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Letter #691

Ioannes CAMPENSIS (Jan van CAMPEN) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Leuven (Lovanium), 1531-10-02


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 54
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 245

Prints:
1HIPLER 1891 No. 13, p. 488 (in extenso; German register)
2DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 168, p. 98 (English register; excerpt)

 

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Reverendissimo domino meo, 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 DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, episcopo Culmensi, poetae merite laureato, Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊serenissimi Poloniae regisSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ oratori. Brussels (Bruxellae), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, since the regency of Mary of Hungary the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands, today the capital of Belgium⌊BruxellaeBrussels (Bruxellae), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, since the regency of Mary of Hungary the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands, today the capital of Belgium⌋

Salutem plurimam.

Habes, Domine mi, quod tantopere expetivisti. Quare statue de eo quicquid volueris, ego te facio patronum, auctorem et parentem; in te enim situm est nunc, ut vel pereat vel vivat. Praeter te enim nullus habet, ne ego quidem ipse. Dictaveram ante biennium, si bene memini, auditoribus meis primos quadraginta, ut ostenderem proprietatem et phrases Hebraicae linguae. Illi sic excepti fuerunt et toties, ut amici dicunt, manu transcripti, ut fama nescio qualis in France (Gallia, Francia), the kingdom⌊GalliasFrance (Gallia, Francia), the kingdom⌋ {et} pervenerit. Illinc enim crebris litteris hortor assidue, ut reliquos ad eundem modum absolvam. Verum ego nimium metuens iudicia hominum huius tam oculati saeculi nihil omnibus illis ad edendum commotus sum, sic mecum cogitans: non male vixit, qui latuit bene. Verum tu finem non facis extorquendi precibus, pretio, minis, quare habe et quemadmodum tibi dignum videtur tracta. Nulla autem in re magis te Sarmatam praestare velim quam hoc in opere recensendo. Vale, Domine mi.