valdés), 1535 councillor in the council of Holland in The Hague, 1538-1548 secretary to the Privy Council and the Council of State of the habsbur Netherlands, in 1533, as receiver-general of Brabant, suspected of embezzlement and arrested by order of Mary of Hungary. In 1555 he went abroad and died in Venice (DeV, s. 122; CE, vol. 2, p. 139-140)

Hadrianus Marius (Adriaan Nicolai) (*1509 – †1568), a neo-Latin poet, son of Nicolaas Everaerts, who was president of the council of Holland and then of the grand council of Mechelen (GUÉPIN)⌊fratresNicolaus Grudius (*1503/1504 – †1570/1571), neo-Latin poet, one of the Tres Fratres Belgae; 1532 imperial secretary (he replaced Alfonso de Valdés), 1535 councillor in the council of Holland in The Hague, 1538-1548 secretary to the Privy Council and the Council of State of the habsbur Netherlands, in 1533, as receiver-general of Brabant, suspected of embezzlement and arrested by order of Mary of Hungary. In 1555 he went abroad and died in Venice (DeV, s. 122; CE, vol. 2, p. 139-140)

Hadrianus Marius (Adriaan Nicolai) (*1509 – †1568), a neo-Latin poet, son of Nicolaas Everaerts, who was president of the council of Holland and then of the grand council of Mechelen (GUÉPIN)⌋, nec dubium, quin Iulia quoque, si praesto nunc mihi adesset, idem foret factura. Properanter, ut vides, ignosce.