Reverendissimo in Christo Principi ac Domino, 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, Varmiensis ecclesiae praesuliIoannes 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⌋, domino meo modis omnibus gratiosissimo clementissimoque

Salutem plurimam dico.

Quantum mihi gaudii, consolationis ac voluptatis pulcherrima illa et elegantissima Tuae Reverendissimae Paternitatis consolatoria cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Hieronymus AURIMONTANUS (GÜRTLER von Wildenberg) shortly before 1538-08-01, CIDTC IDL 7184, letter lost⌊epistolacf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Hieronymus AURIMONTANUS (GÜRTLER von Wildenberg) shortly before 1538-08-01, CIDTC IDL 7184, letter lost⌋ attulerit, vix dici queat, Dignissime Praesul, quae profecto ac sincero ac pio corde provecta emanavit. Deo itaque Optimo Maximo habeo gratiam, quod in meis tribulationibus praeter merita mea dignatus est solari me a tanto Domino.

Fateor recte, Amplissime Pater, me pergrave acerbissimumque vulnus accepisse ex carissimae simul atque dulcissimae wife of Hieronymus AURIMONTANUS ⌊uxoriswife of Hieronymus AURIMONTANUS ⌋ meae obitu, quae iam edito partu vix quartam horulae partem inter vivos egit relinquens mihi filiolum eius iussu nomine Ioannes GÜRTLER son of Hieronymus Aurimontanus⌊IoannemIoannes GÜRTLER son of Hieronymus Aurimontanus⌋. Sic orbatus sum Dei voluntate, cui nemo resistere vel potest, vel debet, dilectissima consorte mea, fideli adiutrice mea<e>, quae mihi rem omnem domesticam non sine maximo emolumento meo atque meorum usque diligenter administravit, deferens me in extremis curis ac animi perturbationibus, quare modo inter assiduos fletus ploratus et eiulatus ago sumens quottidie panem meum cum lacrimis, nec mihi temperare possum. Nam universa prope civitas obitum eius deploravit, quod mihi visu erat difficillimum.

Iubet quidem Reverendissima Paternitas Tua, tristitiae meae modum ponam et recipiam consolationem a Deo, qui omnis consolationis dominus est, cum doloribus et animi mei angustiis atque cruciatibus malam hanc fortunam in meliorem transponere partem nullo pacto queam, immo subinde nequiorem magisque acerbiorem reddere. Audiam itaque Tuae Reverendissimae Paternitatis consolationis iussum, quantum in me fuerit, felix autem superque beatus, qui id facere potest, scribere quidem possumus, loqui atque suggerrere aliis, at praestare difficillime. Deo ob id vicem hanc meam relinquam atque committam oportet, cuius crucem patienti ut animo feram, necessum est, Tuae Reverendissimae Paternitati gratias habens et eas quidem immortalis, qui me satis superque humanissimis litteris tuis solatus es. Det tibi Dominus rursus perpetuam mercedem pro tam pio et Christianissimo hortatu tuo.

Ceterum nihil est inter reliqua mala, quod me adeo et molestat, et movet, quod pueri mei et quidem parvuli octo numero ind<i>es matrem satis ac super deploratam vocant, quam arbitrantur provectam esse brevique reversuram sperantes . Filia mea Barbara Gürtler daughter of Hieronymus Aurimontanus⌊BarbaraBarbara Gürtler daughter of Hieronymus Aurimontanus⌋, illa natu senior, a continuo clamoso fletu contineri nequit, sed frustra quidem.

Vale, Praesul Indulgentissime, et me meosque Tuae Reverendissimae Paternitati commendatum habe.

Thorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊TurniThorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋, ex aedibus meis, prima Augusti, anno a Christo nato 1538.

Tuae Reverendissimae Paternitatis cliens Hieronymus Aurimontanus (Hieronymus Cingularius, Hieronymus Gürtler von Wildenberg) (*1464 or 1465 – †1558), doctor of medicine, humanist, author of school textbooks, initiator of the restitution of the school at Kulm and from 1501 its rector; 1504-1513 rector of the school at Złota Góra in Silesia; 1515 municipal physician at Thorn (JANOCKI 1819, vol. 1, p. 301-302; LECHICKA, p. 24)⌊Hieronymus AurimontanusHieronymus Aurimontanus (Hieronymus Cingularius, Hieronymus Gürtler von Wildenberg) (*1464 or 1465 – †1558), doctor of medicine, humanist, author of school textbooks, initiator of the restitution of the school at Kulm and from 1501 its rector; 1504-1513 rector of the school at Złota Góra in Silesia; 1515 municipal physician at Thorn (JANOCKI 1819, vol. 1, p. 301-302; LECHICKA, p. 24)⌋, artium et medicinae doctor