Letter #1603
[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Bona SforzaLöbau (Lubawa), 1537-03-16
English register: Dantiscus is sending the queen a copy of the letter he sent to Count von Nassau. Fabian Damerau will translate it for her (from German). Dantiscus has not yet received a reply to his letter to the archbishop in England (Thomas Cranmer). He fears Cranmer may be a victim of the religious upheavals there. If he receives a reply, he will let the queen know at once. Dantiscus informs her that the portraits on which his painter is working are not ready yet – he will send them as soon as they are completed. Dantiscus asks the queen to keep the promise she gave him in Cracow and not believe any anonymous slander.
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Serenissima Reginalis Maiestas et Domina, Domina clementissima.
Humillimam orationum et servitiorum meorum commendationem.
Ea, quae
Quod reliquum est, me gratiae Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae humillime commendo atque supplico, quemadmodum novissime in discessu meo Serenissima Maiestas Vestra mihi clementer ter data manu pollicita est, ne temere deinceps hominibus me deferentibus, qui nomen habere fugiunt, credat, sed me solita sua reginali benignitate ut domina mea clementissima prosequatur. Dominus Deus eandem Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram cum tota prole regia quam diutissime sospitet prosperetque in omnibus.
[1 ] Heinrich III Count von Nassau-Dillenburg resigns on behalf of his son from the post that Dantiscus started to secure for him. The reason for the resignation is that he has found another post, and his unwillingness to undertake service “against his lord”
[2 ] Dantiscus’ court painter was painting portraits for Queen Bona, including one of Princess Izabela (cf. Queen Bona’s letters to Dantiscus from 1536-1537 (orig. BCz, 3465, p. 249-276)