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Letter #803

Helius EOBANUS Hessus (KOCH) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Nuremberg, 153[2]-06-24


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 80
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 268

Prints:
1HIPLER 1891 No. 21, p. 501 (in extenso; German register)
2AT 14 No. 297, p. 468-469 (in extenso; Polish register)
3DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 222, p. 149 (English register)

 

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Qui tibi hasce reddidit, humanissime mi patrone Dantisce, homo est ut mei amantissimus ita apud suos summo loco, Michael Membergius mayor of Nordhausen (Thuringia) (AT 14, p. 469, footnote 2)⌊Michael MembergiusMichael Membergius mayor of Nordhausen (Thuringia) (AT 14, p. 469, footnote 2)⌋, praefectus non modo cancellariorum sed etiam senatus urbis Northusii in Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen), county in central part of Germany⌊ThuringisThuringia (Freistaat Thüringen), county in central part of Germany⌋. Is cupit vehementer impetrare 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 Castile⌊caesaream 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⌋ rem quandam, quam ipse coram exponet tibi. Nunc rogo te propter humanitatem tuam erga me prorsus imcomparabilem, huic meo amico et opera et consilio sic adsis, ut intellegat meam sibi commendationem apud te profuisse. Quamquam vero superinscribed⌈verovero superinscribed⌉ nihil dubito iniquo animo ferre te superinscribed⌈tete superinscribed⌉ aliquid abs te anxie me petere, tamen cum amicissimi viri causam promotam cuperem, putabam novo litterarum genere apud Tuam Reverendissimam Dominationem agendum, ut intellegeres nec vulgarem esse amicum hunc mihi nec de re contemnenda agi, quamquam res quidem magna non est ut et ut spero impetratu facilis et quam neque tu improbabis. Potes vero tu apud 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)⌊Alphonsum 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)⌋ omnia; ut interim taceam, quam habeas faventem et quasi in manu 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 Castile⌊caesaremCharles 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⌋. In summa, nihil potes tuo Eobano facere gratius, quam si huic viro quantum possis in causa non magna paper damaged⌈[na]na paper damaged⌉ prosis, idque totum quicquid in hunc contuleris beneficii in me collatum existimes. Nunc quoniam hanc causam satis egisse videor, rogo te quid respondes ad [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ proximas meas litteras, quas tibi redditas esse [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ non paper damaged⌈[non]non paper damaged⌉ dubito. Possumne redire ad te? Me[...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ Regensburg (Ratisbona), city in southeastern Germany, Bavaria, on the Danube river⌊RatisbonaeRegensburg (Ratisbona), city in southeastern Germany, Bavaria, on the Danube river⌋? Quamquam enim nec [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ ut nuper scripsi, habeam tamen [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ te etiam usque ad caelum tamen paper damaged⌈[n]n paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ Graeculus. Vale mi Dantisce paper damaged⌈[antisce]antisce paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉.