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Letter #5791

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
[Brussels?], shortly before [1531?]-11-11

English register:

Valdés sends Dantiscus some Martinianum wine from Barrensis [Esteban Gabriel Merino] for the feast of St. Martin. Barrensis says that if Dantiscus doesn’t send for it every day, he will send him a cartful. Valdés is returning the letters of Erasmus [there could be originals or any letters published in print] as well as a few of his own and the archdeacon’s [Francisco de Mendoza y Bobadilla?]. He encourages Dantiscus to read the letters as he waits for him to come and visit.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 54, p. 198 (c.p. 2)
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 255, p. 995
3register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.10
4lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 10

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 631

Prints:
1CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 58) p. 260-261 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Salutem.

Martinianum vinum ad 1531?-11-11⌊Martinianum festum1531?-11-11⌋[1] celebrandum mitto. Quid dixi – mitto? Immo Esteban Gabriel Merino (*1472 – †1535), correspondent and defender of Erasmus of Rotterdam; Dantiscus dedicated to him his propaganda booklet Victoria Serenissimi Poloniae Regis contra Vayevodam Muldaviae (first edition Leuven, 1531); 1513-1530 Archbishop of Bari, 1516-1523 Bishop of León, 1523-1535 Bishop of Jaén, from 1526 member of the Council of State of Emperor Charles V and diplomat in his service, 1530-1535 Patriarch of the West Indies, 1533 elevated to cardinal in the consistory of February 21, 1533, received the red hat and the title of S. Vitale on March 3, 1533 (MIRANDA, http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1533.htm)⌊BarrensisEsteban Gabriel Merino (*1472 – †1535), correspondent and defender of Erasmus of Rotterdam; Dantiscus dedicated to him his propaganda booklet Victoria Serenissimi Poloniae Regis contra Vayevodam Muldaviae (first edition Leuven, 1531); 1513-1530 Archbishop of Bari, 1516-1523 Bishop of León, 1523-1535 Bishop of Jaén, from 1526 member of the Council of State of Emperor Charles V and diplomat in his service, 1530-1535 Patriarch of the West Indies, 1533 elevated to cardinal in the consistory of February 21, 1533, received the red hat and the title of S. Vitale on March 3, 1533 (MIRANDA, http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1533.htm)⌋ mittit vultque, ut singulo quoque die, quantum velis, de eo habeas, et, ni ipse miseris, iussit, ut totum plaustrum ad te veniat.

Epistolas Erasmus of Rotterdam (Gerrit Gerritszoon, Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus) (*1466/1469 – †1536), Dutch humanist and theologian, distinguished philologist, the most famous and influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance; his works had a profound impact upon Christian theology during the first half of the sixteenth century⌊ErasmiErasmus of Rotterdam (Gerrit Gerritszoon, Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus) (*1466/1469 – †1536), Dutch humanist and theologian, distinguished philologist, the most famous and influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance; his works had a profound impact upon Christian theology during the first half of the sixteenth century⌋[2] remitto et cum his aliquot meas et mei probably Francisco de Mendoza y Bobadilla (*1508 – †1566), 1533 bishop of Coria; 1544 elevated to cardinal; 1550 archbishop of Burgos⌊archidiaconiprobably Francisco de Mendoza y Bobadilla (*1508 – †1566), 1533 bishop of Coria; 1544 elevated to cardinal; 1550 archbishop of Burgos⌋, ne sit, quod merito mecum expostulare possis aut debeas.

Vale et lege nostras, nondum ipse venio.

Rursum vale.

[1 ] St. Martinʼs day falls on November 11

[2 ] We donʼt know, if Epistolae Erasmi mean here any original letters from Erasmus to Dantiscus, or any of the numerous printed editions of Erasmusʼ letters. cf. Opus Epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterodami denuo recognitum et auctum, vol. 1, ed. by Percy Stafford Allen, Oxford, 1906 , p. 72, 599-600⌊Allencf. Opus Epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterodami denuo recognitum et auctum, vol. 1, ed. by Percy Stafford Allen, Oxford, 1906 , p. 72, 599-600⌋ records 13 editions till 1531