CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #1273

Mauritius FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1535-01-31

received [1535]-02-01

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 8, f. 38-39 + f. [1] missed in numbering after f. 38

Auxiliary sources:

1	register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 20

Prints:

1	AT 17 No. 62, p. 89-90 (in extenso; Polish register)

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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, 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 CulmensiIoannes 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⌋, fratri et amico carissimo ac plurimum honorando

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, amice praestantissime et frater plurimum observande.

Salutem et omnium rerum prosperos successus.

Cum nuper illos duos articulos de capitaneatu Slochoviensi item et Margenburgensi per Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram et alios duos dominos confectos, prout a me desiderabant ad 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⌊regiam maiestatemSigismund 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⌋ mitterem, arbitrans, quod cuilibet liberum, pro quo vellet rogandi, et rex liberam haberet disponendi facultatem, uti, credo, Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio et alii domini etiam fortassis arbitrati sunt, ego potissimum ex eo, quod Citizens of Gdańsk ⌊GedanensesCitizens of Gdańsk ⌋ et Elbingenses apud me insteterunt, pro domino Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌊CzemaAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌋ intercederem et palatinus Margenburgensis mihi scripsit, quod solum instare deberem et rex orandus esset, quo et nostra consilia ad disponendum de Margenburgensi capitaneatu admittere vellet, in ea opinione perstiti, prout supra memoravi, in litteris tamen regiis posui <s>chedam, narrans, quod ille articulus de Margenburgensi capitaneatu dumtaxat a Dominatione Vestra et aliis duobus dominis congestus esset, ego autem pro nemine rogavi, relinquens 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⌊suae maiestatiSigismund 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⌋, quam haberet facultatem disponendi, quae melius quam ego suos novit etc. Nunc dominus Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌊CzemaAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌋ obloquit[ur] me atque diffamat, quod salva pace in hoc non verum asserit, quod abusus sum suum et aliorum dominorum sigilla. Haec et alia plura, ut mihi relatum est, de me promit, quae prae commotione animi mei nunc proferre nequeam, coram autem aliquando extensius. Hoc, mi Domine, est praemium virtutis meae laborisque ac impensarum, quod mihi pro benefactis rependitur. Sed quem fructum ex ista Gdanensi transactione nos Pruteni reportare valeamus, ubi rex et regia consiliariorum cum nostris conferre in hac dispositione habet, quilibet prudens emetire valeat, sed eat hoc brocardium nunc in malam partem.

De Slochau, ubi est maior laesio, non fiat mentio. Quomodo illa tenuta a nobis alienata est, ex litteris his inditis parumper Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio intelliget. Utinam communem bonum ita diligenter et accurate sollicitaremus, quemadmodum in privatum attenti sumus.

Nova in <s>cheda hic indita nobis a reverendissimo domino episcopo Cracoviensi praesule, qui se recte valere scribit, missa sunt, utinam vera.

Cui similiterque Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi longam, felicem et hilarem vitam a Domino Deo precor et, ut me suo solito fraterno amore prosequatur, sedule peto.

Ex castro Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HelsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, ultima Ianuarii 1535.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae totus Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊Mauritius episcopus VarmiensisMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ manu sua

Postscript No. 1:

Item, tres domini non repraesentant totum consilium. Item, rex ita acceleravit, quod nec Polonicum, nec Prutenicum consilium in consultationem potuit requirere. Intelligenti satis.

Postscript No. 2:

Nec hoc in pactatis Gdanensibus comperio, quod Polonus astringitur rogare pro Polono nec Prutenus pro Pruteno, igitur cuilibet liberum est, pro quo intercedere statuerit et per hoc non infringitur privilegium nostrum, si quispiam Prutenorum rogaret pro Polono, ut dominus Czema effutit, cum hoc non possum satis animi mei maerore exprimere, quod mihi impingitur, veluti abusus essem sigilla dominorum, quisquis enim talis sit, hominem futilem, mendacem, honoris mei et dignitatis insidiatorem et denigratorem appello, et ut ipsum Deus publica infamia vicissim confundat, precor.