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Letter #1690

Iustus Lodvicus DECIUS (DECJUSZ, DIETZ) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1537-08-22
            received [1537]-09-04

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 6, f. 14
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 319

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 553
2register in English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 314

 

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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino ⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi⌋ etc., domino gratioso et plurimum colendo

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiose plurimumque colende.

Salutem et humilem commendationem.

Non desiderasset tam diu litteras meas, si magnae a reditu curae et aegritudo, quae paulo post me excepit et duriter tractavit, non fuissent impedimento. Quod nunc ab illo sum praeventus, hoc mihi est gratius, quo a tali viro et simili certamine vinci est praeclarius. Minime sera fuit congratulatio, quod iam dudum persuasum habeam, quo in me semper fuerit animo, et longe abest hac in re dubitare, verum oportuit agendo habendoque gratias me priorem fuisse officio. Quo fit, ut deprecandae culpae quam ignoscentiae magis nunc mihi sit opus. Fateor quidem cupivisse, ut longam istam calamitatis meae seriem in illius sinum effundere potuissem, verum quod quaedam non tuta, quaedam levia, ne dicam indigna, essent, omnia in meum illuc reieci adventum, qui iam fuisset, si princeps ille hoc non suscepisset iter, eadem mihi nunc m[e]ns est. Spero enim fore, ut brevi Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram videam. Utinam auctura fortuna, quam ex animo illi faveo.

Magna, fateor, mea fuit calamitas, sed ita a me accepta, ut numquam abiecerim animum, habiturum Deum innocentiae meae fulcrum. Hoc olim sic fient clara, ut reciderit in auctores malum, quod seminaverunt pessimi homines, quibus nihil est antiquius, quam bonis parare foveam, quae eos ipsos paulo post excipiet. Ego devoco quodam(!) patienter et contemno quaedam fortiter, malignorum temporum colligens rationem. Reliqua consilio expedientur, si vivere dabit Deus. Interea habeo gratiam, qualem nunc possum, Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, quod tam benigniter fortunis meis sit gratulata et futuris necessitatibus amice adfore promittit. Dabo operam, ne illam sui poeniteat beneficii.

Novi nihil scribo, quod Seweryn Boner (*1486 – †1549), merchant and financial agent of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1520-1542 Burgrave of Cracow, 1524-1549 Governor and salt mine supervisor in Cracow, 1532 Castellan of Żarnów, 1535-1546 Castellan of Biecz, 1546-1549 Castellan of Sącz (PSB 2, p. 300-301; NOGA, p. 299)⌊dominum ByecensemSeweryn Boner (*1486 – †1549), merchant and financial agent of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1520-1542 Burgrave of Cracow, 1524-1549 Governor and salt mine supervisor in Cracow, 1532 Castellan of Żarnów, 1535-1546 Castellan of Biecz, 1546-1549 Castellan of Sącz (PSB 2, p. 300-301; NOGA, p. 299)⌋ hoc facere scio. Est apud me ab Seweryn Boner (*1486 – †1549), merchant and financial agent of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1520-1542 Burgrave of Cracow, 1524-1549 Governor and salt mine supervisor in Cracow, 1532 Castellan of Żarnów, 1535-1546 Castellan of Biecz, 1546-1549 Castellan of Sącz (PSB 2, p. 300-301; NOGA, p. 299)⌊illoSeweryn Boner (*1486 – †1549), merchant and financial agent of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1520-1542 Burgrave of Cracow, 1524-1549 Governor and salt mine supervisor in Cracow, 1532 Castellan of Żarnów, 1535-1546 Castellan of Biecz, 1546-1549 Castellan of Sącz (PSB 2, p. 300-301; NOGA, p. 299)⌋ datus chyphus per Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg (Ottheinrich von der Pfalz) (*1502 – †1559), son of Ruprecht von Wittelsbach, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Georg von Bayern-Landshut; nephew of Ludwig V von Wittelsbach, Elector of the Rhine Palatinate; 1556 elector of Palatinate⌊palatinum ReniOttheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg (Ottheinrich von der Pfalz) (*1502 – †1559), son of Ruprecht von Wittelsbach, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Georg von Bayern-Landshut; nephew of Ludwig V von Wittelsbach, Elector of the Rhine Palatinate; 1556 elector of Palatinate⌋ missus, in itinere, ni fallor, concussus aliquantisper. Hunc mittere nunc non videtur tutum. Misi nuper litteras, quas illustris dominus palatinus scripsit et cum cf. Seweryn BONER to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1537-08-06, CIDTC IDL 4493⌊litteriscf. Seweryn BONER to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1537-08-06, CIDTC IDL 4493⌋ Seweryn Boner (*1486 – †1549), merchant and financial agent of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1520-1542 Burgrave of Cracow, 1524-1549 Governor and salt mine supervisor in Cracow, 1532 Castellan of Żarnów, 1535-1546 Castellan of Biecz, 1546-1549 Castellan of Sącz (PSB 2, p. 300-301; NOGA, p. 299)⌊domini ByecensisSeweryn Boner (*1486 – †1549), merchant and financial agent of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1520-1542 Burgrave of Cracow, 1524-1549 Governor and salt mine supervisor in Cracow, 1532 Castellan of Żarnów, 1535-1546 Castellan of Biecz, 1546-1549 Castellan of Sącz (PSB 2, p. 300-301; NOGA, p. 299)⌋. Hactenus nuntius Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg (Ottheinrich von der Pfalz) (*1502 – †1559), son of Ruprecht von Wittelsbach, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Georg von Bayern-Landshut; nephew of Ludwig V von Wittelsbach, Elector of the Rhine Palatinate; 1556 elector of Palatinate⌊domini palatiniOttheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg (Ottheinrich von der Pfalz) (*1502 – †1559), son of Ruprecht von Wittelsbach, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Georg von Bayern-Landshut; nephew of Ludwig V von Wittelsbach, Elector of the Rhine Palatinate; 1556 elector of Palatinate⌋, qui cyphum attulit, 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⌊regiae maiestatisSigismund 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⌋ responsum expectat et rogavit, ut illum commendarem Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae. Ego quidem ab illo nihil accepi.

Cupio Reverendissimam Domiantionem Vestram diutissime et feliciter vivere solitaque me prosequi gratia et commendatum habere.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae deditissimus servitor Iustus Ludovicus Decius (Justus Ludwik Decjusz, Jost Ludwig Dietz, Iodocus Decius) (*ca. 1485 – †1545), merchant, historian, reformer of the Polish monetary system; ennobled in 1519; 1520-1524 royal secretary; 1528 Cracow town councillor; 1528 alderman in Piotrków; 1526-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Königsberg; 1528-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Thorn; 1530-1540 administrator of the royal mint in Cracow; 1519, 1520, 1522, 1523-1524 - royal envoy to Italy (PSB 5, p. 42-45; WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 250-251; NOGA, p. 304)⌊Iostus Ludovicus DeciusIustus Ludovicus Decius (Justus Ludwik Decjusz, Jost Ludwig Dietz, Iodocus Decius) (*ca. 1485 – †1545), merchant, historian, reformer of the Polish monetary system; ennobled in 1519; 1520-1524 royal secretary; 1528 Cracow town councillor; 1528 alderman in Piotrków; 1526-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Königsberg; 1528-1535 administrator of the royal mint in Thorn; 1530-1540 administrator of the royal mint in Cracow; 1519, 1520, 1522, 1523-1524 - royal envoy to Italy (PSB 5, p. 42-45; WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 250-251; NOGA, p. 304)⌋ scripsit