Salutem plurimam.

Deum immortalem, quantum ego tibi debeo, mi Dantisce, qui molestissimis negotiis obrutum recreas novis subinde deliciis. Numquam, mehercle, quicquam hoc tuo hymno[1] vidi rectius accommodatum. Amanuensi[2] non committam, sed meapte manu descriptum, quem misisti, igni tradam. Ceterum tu ipse facile conicere potes, quam sit mihi molestissimum, quod dulcissima tua consuetudine mihi frui non liceat. Mercurino Arborio di Gattinara (*1465 – †1530), humanist, jurist, trusted and influential advisor to Charles V; 1501 entered the service of the Habsburgs as legal counsel to Duchess Margaret of Austria, 1504 advisor and President of the Privy Council of Margaret of Austria, after the governoship of the Netherlands was entrusted to her, 1518 Grand Chancellor of Castile and later of Charles V as Roman Emperor, 1529 Cardinal of St. Giovanni a Porta Latina (after the death of his wife, Andreetta Avogadro) (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 12; CE, vol. 2, p. 76-80)⌊CancellariusMercurino Arborio di Gattinara (*1465 – †1530), humanist, jurist, trusted and influential advisor to Charles V; 1501 entered the service of the Habsburgs as legal counsel to Duchess Margaret of Austria, 1504 advisor and President of the Privy Council of Margaret of Austria, after the governoship of the Netherlands was entrusted to her, 1518 Grand Chancellor of Castile and later of Charles V as Roman Emperor, 1529 Cardinal of St. Giovanni a Porta Latina (after the death of his wife, Andreetta Avogadro) (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 12; CE, vol. 2, p. 76-80)⌋ mittit in Italy (Italia)⌊ItaliamItaly (Italia)⌋ aliquot ex suis meque suis negotiis enecat atque ita huic domui alligavit, ut hinc discedere fas non sit. Forsan aliquando miseris feliciora sequentur tempora.

Vale.

Tuus Alfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)⌊ValdesiusAlfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)⌋

[1 ] Poem unknown

[2 ] Perhaps one of the two scribes mentioned 4 years later in the testament of Alfonso de Valdés (1532-010-05): Gonzalo Pérez (*1500 – †1567), humanist, writer, author of a translation of "The Odyssey" (1550); father of Antonio Pérez, secretary of Philip II; after his death, in 1574, his collection of rare Greek and Latin manuscripts was acquired by king Philip II for the Escorial library; until 1532 scribe of Alfonso de Valdés; then secretary of Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain (CEID 2/3, p. 26, 210; GONZÁLEZ, passim)⌊Gonzalo PerézGonzalo Pérez (*1500 – †1567), humanist, writer, author of a translation of "The Odyssey" (1550); father of Antonio Pérez, secretary of Philip II; after his death, in 1574, his collection of rare Greek and Latin manuscripts was acquired by king Philip II for the Escorial library; until 1532 scribe of Alfonso de Valdés; then secretary of Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain (CEID 2/3, p. 26, 210; GONZÁLEZ, passim)⌋ or Juan Saganta till 1532 scribe of Alfonso de Valdés; 1532-1550 secretary of Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle; after 1550 secretary of his son Antoine; served in the imperial chancellery of Charles V and than in the chancellery of the Spanish king Philipp II more than 60 years; mentor of Juan Vicente Peliger, who was an author of Primera y segunda parte del estilo y metodo de escriuir cartas (Madrid 1599) (VALDÉS 1996, No. 107, p. 274-275; PELIGER, Prologo a los aficionados Lectores en esta profesion; BERTOMEU, p. 26, note no. 19)⌊Juan SagantaJuan Saganta till 1532 scribe of Alfonso de Valdés; 1532-1550 secretary of Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle; after 1550 secretary of his son Antoine; served in the imperial chancellery of Charles V and than in the chancellery of the Spanish king Philipp II more than 60 years; mentor of Juan Vicente Peliger, who was an author of Primera y segunda parte del estilo y metodo de escriuir cartas (Madrid 1599) (VALDÉS 1996, No. 107, p. 274-275; PELIGER, Prologo a los aficionados Lectores en esta profesion; BERTOMEU, p. 26, note no. 19)⌋