Reverendissimo in Christo Principi et 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 gratiosissimo

Salutem plurimam dico.

Monuit me iocosis cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Hieronymus AURIMONTANUS (GÜRTLER von Wildenberg) shortly before 1539-08-17, CIDTC IDL 7235, letter lost⌊litteriscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Hieronymus AURIMONTANUS (GÜRTLER von Wildenberg) shortly before 1539-08-17, CIDTC IDL 7235, letter lost⌋ Tua Reverendissima Paternitas, Amplitudinem Tuam certiorem redderem de statu meo, viduus sim, nec ne. Viduus sum et vitam vivo tametsi non miseram (quae homini Christiano contingere non potest), attamen insuavem et minime gratam inter octo liberos, quos mihi Dominus custodiat. Quando pestilentia urbs haec aliquantulum affligitur, nescio, si opus fuerit, quo divertam. Ablata est mihi ab oculis, non corde, wife of Hieronymus AURIMONTANUS ⌊coniunxwife of Hieronymus AURIMONTANUS ⌋, pia illa philosophia, domitrix et moderatrix affectuum, quam propter egregias eius virtutes non solum amam, sed etiam plurimum dilexi, quae obambulabat curiosa et sedula mater familias. cf. Sen. Ep. 63, 7, 2-4 mihi amicorum defunctorum cogitatio dulcis ac blanda est; habui enim illos tamquam amissurus, amisi tamquam habeam ⌊Scio quid amisi, novi quid habuicf. Sen. Ep. 63, 7, 2-4 mihi amicorum defunctorum cogitatio dulcis ac blanda est; habui enim illos tamquam amissurus, amisi tamquam habeam ⌋, quid habiturus sum nescio. Sed satis illa et plus quam satis, quia cruciant, absumunt vires, exedunt praecordia. Nam rerum irrevocabilium summa medela solet esse oblivio.

Nescio itaque, an altera mihi subducenda sit, cum non habeam sublevantem me a curis domesticis. Consilio mihi opus esse scio, quod a solo Deo mihi expectandum venit atque a bonis hominibus. Habeo itaque Tuae Reverendissimae Paternitati gratiam, quod multa loci intercapedine absens, corde tamen adhuc praesens sum, quod ego meis officiis, si umquam sors ita feret, libenter promerebor.

Valeat bene Reverendissima Paternitas Tua et me tibi commendatum habeat.

Datae 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⌋, 17 Augusti, anno 1539.

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