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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, Domino ac 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 Dei gratia episcopo AlsperkgensiIoannes 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⌋, domino ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ clementissimo

AAWO, AB, D.68, f. 168r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater, Domine ac domine clementissime.

Salutem servitiorumque meorum in gratiam Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae commendationem.

Nulla alia causa me ad Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram, dominum meum clementissimum, scribere pepulit, quo Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae enodo omnem meam felicitatem, solum ipsius hiemis haud parvi instantes in brevi frigores, qui indigent auli aliquam meliorem tecturam corporis. Quare Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram gratiose precor, velit Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra d... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ me aliq(uantulu)m pelle ac caligis panninis contentum facere, quod ego Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae, domino meo clementissimo, quoad vixero, modis omnibus inservire paratus sum.

Ceterum Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae ago et agam, quoad vixero, haud paucas gratias, quod me Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra magistro omnibus modis erudito tradere dignata est. Qui Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram cumprimis salutat{at}, tum etiam servitia sua in gratiam Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae commendat ac Reverendissimam Paterntiatem Vestram rogat, ut sibi Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra reliquum pecuniae, hoc est 14 florenos, a me dare forisatae mitteret, in quo non haesitat.

Finaliter Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram, dominum meum clementissimum, in annos multos specialem nostrorum omnium, Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae servitorum, ad consolationem valere cupio atque hoc a Reverendissima Paternitate Vestra rogo, ut Reverendissima Paterntias Vestra mihi significaret, an hic me penes eundem magistrum ad alium annum Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra velit habere, ita quod videlicet ipse et ego simus certi, attamen id arbitrio Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae commendo.

Cum his me gratiae Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae commendo.

Thorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊ToruniiThorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋, feria quarta ante festum Omnium Sanctorum anno Domini 1538.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae Hans (Ioannes) ⌊IoannesHans (Ioannes) ⌋ servitor manu propria