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Letter #4444

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1545-02-23
            received Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-03-01

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, 53, 269, p. 75-86

 

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Denn ersamenn unnd namhafftigenn hern Gdańsk Town Council burgermeisternn unnd rathmannen der koniglichenn stadt DanntzigkGdańsk Town Council , unnsernn besundern, gutten freunden

Unnsernn freuntlichenn grus und alles guts zuvoran. Ersame, namhafftige hernn, besundere, gutte freunde. /

Wir habenn unserm vorigenn cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1545-02-06, CIDTC IDL 4443schreibenncf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1545-02-06, CIDTC IDL 4443 ann Euer Erbarkeit nach / inn unser cantzley unnd buchernn des dirshawshenn gepiets halbenn lassenn suchenn, / auch also das wir uns selbst der mühe nicht habenn vordriessenn lassenn, / sunder uns auch darob bekummert / und etzliche alte brieve durchsucht. / So ist entlich nichts anders fundenn wordenn, / denn die vier brieve, / derer abschrift wir Ewer Erbarkeit auf ihr itziges schreibenn hierinn vorschlossenn zushickenn, / welche so sie Ewer Erbarkeit inn der sachenn furderlich seinn mochtenn, / hetten wir unser muhe nicht vorgeblich angewant. /

Was die pautzker sache belangt, / mocht wir hertzlich wol leidenn, / das die also vonn 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 Austriakoniglicher maiestetSigismund 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 hingelegt wurde, / damit die gutte Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeaguestadtGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League, unser liebes vatherlandt, / ihres schweren obliegenn, das sie derenthalbenn tregt, / mochte gefreiet werden und wider inn gutte ruhe und vorgehabte gnade ihres hernn komen. / Euch inn der unnd andrem vil wolgefallens zuertzeigenn sein wir allezeit gneigt. / Gotlichen gnaden bevolhen.

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 ErmlandJoannesIoannes 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, vonn Gots gnadenn bisschoff tzw Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelanndtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia