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Letter #3207

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Gregorius, organist at Vilnius Cathedral
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), [1547]-09-03

English register:

Dantiscus is sending Vitus, who will deliver this letter, to the court of the young king [Sigismund II Augustus]. He has entrusted him with the task of bringing from there a dwarf acquired by Dantiscus. He asks the addressee to assist Vitus in preparing a small cart suitable for the dwarf.

Furthermore, he asks the addressee to keep him informed of developments at court.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 310r (c.p.)

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 450

 

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Honeste Domine.

Salutem in Domino.

Allegavimus Heilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌊hincHeilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌋ ad aulam serenissimae Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊maiestatis regiae iuniorisSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋ cum cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon before 1547-09-03, CIDTC IDL 6402, letter lost⌊litteriscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon before 1547-09-03, CIDTC IDL 6402, letter lost⌋ nostris praesentium latorem, Vitus, servant of Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌊VitumVitus, servant of Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌋ nostrum, cui ut ad nos dwarf bought by Ioannes Dantiscus as a gift for an unidentified person (fl. 1547)⌊nanumdwarf bought by Ioannes Dantiscus as a gift for an unidentified person (fl. 1547)⌋, qui nobis sumptus est, deducat, iniunximus. Ad quam rem cum Vitus, servant of Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌊illiVitus, servant of Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌋ opus erit curriculo , rogamus, velitis illi opera vestra adesse atque procurare, ut aptum ad id et quod dwarf bought by Ioannes Dantiscus as a gift for an unidentified person (fl. 1547)⌊pumilionidwarf bought by Ioannes Dantiscus as a gift for an unidentified person (fl. 1547)⌋ responderet, habere possit. Eo nobis rem gratam et omni benevolentia dignam estis facturi.

Quod praeterea hoc tempore scriberemus, nihil erat, cupimus tamen , si quid novarum rerum apud vos erit , ut ea ad nos diligenter describatis.

Et interim feliciter valeatis.