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Letter #1716

Georg von BAYSEN (BAŻYŃSKI) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Mewe (Gniew), 1537-09-19
            received [1537]-09-21

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 67, f. 45

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 577

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine observandissime.

Servitiorum meorum humili commendatione praemissa.

Quae scripsi Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae de officiis in tempore providendis, vivente domino palatino, habet Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra perpendere, quod sunt, qui aspirant, qui nec 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⌊maiestati regiaeSigismund 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⌋, nec reipublicae commodi essent. Quare cogitavi praeveniendum esse, ... mora esset nociva, ut talibus via intercluderetur.

Si Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae consultum videretur, agerem causam, ut antea scripsi, cum Elbing Town Council ⌊ElbingensibusElbing Town Council ⌋ et Gdańsk Town Council ⌊GdanensibusGdańsk Town Council ⌋. Spero, ut hi subscriberent.

Congratulor dominum Nikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌊Nicolaum NybschiczNikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌋ nuntium esse in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊WarmiamFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋. Spes est omnia pro voto succedere. Deus Omnipotens dirigat omnia in melius.

Cum his me Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae unice commendo. Quam felicissime in multos annos valere cupio.