Demm durchlauchtnn hochgebornenn furstenn und hern / hern Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊OlbrechtnnAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋ h[erczo]gen in Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PreussennPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋ margraff zcu Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgBrandenburg⌋ ...ttum Semenn etc. ... ... meynn ... libenn hern.

Durchlauchter, hochgeborner furst, gnediger, liberr herrr. Meinn willige dienst zuvorann etc. /

So mir Got der almechtig noch VIII iornn vnd V montnn widerummb heim hot geholffenn / vnd zcwischenn mir / vnd meynemm libnn brudernn hernn Nikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌊NibschiczNikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌋ vil ist geredt, / ouch gehandelt wordenn, / das Ewren furstlichen Gnaden zu ehrenn und zu vil guttennn mocht gereichenn, / hab ich nicht mocht nochlossenn, der selbigen Ewer Gnaden mit dissemm botenn zu schreibenn / in hoffnung, dis meinn schreibenn, / so ich noch zu Ewern Gnaden mich nicht vorfuegenn mag, / guttlich von mir werd uffnhemenn etc. Ich vorsthe, das die ocht des Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (Empire, Reich, Imperium)⌊reichsHoly Roman Empire of the German Nation (Empire, Reich, Imperium)⌋ Ewer Gnaden fast zu herczenn geth vnd besverlich ist etc. So wold ich wol, das ich derhalbenn einn stundlein bey Eweren Gnaden mocht seinn. / Vorhoffet mich solchs besvernis vil zu geryngerenn, / dann ich bin disse zceit herr darummb und darbey gewest, / ouch mit den ummbgangenn, die das treibenn. / Befind nicht, das sich Ewer Gnaden oder das konigreich Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊PolnnPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋ derhalbnn fast habenn zu bekommerenn, / und ist so wichtig nicht, wie man sich bedunckenn lest. / Hirummb, so bitt ich Ewer Gnaden, wold derhalbnn einn frey und fridlich gemuet habenn. / Hoth Ewer Gnaden uff das mol im Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (Empire, Reich, Imperium)⌊reichHoly Roman Empire of the German Nation (Empire, Reich, Imperium)⌋ nichts mocht ausrichtenn besiczende die land Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PreussennPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋, / was sol Ewer Gnaden svache widerpartey ausrichtenn, / die in Preussenn nichts hoth, / do vonn wir, ab Got wil, / im korczenn weiter wollenn redenn. Dis schreibenn hab ich allein darummb gethann, / das sich in mittler zceit Ewer Gnaden zu fried gebe, der ich mich thu befhelenn. Got er almechtig geb derselbigen Ewer Gnaden in glugseligen zunemenn langwerige gesuntheit. /

Datum Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊KrakoCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, denn 16 tag Augusti anno Domini M D XXXII.

Eweren furstlichen Gnaden williger 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 Ermland⌊IoannesIoannes 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⌋, bischoff zu Kulm (Chełmno, Culma, Culmen), town in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, 40 km N of Thorn (Toruń)⌊CulmennKulm (Chełmno, Culma, Culmen), town in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, 40 km N of Thorn (Toruń)⌋ manu propria.