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Letter #1567

Jodok WILLICH von Rössel to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frankfurt an der Oder, 1537-07-20
            received [1537]-08-16

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, BCz, 247, p. 305-306

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 543

 

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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 DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, Culmensi episcopo, Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊regis serenissimi PoloniaeGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ oratori et a consiliis domino suo gratiosissimo

Salus in Christo.

Vereor sane Celsitudinem Tuam multis obtundere, quae hoc in saeculo exulceratissimo fluctibus negotiorum obruta est magis, quam occupata, sed cum necessitas durum alioqui telum adeoque pietas Christiana me movit, non potui Celsitudinem Tuam paucis interpellare.

Est apud nos discipulus quidam Philippus Sagius ⌊Philippus SagenusPhilippus Sagius ⌋ Marieburgius et iam forsan ipse tabellarius, qui iustam in litteris positurus esset operam, uti per fortunas liceret, voluit autem me suo nomine apud Celsitudinem Tuam intercessorem esse, se quomodo commode prospici posset, ut suis studiis modice consuleretur. Est enim optimae indolis adolescentulus, bene moratus pius et studiosus, multasque ingenii dotes in isto agnoscimus, quae si turpiter negligerentur, nescio quas non poenas olim daturi essemus.

At cum Celsitudo Tua celeberrima est cum litteris, tum pietate apud quoslibet doctissimos viros, a quibus laudari non minima virtus est, taceo eloquentiam, qua saepissime in legationibus honorificentissimis Celsitudo Tua usa est, taceo felicitatem in faciendis versibus, taceo liberalitatem, qua miseris et calamitosis homuncionibus subvenire soleat, quae absque dubio non nisi optima ingenia sequitur. Rogo itaque per Christum Salvatorem nostrum, quo Celsitudo Tua hunc aliquantulum opitularetur, ut Deo Optimo Maximo, patriae nostrae, et denique potissimum Celsitudini Tuae esset ornamento. Ego ergodioktes non ignavus futurus sum.

Bene valeat Celsitudo Tua.

Faxit Deus, ut quam felicissime praesideat ecclesiae Christianae, et perpetua valetudine utatur, fruatur. Ego, si quando tum occasio, tum facultas daretur, Celsitudinem Tuam plenissimis officiis mihi demereri studebo.