Letter #2132
Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESEHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-04-12
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Dantiscus is pleased by Giese’s declaration, contained in his letter, of friendship and loyalty on the matter of Alexander [Sculteti], and assures him of his own unchanging good will.
When Giese’s letter arrived [on April 11], Dantiscus was conferring with the Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig) [Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)]. They were both pleased with the stance taken by Giese and the Thorn (Toruń) Town Council. The castellan promised to speak from these positions with the Duke [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach], as he was setting off the next day to see him.
Because the plague has appeared in Marienburg (Malbork), they decided it was advisable to ask the King [Sigismund I Jagiellon] to suggest a different location and a realistic date for the next [Royal Prussian] Diet, e.g. for Trinity Sunday [June 1] in Elbing (Elbląg). Dantiscus asks Giese to impart this information to the other [Prussian] councillors.
Fabian [von Zehmen (Cema)] has written from Cracow to his brother [Achatius] informing him of the news brought to the court by the messenger of the Roman King [Ferdinand I of Habsburg]: the Emperor [Charles V] and the King of France [Francis I of Valois] have set off together with an enormous fleet against the Sultan [Suleiman the Magnificent] in order – as rumour has it – to recapture Rhodes. This information is confirmed in a letter Dantiscus has received from the elect of Lund and Constance [Johan Weze]. He is currently travelling to the negotiations (conventus) in Frankfurt as the Emperor’s general commissioner for religion, very hopeful about an end to the religious conflicts.
Dantiscus thinks it advisable to issue a directive in the [Kulm (Chełmno) and Ermland (Warmia)] dioceses ordering prayers for the success of the expedition against the Sultan.
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