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Letter #179

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Piotr TOMICKI
Valladolid, 1523-03-20


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 4, No. 410, f. 177-178
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 95r-v
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 35 (TN), No. 130, p. 531-534
4copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 87, p. 113-116

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8241 (TK 3), a.1523, f. 28

 

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[Rev]erendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, [domino] Petro Dei gratia episcopo [Posnani]ensi et Regni Poloniae [vicecanc]ellario, domino meo gratiosissimo

Reverendissime in Christo pater et Domine, domine clementissime. Post humillimam servitiorum meorum commendationem.

Accepi cf. Piotr TOMICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS Vilnius, 1522-11-16, CIDTC IDL 7096, letter lost⌊litterascf. Piotr TOMICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS Vilnius, 1522-11-16, CIDTC IDL 7096, letter lost⌋ Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌊VilnaeVilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌋ 1522-11-16⌊XVI Novembris1522-11-16⌋ datas, 1523-03-03⌊tertia huius1523-03-03⌋, quae mihi fuerunt {gra}gratissimae. Ferebant in primis litteras meas Antverpiae scriptas esse redditas, quas, quod essent longiores, dignata est Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima, pro sua in me gratia, commendare plurimum meque hortari, ut per omnem occasionem sic facerem semper. Quod si prius feci, cum mihi nunc latior scribendi campus datus est, uberius exhibui, modo Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima tam longas ineptias legendo non offendatur.

Habeo Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae, quas possum, immortales gratias pro data opera apud 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⌊maiestatem regiamSigismund 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⌋ de ulteriore mea provisione et de hac clementi solicitudine, quam pro me et rebus meis gerit. Deus Optimus Maximus mihi dat eam gratiam, cum referre nihil Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae possum, ut saltem animo illi non ingratus videar, quod quamdiu in vivis sum, omni studio et cura cavebo.

Quo hic sum expeditus et quanto tempore hic immorari coactus fuerim, ad longum ex meis ad maiestatem regiam intelliget. Testabantur etiam iis inclusi mei versiculi, quanta cum diligentia et sedulitate hic expeditionem meam solicitaverim, quam tandem post tot curas, taedia et molestissimas moras, Deo gratia, nactus sum, unde facile pro suo singulari atque incomparabili intellectu percipiet, quod cum hoc novo ducentorum ducatorum viatico nequaquam sit possibile, quod redeam, absumpti enim sunt ante unum mensem. Accepi igitur ad meam fidem a The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌊FuggarisThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌋ trecentos alios, de quibus mihi pauci super ducentos restant, cum quibus me, ut in Deum spero, feliciter rediturum spero. Quapropter Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae humiliter supplico, quemadmodum cepit, pergat apud serenissimam 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⌊maiestatem regiamSigismund 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⌋ efficere, ut fides mea a The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌊FuggarisThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌋ redimatur, cum rediero, si videbitur, quod fortassis magis, quam debui, acceperim et exposuerim, respondebo, et sic respondebo, quod et maiestas regia et Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima nullam mihi culpam impingent.

Habeo etiam Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae immensas gratias, quod curaverit 34 florenos, qui summae trecentorum deerant, et pro quibus syngraphum dederam, The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌊FuggarisThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌋ solvi, et quod me de rebus nostris et Diet of Poland ⌊Piotrkoviensi conventuDiet of Poland ⌋ deque induciis cum Vasily III Ivanovich Rurikid (*1479 – †1533), 1505-1533 Grand Duke of Muscovy; son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue⌊magno Moskoviae duceVasily III Ivanovich Rurikid (*1479 – †1533), 1505-1533 Grand Duke of Muscovy; son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue⌋ factis, quod me summe oblectavit, certiorem reddidit. De morte Erazm Ciołek (*1474 – †1522), Polish humanist, diplomat, patron of the arts and orator; 1503-1522 Bishop of Płock (PSB 4, p. 81-82)⌊episcopi PlocensisErazm Ciołek (*1474 – †1522), Polish humanist, diplomat, patron of the arts and orator; 1503-1522 Bishop of Płock (PSB 4, p. 81-82)⌋ adhuc in England⌊AngliaEngland⌋ scientiam habui, sicut illinc Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae scripsi, feci hic apud Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊maiestatem caesareamCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋ in hoc negotio omne id, quod mihi maiestas regia et Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima iniunxit, et praeterea, quia mihi res et propter reverendissimumn dominum Raphaelem et reverendum dominum Critium maximopere cordi fuit. Quidquid ad hoc negotium promovendum a me excogitari potuit, cum id, etiam ante serenissimae maiestatis regiae commissionem, cum magno cancellario egerim. Maiestas caesarea tandem per me est inducta, ut speciatim hanc relationem Pontifici faciendam suo oratori in urbe commiserit. Non ambigo Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima hoc, quod ulterius in hoc negotio necessarium cognoscet, bene diriget. 1523-03-21⌊Cras1523-03-21⌋ Deo favente ex oratore peregrinus ad Santiago de Compostela (Compostella), city in northwestern Spain, Galicia⌊Sanctum IacobumSantiago de Compostela (Compostella), city in northwestern Spain, Galicia⌋ me conferam et inde modis, quibus potero commodioribus et celerioribus, Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam sanam, incolumem et felicem Deo etiam duce, cui me totum tradidi, Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ in sua nova domo videbo. Commendo me humiliter Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae et rogo, absentis in ista rerum metamorphosi rationem habere dignetur.