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Letter #796

Helius EOBANUS Hessus (KOCH) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Nuremberg, 1532-06-12


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 77 + f. [1] missed in numbering after f. 77
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 265

Prints:
1HIPLER 1891 No. 19, p. 498-499 (in extenso; German register)
2AT 14 No. 275, p. 437-438 (in extenso; Polish register)
3DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 218, p. 147-148 (English register)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 77av

Reverendissimo 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 ErmlandIoanni 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 [...] text damaged[...][...] text damaged epi text damaged[epi]epi text damagedscopo Culmensi, 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 Austriaserenissimi regis text damaged[egis]egis text damaged PoloniaeSigismund 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 apud 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 Castilecaesaream maiestatemCharles 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 oratori etc. text damaged[etc.]etc. text damaged, domino et patrono perpetua fide colendo suo

AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 77r

Salve, optime ac humanissime princeps Dantisce, patrone mi.

Quod toto eo tempore, quo a te abii, nihil a me litterarum acceperis, in causa primum fuit, quod ex molestissimo itinere mirabiliter aliquot diebus nauseabam et vix aegre concoquebam istas Ratisbonenses crapulas. Cum ecce hic novis et ferme cotidianis interim accipior ab amicis, qui vel reducem me amplexabantur, vel novi cum his principibus advenerunt, a quibus cum tandem me extricassem, reversus ad mea studia Ecclesiasten paene absolvi versu elegiaco. Quod velim, Ioannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)CampensiIoannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256) nostro dicas, me nunc ipsius quasi auspiciis constanter et fortiter militare, quamquam et hoc, et omne militabitur in tuae spem gratiae. Quid vero istic de meo repentino, ut ne dicam clandestino, abitu sentiatis, scire pervelim. Nosti, quam sint poetis heteroclyta capitula et num ego tibi vesperi, hoc est pridie eius diei, quo abiturus eram, dixeram abiturum postridie me esse, etsi pediti foret abeundum? Quod ita quidem per spatium duorum milium factum est, tum forte fortunam currum nactus Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, BavariaNurenbergamNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria salvus perveni. Interim nec a te, nec a Ioannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)CampensiIoannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256) ullas accipio litteras. E Causam mihi ipse fingo, quod fortasse meas vos exspectetis aut, si irati mihi estis, quod insalutatis omnibus istic domesticis abierim, cogitabitis, quamdiu contra praescriptum meum vobis morem gesserim, deinde, quae me res coegerint festinare.

Tibi, mi patrone, scio, quid sim pollicitus, nempe rediturum me perfecto Ecclesiaste, quod quia paucis diebus est futurum, scire valde cupio, sisne adhuc in eadem sententia atque istic tamdiu permansurus, donec ego rus rursus descendam ad Danube (Dunaj, Donau), river in central and eastern EuropeDanubiumDanube (Dunaj, Donau), river in central and eastern Europe. Ego vero, si voles, intra octiduum tecum ero et quamquam nec pennas habeo, nec ungulas, tamen vel curram, vel volabo, quo et quando iusseris. Sunt enim et erunt tua erga me immortalia beneficia, AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 77v cui et si quae debeo, praestare fortassis non possum, dabo tamen operam, ut omnis posteritas ea me sinceriter praestare voluisse intellegat. De conventu horum principum nihildum certi est, quod scribam, et vos, quae hic agantur, melius istic quam nos hic scire existimo.

Philip I of Hesse der Großmütige (*1504 – †1567), 1509-1567 Landgrave of Hesse, actually in power from 1518; son of Wilhelm II of Hesse and Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, married to Christine of Saxony (daughter of Georg, Duke of Saxony), protector of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany, one of the leaders of the Schmalkaldic League (taken prisoner by emperor Charles V of Habsburg after the defeat at Mühlberg in 1547, but released in 1552) (ADB, 25, p. 765-783)HessusPhilip I of Hesse der Großmütige (*1504 – †1567), 1509-1567 Landgrave of Hesse, actually in power from 1518; son of Wilhelm II of Hesse and Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, married to Christine of Saxony (daughter of Georg, Duke of Saxony), protector of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany, one of the leaders of the Schmalkaldic League (taken prisoner by emperor Charles V of Habsburg after the defeat at Mühlberg in 1547, but released in 1552) (ADB, 25, p. 765-783) non advenit, sed tamen e suis quosdam misit, venturus tamen et ipse a quibusdam existimatur, αλλαταυτα ενγουνοσιθεωνκειται.

Saluta, precor, amantissime nostrum Ioannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)CampensemIoannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256), illud amabile et candidum pectus, cui scribere nunc non licuit, cum ad cenam properarem, vocatus ad optimum virum dominum praepositum Divi Laurentii.

Quantus ego hic tuarum virtutum Ecclesiastes sim, non credis; nam circumveniunt et urgent me superinscribedmeme superinscribed, nec respirare sinunt de te, velut contionantem. Fortunate Dantisce, qui tuarum virtutum praeconem Eobanum invenisti. Non enim non possum iocari tecum tam candide iocos omnes accipienti.

Saluta optimos viros, fratres germanos tuos, dominos Bernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of LöbauBernhardumBernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau et Georg von Höfen (Georg Flachsbinder, Georgius de Curiis) (†after 1550-02-07), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother; Starosta of Rössel (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 584, 586, 588; AGAD, MK, 77, f. 385-386v)GeorgiumGeorg von Höfen (Georg Flachsbinder, Georgius de Curiis) (†after 1550-02-07), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother; Starosta of Rössel (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 584, 586, 588; AGAD, MK, 77, f. 385-386v), dulcissimos nuper congerrones et collusores meos.

Avidissime tuas litteras exspectabo nec veniam, nisi lite vel litteris, vel nuntiis significaris.

Salutat te amanter uxorcula mea ac on the margin in place of crossed-out quamquam ac ac on the margin in place of crossed-out quam nihil omnino aeque se desiderare ait ac saepe te videre et atque alloqui, idque imprimis, quod tu nuper scribebas, fieri te sibi compatrem.

Labor meus in Ecclesiasten spero, non erit tibi et Ioannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256)CampensiIoannes Campensis (Jan van Campen, Ioannes de Campo) (*1491 – †1538), Netherlandish classical philologist and Hebraist, author of a paraphrase of the Book of Psalms from Hebrew to Latin and a Hebrew grammar, in 1531 lecturer at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain University (CE, vol. 1, p. 255-256) ingratus; digna enim res est, in quam vel maximi quique impendantur labores. Sed nos de paupere vena quas damus exiguae decutiuntur opes.

Vale, praesulum ac litterarum decus vere unicum.

Vere tuus Helius Eobanus Hessus (Eobanus Koch, Helius Coccius) (*1488 – †1540), neo Latin poet, humanist and writer, since 1509 secretary of bishop of Pomesania Hiob Dobeneck, lecturer of law at the University of Erfurt, 1526-1533 lecturer in the Nuremberg Gymnasium, 1530 visited Augsburg during the Imperial Diet, since 1536 professor of history at the University of Marburg; in 1512 attended the wedding of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Barbara Zápolya at Cracow (NDB, Bd. 4, s. 543-545; CE, vol. 1, p. 434-436)Eobanus HessusHelius Eobanus Hessus (Eobanus Koch, Helius Coccius) (*1488 – †1540), neo Latin poet, humanist and writer, since 1509 secretary of bishop of Pomesania Hiob Dobeneck, lecturer of law at the University of Erfurt, 1526-1533 lecturer in the Nuremberg Gymnasium, 1530 visited Augsburg during the Imperial Diet, since 1536 professor of history at the University of Marburg; in 1512 attended the wedding of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Barbara Zápolya at Cracow (NDB, Bd. 4, s. 543-545; CE, vol. 1, p. 434-436)

Postscript:

Salutat te reverenter noster Ioachimus Camerarius (Joachim Kammermeister) (*1500 – †1547), humanist, scholar, writer and translator of numerous Greek works, friend of Melanchton and Helius Eobanus, acquaintance of Martin Luther and Erasmus of Rotterdam (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 138; CE, vol. 1, p. 247-248)IoachimusIoachimus Camerarius (Joachim Kammermeister) (*1500 – †1547), humanist, scholar, writer and translator of numerous Greek works, friend of Melanchton and Helius Eobanus, acquaintance of Martin Luther and Erasmus of Rotterdam (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 138; CE, vol. 1, p. 247-248), qui, quamquam haec scribenti non aderat, tamen hoc ut facerem, iam saepe mandavit.