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Letter #2499

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Andrzej GÓRKA]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1541-09-30

English register:

Two of Dantiscus’ servant-musicians are traveling to visit their parents along a route which takes them through the estates of the addressee. Dantiscus takes this opportunity to send him greetings and congratulations on his safe return from Lithuania. He expresses hope that Górka has successfully settled his affairs at the royal court.

He wishes to know why the addressee, together with the voivode of Brześć [Jan Kościelecki], did not visit him on his return journey. He would have been unlikely to entertain them as splendidly as the ducal neighbour [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern], however he would have made sure to honour the addressee properly.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, BCz, 245, p. 286 (b.p.)

 

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Magnifice Domine, amice carissime et honorande.

Salutem et omni[s] felicitatis accessum.

Cum duo isti musici servitores mei permissu meo, ut parentes suos inviserent, per domini[u]m Magnificentiae Vestrae sint ituri, nolui committere, quin illam prosperamque eius valetudinem iis meis litter[is] inviserem, congratulando Magnificentiae Vestrae , quod ex Lithuania⌊LituaniaLithuania⌋, utinam rebus suis ex sententi[a] in aula regia confectis, sospes redierit.

Hucus[que] non sine amicissimo desiderio in adventus Magnificentiae Vestrae expecta[turus] fui, quam una cum affine suo, magnifico domino Jan Kościelecki (Janusz Kościelecki) (*ca. 1490 – †1545), 1514 castellan of Kowal; 1523 - of Inowrocław; 1526-1535 - of Łęczyca; 1535-1538 - of Kalisz; 1538 voivode of Inowrocław; 1540 - of Brześć Kujawski; 1542 - of Łęczyca; 1529 envoy of the Crown diet to Lithuania, to king Sigismund I Jagiellon (Urzędnicy 1/2)⌊palat[ino] BrzestensiJan Kościelecki (Janusz Kościelecki) (*ca. 1490 – †1545), 1514 castellan of Kowal; 1523 - of Inowrocław; 1526-1535 - of Łęczyca; 1535-1538 - of Kalisz; 1538 voivode of Inowrocław; 1540 - of Brześć Kujawski; 1542 - of Łęczyca; 1529 envoy of the Crown diet to Lithuania, to king Sigismund I Jagiellon (Urzędnicy 1/2)⌋, iter per dicionem meam facturam existimabam, oppido quam libentissime illam apud me hic vidissem et pro mea tenuitate, q[uantum] potuissem, humanitatis officio tractassem. Quod qu[a] de re non successit, non velit gravari me Magnificentia V[estra] certiorem reddere. Quod si non tam laute tamq[ue] splendide, ut apud illustrem dominum Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌊ducem vicinum me[um]Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌋ excepta fuisset, propensio tamen mihi non defuisset ad omnem exhibendum honorem ac benevolentiam Magnificentiae Vestrae.

Quam diutissime feliciter valere ex animo cupi[o].