AAWO, AB, D. 4, f. 116v

Reverendo in Christo Patri, Domino Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi et administratori episcopatus Pomesaniensis, clarissimo domino suo gratioso.

AAWO, AB, D. 4, f. 116r

Salve, Domine Orator.

Sedulitatem tuam agnovi ex litteris, quas mihi legendas praebuit noster Conradus Goclenius (Conradus Wackers, Conradus Gockelen) (*1489 – †1539), prominent humanist and editor; from 1519 professor of Latin at the Collegium Trilingue of the University in Louvain; friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 76-77; CE, vol. 2, p. 109-111)⌊ConradusConradus Goclenius (Conradus Wackers, Conradus Gockelen) (*1489 – †1539), prominent humanist and editor; from 1519 professor of Latin at the Collegium Trilingue of the University in Louvain; friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 76-77; CE, vol. 2, p. 109-111)⌋, communis amicus. Si quid de te meritus essem, vererer te pluribus adhortari, ut testatum istum amorem conservares. Nunc cum tantum immerenti tribuisti, non timeo, ne gratiam referre te velim, si vel obnixissime contendam, ut e misera hac lite tandem expediar: id quod non dubito, si per aliquem, quin per te, futurum sit. Non tamen mihi erit integrum longius a Leuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌊LovanioLeuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌋ discedere, vel hac quoque spe, siquidem condicionem hic novam sum nuper adeptus, quae et mihi et studiosis multis, ut puto, non erit inutilis. Suspicor Gemma Frisius (Jemme Reinerszoon) (*1508 – †1555), Netherlandish leading theoretical mathematician and practicing physician in Louvain, scholar, and tutor of Gerardus Mercator, studied medicine, mathematics and astronomy at the University in Louvain (1526), where he became a professor of medicine and mathematics, he applied his mathematical expertise to geography, astronomy and map making (HALLYN; VAN ORTROY)⌊GemmamGemma Frisius (Jemme Reinerszoon) (*1508 – †1555), Netherlandish leading theoretical mathematician and practicing physician in Louvain, scholar, and tutor of Gerardus Mercator, studied medicine, mathematics and astronomy at the University in Louvain (1526), where he became a professor of medicine and mathematics, he applied his mathematical expertise to geography, astronomy and map making (HALLYN; VAN ORTROY)⌋ et hoc non tacuisse, et de fugitivo quoque Philippaeo rem omnem denarasse, qui profecto multo fuit melior, quam quam vanitatis auctor emunxerat.

Bene vale, vir humanissime, et me inter illos habe, qui gratissimi cupiunt esse, nec possunt.

Leuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌊LovaniiLeuven (Louvain, Lovanium), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, 25 km E of Brussels, University town from 1425, today in Belgium⌋, ex Collegio Scholastici, XI Maii.

Tuus ex animo Nicolaus Clenardus (Nicolaas Cleynaerts, Beken von Diest) (*1495 – †1542), Flemish humanist and scholar; studied at the Porc in Louvain, where he was under the influence of Jacques Latomus (the great adversary of Erasmus of Rotterdam); in 1521 became a president of Houterlee's College for ten years; in 1531 accompanied Ferdinand Columbus (son of Christopher) on his Spain journey; 1521 president of Houterlee's College; from 1534 court tutor to royal family in Portugal (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 78-79; CE, vol. 1, p. 312-313)⌊Nicolaus ClenardusNicolaus Clenardus (Nicolaas Cleynaerts, Beken von Diest) (*1495 – †1542), Flemish humanist and scholar; studied at the Porc in Louvain, where he was under the influence of Jacques Latomus (the great adversary of Erasmus of Rotterdam); in 1521 became a president of Houterlee's College for ten years; in 1531 accompanied Ferdinand Columbus (son of Christopher) on his Spain journey; 1521 president of Houterlee's College; from 1534 court tutor to royal family in Portugal (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 78-79; CE, vol. 1, p. 312-313)⌋