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Letter #2363

Jan LEWICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Lubotyń, 1540-12-10

English register:

Jan Lewicki has not heard from Dantiscus for a long time. Since neither his fellow friar nor the messenger who was to deliver a horse to the King jr. [Sigismundus II Augustus] have shown up, he is going to entrust the letter to his own messenger.

Now he takes opportunity to pass on this letter with the parish priest from Karniewo, who is finally going to appear before Dantiscus. He asks for a fair ruling on his case. If the ruling is favourable for the parish priest, he asks Dantiscus to mention the fact of his intercession.


            received 1540(!)-01-24

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1597, p. 1151-1152

 

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BCz, 1597, p. 1151

Reverendissime in Christo Pater, domine pontifex dignissime et fautor meus praestantissime.

Mearum precum devotam commendationem et illi utramque salutem et felicitatem.

Iam taedio incomparabili distineor, quod meum beneficentissimum dominum et amicum integerrimum nec audiam, nec videam. Opperiebar indies illum fratrem ordinis nostri, sperans aliquid inde litterarum, vel saltem eum ipsum nuntium, qui equ<u>m ducturus erat Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊regi iunioriSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋, sed neuter illorum hactenus visus est, deliberavi illic mittere nuntium meum proprium. Quod faciam propediem.

Quia tamen interea obtulit se is dominus Nicolaus, parish priest of Karniewo ⌊plebanusNicolaus, parish priest of Karniewo ⌋ in Karniewo⌊CarniewoKarniewo⌋, vasallus Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae, et eam occasionem nolui amittere, quin aliquid illi non scriberem. Commendo plurimum instantiam modo iustam et rationi congruam huius domini plebani mei amicissimi, quam habiturus est coram Paternitate Vestra Reverendissima nilque dubito, si fuerit recte iusta causa sua, repulsam non accipiet. Si autem penderet ex gratia Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae citra offensam iurium Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊ecclesiae suaeErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋, illud facere dignabitur, quod non praeiudicabit ecclesiae et bonis suis, ut ipse saltem intelligeret promot(io)n(e)m meam aliquid illi allaturam.

Commendo meipsum solitae beneficentiae Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae.

Quae valeat felicissimum in Domino Deo semper laeta et iucundissima.

Vestrae Paternitatis Reverendissimae integerrimus ille semper et affectissimus Jan Lewicki (†1555), before 1522 sollicitator for Primate Jan Łaski's affairs in Rome, 1522 Latin secretary to Queen Bona Sforza; ca. 1524 Cantor in Płock; 1535 superintendent of Płock cathedral; 1535 presented to the parish in Biała and to the canonry of St. Michael's collegiate church in Płock; 1538 Commendatory Abbot of the monastery of Canons Regular of the Lateran in Czerwińsk; Queen's envoy to Charles V of Habsburg (POCIECHA 2, p. 96-97)⌊Ioannes LeviciusJan Lewicki (†1555), before 1522 sollicitator for Primate Jan Łaski's affairs in Rome, 1522 Latin secretary to Queen Bona Sforza; ca. 1524 Cantor in Płock; 1535 superintendent of Płock cathedral; 1535 presented to the parish in Biała and to the canonry of St. Michael's collegiate church in Płock; 1538 Commendatory Abbot of the monastery of Canons Regular of the Lateran in Czerwińsk; Queen's envoy to Charles V of Habsburg (POCIECHA 2, p. 96-97)⌋, D(ivina) P(rovidentia) abbas Czervensis