Copernicus to Bishop Dantiscus
Frombork, 9 August 1537
Original: Czartoryski Library, Kraków, manuscript 2713, pp. 7-8. 18th century copy: Czartoryski Library, Kraków, Teki Naruszewicza, vol. 55, pp. 197-198.
Nicholas Copernicus (Nicolaus Copernicus) informs John Dantiscus, Bishop of Chełmno and Administrator of the Diocese of Pomezania, that, on the occasion of the arrival of his messenger, he sends him some information that he has got in these days from Wrocław (Vratislauia) in a letter from June 27. These news come from the Court of Ferdinand, King of Bohemia and Hungary and concern the withdrawal of the Turks from Italy, negotiation of peace between Francis I, the King of France and Charles V, the Emperor, and the transference of the Duchy of Milan to the son of the first of them, Henry. The army of King Ferdinand is victorious at Kosice and is to receive reinforcements from the Chechs and Moravians and the Silesians, continuing on to Hungary, and who certainly will regain Kosice; it is heard that the Wallachian Hospodar Raduł VII Paisie is inclined toward conciliations under certain conditions.
Further reading
- Biskup M., Regesta Copernicana (Wrocław, 1973).
- Nicholas Copernicus Minor Works (Warsaw-Cracow, 1985).