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Text #443

 Sigismund I Jagiellon to Lodovico ALIFIO
[Cracow (Kraków)] ca. 1525-[06-12]
Manuscript sources:
1office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 7, f. 8r
2copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, 16th-century, AGAD, LL, 23, p. 31-35
3copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 157r
4copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 133, p. 194-195

Prints:
1AT 7 a. 1525, No. 56, p. 292 (in extenso)
2Sumariusz No. 706, p. 117 (Polish register)

 

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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⌊Sigismundus PrimusSigismund 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⌋ rex Poloniae Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌊Ioanni Dantisco(!)Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌋ oratori

Magnifice sincere nobis dilecte.

Sperabamus nos nullas deinceps habituros difficultates in negotiis nostris Barensibus obtenta investitura et homagio praestito, verum acceptis ex litteris tuis his technis, quibus nos istic officiales caesareae maiestatis ducere et versare contendunt, fecimus e vestigio id quod opportunum videbatur. Scripsimus caesareae maiestati diligenter eiusque maiestatis officialibus tam apud curiam quam etiam in Italy (Italia)⌊ItaliaItaly (Italia)⌋ exsistentibus, scripsimus et summo pontifici pro patrocinio et reverendissimo domino cardinali Sanctorum Quattuor protectori, scripsimus item legato ad caesaream maiestatem designato reverendissimo domino cardinali de Salviatis ac reverendo Stephano Broderico oratori Hungariae cum illo profecturo, ut apud illius maiestatem exsistentes non desint consilio et parocinio suo. Tu igitur omnia diligenter sigificato collegae suo Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 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), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌋, quae cum iuris peritis istic opportuna censueritis et quae petenda et expedienda videbuntur. Speramus quod caesarea maiestas habitura sit tandem aliquando maiorem rationem necessitudinis et officiorum nostrorum quam istorum, qui inter nos discidium volunt. Intelligimus plane quod his difficultatibus nos a iustitia nostra quasi pertaesos repellere vellent, verum nos nequaquam illam deseremus, etiam si extrema quaeque sint temptanda.

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