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Text #66

Ioannes DANTISCUS for Heilsberg town
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński) 1543-08-20
Manuscript sources:
1copy in German, in secretary's hand, 16th-century, APG, 300, 53, 393, p. 29-32

 

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APG, 300, 53, 393, p. 29

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of ErmlandIoannes von Gots gnaden bisschoff zu ErmelandtIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland thun kundt und zu wissen euch ersamen unser(e)nn lieben getrewenn Heilsberg Town Council burgermeister und rathman unser statt HeilsbergkHeilsberg Town Council , / das wir glewbwirdigk bericht szeyn(n) / wie das etliche awss unser(e)n underthanen(n) ewr(e)n myteburger zu 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 LeagueDantzigGdańsk (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 haben awsgegeben(n) und gesaegtt, das sie von uns gehoertt und wir gerett sulten haben(n), / das es zu 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 LeagueDantzigkGdańsk (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 nicht ere(?) gut kunde werden.

Es weren denne drey vorrether die im rothe szesszen, / dorawss vorworffen, welcher grober ader dergleichen rede / und unvornu(n)stigen(n) wortten wir uns nicht mugen erinnern(n) / derwegen wir euch ernstlich gebiethen(n) das ir auff negstzukunstigen(n) Sanct Bartholomei tagk noch der molczeit / alle und itzliche ewr(e)s mittels / zo wol / als des gerichts / ouch gemeyniglich alle unser underthan ew(e)r mithburger und eynwonere unszer statt / bey gehorszam thut auffs rathawsz vorbotten(n). / Und ihn diesze worte / die vonn etlichen awss ihn / zu 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 LeagueDantzigkGdańsk (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 gesaegt solten szeyn / vorhaltet sie szamptlich und jedern in szunderheit bey dem eyde / den sie uns gesworen(n) / mit fleysz vormanet / das die jenigen(n) die falsche rede von uns ader jemandts awsz unserm Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of ErmlandslosseHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland gehoertt haben(n) / freymuttigk sich dorczu bekennende vortreten(n) und anczeigen(n) / wie und in was gestalt / sie solche worte gehoerrt hetten den wir allen und eyn jeder(e)n in szunderheit hiemit / und mit unser christlichen zusag / geloben un(n)d vorsprechen(n) / das es denselbten(n) / oder der solchs gehoertt hott APG, 300, 53, 393, p. 30 euch all den iren / zu dieszen und zukunftigen czeitten an leyb / ehre und guth ouch an unszer gnaden ghen ider(e)n unschedlich und unabbruchlich seyn(n) sol. /

Des zu urkundthab wir unszer mittel sigell wissentlich an dissen brieff lassen drucken.