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Letter #217

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigismund I Jagiellon
Valladolid, 1524-10-03


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 5, No. 524, f. 160
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, AGAD, LL, 23, p. 195-196
3copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 106r-v
4copy in Latin, 16th-century, B. Ossol., 177/II, f. 155r-v
5copy in Latin, 16th-century, BK, 213, a.1524, No. 154, p. 239-240
6copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 36 (TN), No. 78, p. 233-235
7copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 107, p. 127-128
8copy in Latin, 19th-century, MHMT, former BJ, Przyb. 15/52, f. 134r-v

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 276

Prints:
1AT 7 a.1524, No. 146, p. 126-127 (in extenso)
2Españoles part II, No. 15, p. 159-160 (excerpt in Spanish translation)
3Sumariusz No. 885, p. 108 (Polish register)

 

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BNW BOZ 2053 nr 524 f. 160r

Serenissima Maiestas Regia et Domine, Domine Clementissime. Post humillimam perpetuae meae servitutis commendationem.

Paulo ante significarunt mihi The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌊VelserorumThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V⌋ factores, quod in Flanders (Flandria), county in the Low Countries, part of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1482, today corresponding to the Belgian provinces of Western Flanders and Eastern Flanders, the region of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in the Netherlands and part of the Département du Nord in France⌊FlandriamFlanders (Flandria), county in the Low Countries, part of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1482, today corresponding to the Belgian provinces of Western Flanders and Eastern Flanders, the region of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in the Netherlands and part of the Département du Nord in France⌋ secretum tabellarium mitterent, qui superinscribed⌈quiqui superinscribed⌉ infra horam Valladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌊hincValladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌋ exiret; proinde ut saltem Maiestas Vestra Serenissima sciret me iam Valladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌊hucValladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌋ applicuisse 1524-09-25⌊25 praeteriti1524-09-25⌋, has subito exaravi. Non sum Valladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌊hicValladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌋ acceptus hoc tempore ut prioribus duabus vicibus, suspicantur, nescio quid, de Gallis. Hic passim praedicantur, quae cum rege Galliae nomine Maiestatis Vestrae per dominum palatinum Siradiensem sunt tractata et plura adduntur, quae forte in rerum natura numquam fuerunt. 1524-09-19⌊19 praeteriti1524-09-19⌋ perveni Cabezón de Pisuerga, village and castle in Spain, Castile and León, 12 km NE of Valladolid, nowadays a town, castle no longer in existence⌊abhinc duo miliariaCabezón de Pisuerga, village and castle in Spain, Castile and León, 12 km NE of Valladolid, nowadays a town, castle no longer in existence⌋ et misi pro hospitio. More solito data mihi fuerunt tria: unum apud quendam sacerdotem, ubi neque stabulum, neque culina fuit, alia duo apud mulieres, quas cortisanas vocant. Ibi penitus neque pro equis aut pro servis ulla fuit commoditas. Conduxi Valladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌊hicValladolid (Vallisoletum, Oleti vallis), city in central Spain, Castile and León, on the Pisuerga river⌋ igitur hospitium, pro quo qualibet septimana solvo tres ducatos. Cum 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)⌊magno cancellarioMercurino 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)⌋ fui aliquoties et in prandio et in negotiis, pollicetur aegre operam suam, nihilominus pollicetur, sed sobellos sine caesaris voluntate accipere non vult; sunt adhuc apud me, neque dabuntur frustra. Caesar hinc recuperandae valetudinis gratia et ut sororem iuniorem Catharinam expediat in Portugaliam, ubi matrimonium contractum est, superioribus diebus ad quinque miliaria discessit, et hanc illius quartanam, qua laborat, causam esse ferunt, quod adhuc in colloquium non admittor. De sequestro status Barensis egi cum cancellario ad longum, addens, si non restituere superinscribed⌈rere superinscribed⌉mur in integrum, futurum, quod omnis amor et observantia Maiestatis Vestrae erga caesarem certo corrumperetur, et alia, quae videbantur huic negotio expedire. Respondit amorem Vestrae Maiestatis remansurum et caesarem nihil aliud hac in causa, quam quod aequitatis sit, facturum. Aliud ex illo hactenus extorquere non potui. Versor itaque in his turbinibus usque ad vertiginem, quae et nunc me male habet; scribo tamen. Cum auditus fuero a caesare, latius de omnibus scribam etiam diffusius, quae hic aguntur paulo post. Intra duos dies posta Romam mittetur, illac derigam meas, quae venient in manus collegae mei Neapoli. A christianissimo Francis I of Valois (*1494 – †1547), 1515-1547 King of France; son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy⌊rege GalliaeFrancis I of Valois (*1494 – †1547), 1515-1547 King of France; son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy⌋ in Lyon (Lugdunum), city in east-central France, on the Rhône and Saône rivers, one of the most important printing and publishing centers in early modern Europe⌊LugdunoLyon (Lugdunum), city in east-central France, on the Rhône and Saône rivers, one of the most important printing and publishing centers in early modern Europe⌋ humaniter et auditus et habitus sum. Illius maiestas libenter mihi dedit liberum transitum. Ibidem a quodam amico, ut ulterius progrederer, centum ducatos accepi in mutuum, quos, acceptis a The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌊FuccarisThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌋ pecuniis, hic solvi. Polliciti mihi sunt pro sustentatione, quae erunt necessariae. Alias nescio, quomodo hic mecum ageretur. Bellatur ab hac parte atque egetur acriter. Numquam maiorem pecuniarum penuriam in hac aula cognovi, quam hoc tempore, et haec spero brevi faciet pacem. Habita liberiore opportunitate, scribam uberius de omnibus Maiestati Vestrae Serenissimae. Cui me suppliciter commendo.