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Letter #3098

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Jan KUNICKI
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1547-05-30

English register:

Dantiscus thanks the addressee for his letter, which was a reply to his own. He is pleased by the addressee’s efforts to find him a dwarf. Should the addressee find a suitable dwarf, Dantiscus asks him to provide suitable remuneration on his behalf and to send him to him. He assures him of his readiness to return the favour.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 272r-v

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 394

 

Text & apparatus & commentary Plain text Text & commentary Text & apparatus

 

Gratae nobis fuerunt Dominationis Vestrae cf. Jan KUNICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1547-05-30, CIDTC IDL 6391, letter lost⌊litteraecf. Jan KUNICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1547-05-30, CIDTC IDL 6391, letter lost⌋, quibus ad nostra cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Jan KUNICKI before 1547-05-30, CIDTC IDL 6392, letter lost⌊nostriscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Jan KUNICKI before 1547-05-30, CIDTC IDL 6392, letter lost⌋ respondit super nec erat et nobis tantas gratias agit. Quod facere non erat necessarium, eo quod Dominationem Vestram nostris litteris invisimus et re superinscribed in place of crossed-out in⌈inrere superinscribed in place of crossed-out in⌉quisivi superinscribed⌈vivi superinscribed⌉mus. AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 272v Acceptum tamen id nobis fuit et Dominationi Vestrae econtra multas superinscribed in place of crossed-out magnas⌈magnas multas multas superinscribed in place of crossed-out magnas⌉ agimus gratias, quod nostras litteras g acceptas habuit et illis respondere non gravata sit nostroque nomine pro inquirendo dwarf bought by Ioannes Dantiscus as a gift for an unidentified person (fl. 1547)⌊nanodwarf bought by Ioannes Dantiscus as a gift for an unidentified person (fl. 1547)⌋ tantam operam impendit. Quam et superinscribed⌈etet superinscribed⌉ plurimum rogamus Qui si adhuc alicubi superinscribed⌈alicubialicubi superinscribed⌉ haberi poterit, rogamus plurimum Dominationem Vestram, velit in eo nobis gratificari et talem, qui apud aptus nobis superinscribed⌈nobisnobis superinscribed⌉ et ex sententia nostra erit, nobis transmittere. Si vicissim Dominationi Vestrae aliqua re vobis on the margin⌈aliqua re vobisaliqua re vobis on the margin⌉ vobis respondere superinscribed in place of crossed-out prodesse⌈prodesse vobis(!) respondere vobis respondere superinscribed in place of crossed-out prodesse⌉[2] poterimus, experietur illa nos semper paratissimum.

Quam in the Dantiscus hand, in next line in place of crossed-out Dominationem Vestram⌈Dominationem Vestram superinscribed in place of crossed-out Quam⌈QuamDominationem VestramDominationem Vestram superinscribed in place of crossed-out Quam⌉ Quam Quam in the Dantiscus hand, in next line in place of crossed-out Dominationem Vestram⌉ bene et feliciter valere optamus.

[1] Text added in the margin supplies etc. which is not deleted

[2] respondere perhaps mistakenly instead of rependere