Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, Domino et 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 DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, Dei gratia episcopo Varmiensi, domino maecaenatique suo colendissimo

Post mei in gratiam Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis humillimam commendationem. Reverendissime Praesul idemque maecaenas colendissime.

Temperare mihi a lacrimis non possum, quoties venit in mentem cum ea, qua Popielnikowa, mother of Johann von HÖFEN ⌊matremPopielnikowa, mother of Johann von HÖFEN ⌋ audio esse afflictam, calamitas, tum Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis (ut subolfeci) offensa gratia mea, quae (proh dolor) tempore aestivo in me apparuit, inconstantia, quia citra consensum domini magistri praeceptoris mei observandi domum redieram. At hercle non propterea id feci, quod vel praeceptorem, vel studia litterarum contemnerem, sed quoniam quidam nostrae civitatis indigena et coaetaneus (quem dii perdant), idem mihi persvasit eo honesto praetextu, quod leguminibus et aliis victualibus e patria adductis in contubernio quopiam habitarem cum eo, eam enim et mentem domini magistri praesenseram. Accessit (ut ingenue fatear) et matris videndae desiderium, horum, qui recedebant mihi noti, aspectu inflammatum. Quicquid sit, ipse miser culpam deprecor veniamque precor, quam ne mihi Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas deneget, per misericordiam Dei rogo obtestorque, ne abiiciat me Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas ad pedes suos non sine lachrimis provolvi paratum. Si aliquid (quod dii prohibeant) tale deinceps admisero, indignus sim perpetuo Tuae Reverendissimae Paternitatis gratia. Dominus magister testificari potest de mea in studiis diligentia non minus et oboedientia, cui ipse semper morem gerere studebo, sed et Deum Optimum Maximum pro Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis incolumitate, quamdiu vita fuerit superstes, exorabo. Cuius gratiae me orphanum et studia mea commendo eandemque in Nestoream senectam valere cupiens.

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⌋, feria secunda post Dominicam Oculi, anno Domini 1539.

Eiusdem Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis Johann von Höfen (Jan Hartowski, Ioannes Varschoviensis, Ioannes de Curiis) (†after 1547-09-01), probably a first cousin of Dantiscus, student of Valentinus Rawensis; in 1537 studied in Cracow; since 1545, upon Dantiscus' recommendation, in the service of Cracow bishop Samuel Maciejowski (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000)⌊Ioannes WarshowiensisJohann von Höfen (Jan Hartowski, Ioannes Varschoviensis, Ioannes de Curiis) (†after 1547-09-01), probably a first cousin of Dantiscus, student of Valentinus Rawensis; in 1537 studied in Cracow; since 1545, upon Dantiscus' recommendation, in the service of Cracow bishop Samuel Maciejowski (SKOLIMOWSKA 2000)⌋ servitor humillimus