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Letter #5875

Johann Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Aschaffenburg, 1532-05-29
            received Regensburg, 1532-06-04

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 90, f. 112 + f. [1] missed in numbering after f. 112

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 75

 

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AAWO, AB, D.90, f. [1] after f. 112v

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AAWO, AB, D.90, f. 112r

Erwyrdiger wesunderer gutter her und freundt.

Euer cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Johann Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach 1532-05-13, CIDTC IDL 7390, letter lostschreybencf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Johann Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach 1532-05-13, CIDTC IDL 7390, letter lost 13 Maii hab ich 26 Maii empfangen und inhaltz vernome(n). Sag euch nemlich grossen danck, dar ir mich geg(en) Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castilekeyserlicher maiestadtCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile so underteniglich befollen hadt, / auch gehabptz vleys, mit dem legat(en), / als fil mir umbermuglich ist.

Wyl ichs umb euch verdinen, / so hore ich gern, das sich Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)der von NassauHendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5) so hoch erpoten hadt, wolt Gott, das er den tritten teyl seins zusagens thedt. Were czweyfels an Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castilekeyserliche maiestadtCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile seldt mich in kurtzer zeyt pesser versehen, als pishere geschehen. Wyl euch aber gepet(en) haben, mich abermals dermassen zubefellen, / aber sich als dan zwsam(m)en reymen wolt. /

Ich bedanck mich auch gegen den 4 furst(en), so sich so gutbilliglich mit euch zum legat(en) ein furpit fur mich zuthun gen wolt(en) / gehalt(en) haben, / wyls umb sy wyder freuntlich verdinen, / und pit euch, wolt etlichem ein gutt(en) starcken trunck von meynetbegen pringen, damit ir in der geselschafft auch an mich / gedencket. / Auch bedanck ich mich hochlich gegen dem legat(en) des erpitens, Got wel das geschehe, / und ist mein pit mich im zu recome(n)diren. /

Ich wedanck mich auch des geschickten exemplars cf. Ioannes Campensis (Jan Van Campen), Psalmorum omnium iuxta Hebraicam veritatem paraphrastica interpretatio autore Ioanne Campensi, publico, cum nasceretur et absloveretur, Lovanii Hebraicarum literarum professore. R(everendissimo) D(omino) Ioanni Dantisco Episcopo Culmensi etc. dedicata, Norimberga, Ioannes PETREIUS, 1532-05-03 Psalteriicf. Ioannes Campensis (Jan Van Campen), Psalmorum omnium iuxta Hebraicam veritatem paraphrastica interpretatio autore Ioanne Campensi, publico, cum nasceretur et absloveretur, Lovanii Hebraicarum literarum professore. R(everendissimo) D(omino) Ioanni Dantisco Episcopo Culmensi etc. dedicata, Norimberga, Ioannes PETREIUS, 1532-05-03 , gefeldt mir wol. Las in hubsch einpint(en) und wyl euer darpey gedencken.

So hab ich euerem wyrdt alhy dem comissario das ein von euertbegen geben mit anczeygung des grusses. Bedanckt sichsn hochlich und wyls mit seinem andechtigem gebethe verdinen.

Es gefallen mir alle ting, wol elandt wan AAWO, AB, D.90, f. 112v ich hore, das ir superinscribed in place of crossed-out ichich ir ir superinscribed in place of crossed-out ich paldt heim wolt, dan ich mich gern vor mit euch besprechen wolt, das dan lader nit sein kann. / Musse es alsodt Gott den almechtigem lassen pefollen sein, pis sein gotliche hidden by binding[e]e hidden by binding barmhertzikeit dy gnadt mit theyledt, das mir zu Kulmsee (Chełmża, Culmense), town in northern Poland, Kulm Lake District, between Kulm and Thorn, 1251-1824 the seat of the Kulm bishops, with a cathedral and a collegiate churchCulmenseeKulmsee (Chełmża, Culmense), town in northern Poland, Kulm Lake District, between Kulm and Thorn, 1251-1824 the seat of the Kulm bishops, with a cathedral and a collegiate church, / zusammen komen mogen. Das wel Gott, das paldt geschehe, / amen. /

Las besolas hidden by binding[s]s hidden by binding manos da Isabel Delgada (†after 1546-06-15), Dantiscus' paramour during his stay in Spain, mother of his two children, Juana and Juan (Juan died in childhood)IsipeIsabel Delgada (†after 1546-06-15), Dantiscus' paramour during his stay in Spain, mother of his two children, Juana and Juan (Juan died in childhood) recivo cum hac reverentia, qua decet hidden by binding[t]t hidden by binding, und so mir Gott in Spain (Hispania)Ispania(m)Spain (Hispania) hylfft sellen sy mir pefollen sein. / Y in dia casaremos la hiz[...] hidden by binding[...][...] hidden by binding con algun gran principe da Spain (Hispania)SpangaSpain (Hispania), / beger sy wyder von meynetbegen zugrussen y alias tantos besalos manos, / wy ir im dan pesser thun kundt als ich euch anczeygen kan. / Last mich eygentlich wyssen, wen ir werdt auf se[...] hidden by binding[...][...] hidden by binding damit ich Gott den almechtigen pitt(en) muge hidden by binding[e]e hidden by binding, das euch gluckselig und wol auf dem weg zustee, / etc. omnes amicos nomine meo uno poculo ba<c>chi salutetis, praesertim ducem Wyrtenbergensen(!) et dominum 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)ValdesiumAlfonso 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), / cui semper volo com<m>endari et esse commendatus.

His paucis feliciter valeat et me illi in perpetuum com<m>endo.