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Letter #3061

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Christoph] HEIL
[Heilsberg (Lidzbark)], 1547-03-07

English register:

Dantiscus had no trouble in writing a letter to the city council of Elbing (Elbląg) concerning the outstanding amount of the addressee’s stipend, which the council still owes him. He encloses his signed letter to the city council of Elbing on this matter, in the hope that it will prove of use. He also encloses two epigrams that were found among the materials sent to him. Should the addressee come across similar compositions, Dantiscus asks him to forward them to him. He makes assurances that his is ready to offer assistance whenever the addressee deems it necessary.

In a crossed-out passage of the draft letter, Dantiscus makes a different comment on the two epigrams, indicating that he wrote them on the addressee’s advice in response to Martin Luther’s epigram (“Pestis eram vivens, moriens ero mors tua, papa”). He notes that he does not wish to have them published under his own name, suggesting to the addressee that they be issued without attribution, only with the indication that they were sent to him from Germany.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 259r (b.p.)

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 365-366

Prints:
1SKOLIMOWSKA 2012 Dantiscus p. 201 (excerpt; excerpt in English translation)

 

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Non gravatim tibi eam operam impartivimus, ut ad Elbing City Council ⌊senatum ElbingensemElbing City Council ⌋ ratione debiti, quod restare tibi apud eum praetendis, scriberemus. Non fuit nobis molestum ratione residui salarii ad Elbing City Council ⌊ElbingensesElbing City Council ⌋ ratione residui salarii, quod Tuae Humanitati superinscribed in place of crossed-out tibi remi⌈tibi remi Tuae Humanitati Tuae Humanitati superinscribed in place of crossed-out tibi remi⌉ apud eos restare praetendis, scribere. Quas cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Elbing Town Council Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1547-03-07, CIDTC IDL 3060⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Elbing Town Council Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1547-03-07, CIDTC IDL 3060⌋ sigillatas et his adiunctas Tuae Humanitati superinscribed in place of crossed-out tibi remi⌈tibi remi Tuae Humanitati Tuae Humanitati superinscribed in place of crossed-out tibi remi⌉ transmittimus et vellemus, ut multum illis, quod futurum speramus, apud eosdem obtineret written over s⌈stt written over s⌉. Adiunximus praeterea Apposuimus praeterea etiam nostris litteris duo cf. [Duo epigrammata de Luthero, ad relationem versiculi Pestis eram vivens, moriens ero mors tua, Papa] shortly before 1547-03-07, CIDTC IDP 186, poem lost⌊epigrammatacf. [Duo epigrammata de Luthero, ad relationem versiculi Pestis eram vivens, moriens ero mors tua, Papa] shortly before 1547-03-07, CIDTC IDP 186, poem lost⌋, quae hic inter alias schedas ad nos missas reperta sunt. Si quid simile habuerist, nobis Tua Humanitas impartiat. Bene valeat Tua Humanitas communicet on the margin in place of crossed-out te auctore, ad relationem versiculi, cum hic apud nos esses, „Pestis eram vivens, moriens ero mors tua, papa”p. 625 hic nata. Nolumus tamen, ut illa nobis vindicentur, vel sub nostro nomine circumferantur, sed sine auctore et adyton in vulgus spergantur, quod commode per te fieri potest, si ea ex Germania ... ea tibi missa dixeris. and then crossed-out⌈te auctore, ad relationem versiculi, cum hic apud nos esses, cf. Tischreden 1566 p. 625 ⌊„Pestis eram vivens, moriens ero mors tua, papa”cf. Tischreden 1566 p. 625 ⌋ hic nata superinscribed in place of crossed-out conscripsimus⌈conscripsimus hic nata hic nata superinscribed in place of crossed-out conscripsimus⌉. Nolumus tamen, ut illa nobis vindicentur ms. vendicentur(!) ⌈vindicenturvindicentur ms. vendicentur(!) ⌉, vel sub nostro nomine circumfera written over u⌈uaa written over u⌉ntur, sed sine auctore et adyton in vulgus spergantur, quod commode per te fieri potest, si ea ex Germany (Germania, Niemcy)⌊GermaniaGermany (Germania, Niemcy)⌋ ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ ea tibi missa dixeris. hic inter alias schedas ad nos missas reperta sunt. Si quid simile habuerit written over s⌈stt written over s⌉, nobis Tua Humanitas adscribed⌈Tua HumanitasTua Humanitas adscribed⌉ communicet superinscribed in place of crossed-out impartiat. Bene valeat Tua Humanitas⌈ impartiat. Bene valeat Tua Humanitas communicet communicet superinscribed in place of crossed-out impartiat. Bene valeat Tua Humanitas⌉ hic inter alias schedas ad nos missas reperta sunt. Si quid simile habuerist, nobis Tua Humanitas impartiat. Bene valeat Tua Humanitas communicet on the margin in place of crossed-out te auctore, ad relationem versiculi, cum hic apud nos esses, „Pestis eram vivens, moriens ero mors tua, papa”p. 625 hic nata. Nolumus tamen, ut illa nobis vindicentur, vel sub nostro nomine circumferantur, sed sine auctore et adyton in vulgus spergantur, quod commode per te fieri potest, si ea ex Germania ... ea tibi missa dixeris. and then crossed-out⌉, et quandocumque agnoverit illi nostram operam necessariam esse, eam libere utatur. on the margin⌈et quandocumque agnoverit illi nostram operam necessariam esse, eam libere utatur.et quandocumque agnoverit illi nostram operam necessariam esse, eam libere utatur. on the margin⌉

Bene valeat Tua Humanitas.

[1] 7 Martii XLVII-o written in another hand.