Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo CulmensiIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋, fratri et amico carissimo ac plurimum honorando

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine.

Sanitat[is] plenitudinem ex caritatis abundantia et omnis boni augmentum imprimis a Deo vehementer precor Reverendissimae Vestrae Dominationi.

Nudius tertius rediit puer meus Jerzy Pisiński ⌊PisinskiJerzy Pisiński ⌋ et reddidit mihi cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mauritius FERBER shortly before 1536-10-29, CIDTC IDL 7413, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mauritius FERBER shortly before 1536-10-29, CIDTC IDL 7413, letter lost⌋ Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, quae mihi cara(!) fuere, eo quod testatae fuere ipsius integram valetud[inem]. Ego tunc decumbebam afflictus a calculo in lecto, nunc autem, adiutore Deo, meliuscule aliquantulum habeo. Praeterea fasciculum litterarum his introclu[sum] seu annexum destinarunt ad me domini rogantes illustris Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊ducis PrussiaeAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋ eo die, quo cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mauritius FERBER shortly before 1536-10-29, CIDTC IDL 7413, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mauritius FERBER shortly before 1536-10-29, CIDTC IDL 7413, letter lost⌋ Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae accepi, ut praefertur, rogantes, ut eas Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae occurente baiulo destinarem, quod nunc propere facio, licet autumo, quod nihil in eis sit, quam vetera gesta, nam similem sarci{i}nulam ipse ego etiam accepi, proinde arbitror eas(!) esse varius contextus. Alia veridica non habeo . Si quid apud Dominationem Vestram exstat, cum hoc nuntio, ut impartiat mihi, rogo.

Quam in longum aevum f{o}lorentem et valentem ad vota vivere opto.

Raptim ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HelsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, prima Novembris 1536.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae totus Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊Mauricius episcopus WarmiensisMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ scripsit