Letter #3631
Jan LEWICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUSCzerwińsk, 1539-03-25
English register:
Jan Lewicki thanks Dantiscus for his letter and generosity. He promises to pray for him with his fellow friars. He invites Dantiscus to stop for the night at his convent in Czerwińsk any time he travels to Cracow or Piotrków. He recalls the times [of their joint diplomatic travels] when Dantiscus was his mentor and guardian. He wants to repay him for this.
He will keep the beer received from Dantiscus for Easter, when more than sixty canons regular will come from all the provostships. From among them, he will choose two he can trust, distinguished by good manners, with at least some German language skills and experience as parish priests, to send them to Dantiscus after Easter. He does not trust the secular clergy as much. He asks where Dantiscus intends to send them. He assures him that the men he sends will need little to satisfy them, they will not be arrogant nor seek payment, just as long as they have food and clothing.
He is sending two barrels of local beer to Dantiscus and one to the administrator [Achatius Trenck?]. If Dantiscus likes the taste, he will always send some; if not, let his brother Bernhard [von Höfen] and the administrator drink it. He is also sending the administrator an ambling horse (gradarius), the best one he has, and thanks him for the breeding stallion he sent; he has not tried it yet, because a larger one was needed.
In exchange for the abundance of fish and herring received, he sends some very dry boletus mushrooms; he does not use them himself, as they are suspect; he does not know if Dantiscus eats them. He would like to pay whatever the administrator demands for the excellent fish. He is writing to him about this. He asks what else Dantiscus might need from him.
He justifies the delayed return of Dantiscus’ messenger with the draught horses’ exhaustion. Also, they were waiting for the Piątków beer and the mushrooms.
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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, Domino, domino
Reverendissime in Christo Pater, Domine, domine mi fautor beneficentissime.
Post mei commendationem, illi utramque salutem et caelestem benedictionem.
Die sancto, quo Laetare Ierusalem etc. cecinimus, comparuit hic nuntius iste plenus bonis rebus et praesertim cf.
Sed ne illam pluribus morer, quam nunc oporteat, testis mihi erit mea perpetua conscientia, quantum illi debeam quantumque illi cupiam ex summa affectione, propitiari autem non cessabo iugibus meis obsecrationibus apud Deum et Sanctos eius unacum meis
Ago item gratias de cerevisia tam substantiosa, quam asservabo usque ad ferias Paschae, pro qua die hebdomadae tunc sequentis habiturus sum hic omnes
Vellem tamen nunc intelligere, quorsum illos vellet mandare, illi se scient gregi bene oboedienti accommodare, de provisione non erunt solliciti, scio, quod Paternitas Vestra Reverendissima prospiciet illis de victu et amictu, illi etiam non sunt superstitiosi neque caeremoniosi, paucis erunt contenti.
Mitto Paternitati Vestrae Reverendissimae cerevisiae nostrae hic feriatae duas tunnas et tertiam domino probably
De piscibus item tam elegantissimis simul et allecis frequento gratias. Quae omnia vix umquam potero referri, non tantum illis, sed Paternitati Vestrae Reverendissimae, meo beneficentissimo veluti et auctori, et praeceptori.
Mitto et modicum de cepis, cum quibus non libenter manduco, quia ventosae dicuntur. Malo cum piris adustis, quae respondent optime brodiis nigris.
Mitto et paucos, sed macerrimos boletos, quos vocant leteos vol(!) letos. Sunt suspectae digestionis. Ego illis non utor. Nesciebam etiam, an Paternitas Vestra Reverendissima illis libenter vesceretur. Procurabo illos diligentissime. Bene hic ergo mercamur: pro optimis piscibus mittimus miseros fungos. Et tamen ego mitterem praetium, quodcumque postulabit dominus probably
Cui me iterum atque iterum ex animo commendo. Precor, conservet illam Dominus Deus, foveat et protegat sanum et felicissimum, quamdiu ipsa volet.
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Vestrae Paternitati Reverendissimae affectissimus
Postscript:
Non imputet Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima huic suo nuntio, quod sic tarde redierit. Fuerant isti equi raedarii nimium fatigati viae malignitate, quos hic reficere oportebat. Interim exspectavimus hanc cervisiam Pyathkoviensem, quam traducit commodiori tempore, via quoque multo meliori quam paulo ante. Iterum rogo non indigne ferat eam moram, fungis hic interim quaesitis causatam, oportuit transsilvanos accedere villanos.