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Letter #2456

Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Mathias PLATEN?]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1541-07-15


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in German, autograph, BCz, 245, p. 282 (t.p.)

 

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... Wir habnn mit sverheit unsers gemuets [und] sonderem mitleidenn Ewer krancheit vornomenn [G]ot bittende, / euch widerummb zu Ewer gesuntheit wolde vorhelffen. / Negst hab wir euch was den Bartholomeus Bardaun (†1541/1542), organ-maker⌊orgelmacher BardaunBartholomeus Bardaun (†1541/1542), organ-maker⌋ belangt / cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mathias PLATEN 1541-05-30 — 1541-07-14, CIDTC IDL 6754, letter lost⌊geschribnncf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mathias PLATEN 1541-05-30 — 1541-07-14, CIDTC IDL 6754, letter lost⌋. / Wolt uns bey dissemm unsernn underthan lossenn wissen, / wie es umb in ein gestalt habe. / Disse beygebundenen brive wolt magistro Jakob von Barthen (Warten, Barten) (*ca. 1505 – †ca. 1565), Gdańsk burgher, doctor of both canon and civil law, Melanchthon's student, acquaintance of Cornelis De Schepper; from 1529 secretary of Riga; from 1534 at the latest in the service of Gdańsk (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 281-282; MBW T 11, p. 116)⌊Iacobo vonn BartenJakob von Barthen (Warten, Barten) (*ca. 1505 – †ca. 1565), Gdańsk burgher, doctor of both canon and civil law, Melanchthon's student, acquaintance of Cornelis De Schepper; from 1529 secretary of Riga; from 1534 at the latest in the service of Gdańsk (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 281-282; MBW T 11, p. 116)⌋ zufertigen / und so vil euch muglich beystand thun, das er III fas [b]esten danczker birs gen Bruges (Brugia, Brugge), city in the Low Countries, in the County of Flanders, in the 13th-15th centuries one of the most important commercial ports and trading centres in Europe, today in Belgium⌊Bru...Bruges (Brugia, Brugge), city in the Low Countries, in the County of Flanders, in the 13th-15th centuries one of the most important commercial ports and trading centres in Europe, today in Belgium⌋ 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⌊FlandrenFlanders (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⌋ an hern Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌊Cornelium ScepperumCornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌋ / mit denn ersten thu fertigenn. / Was das alles wirt gekostenn, werdet ir im sagen, / das es im zu dancke erlegt sol werden, / so bald er uns lest wissenn, / was die summa wirt sein. / Hiemit Gote befolenn, / der helffe euch wider uff. / Grust Ewer libe wife of Mathias PLATEN ⌊hausfrauwife of Mathias PLATEN ⌋ / und all[e] gutte freunde.