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Letter #2538

Andrzej GÓRKA to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Poznań (Posen), 1542-02-11
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1542-02-20

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, BCz, 1599, p. 105-108

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater, domine et amice observantissime.

Post officiosissimam mei commendationem.

Cum huius servitoris Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae copia mihi contigisset, facere nolui, quin Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram saltem litteris meis inviserem. Cui si equae facultas non defuisset, ut voluntate decreveram, praesens illam domi suae consalutassem. Sed cum et nimio dudum a sacra Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊maiestate regiaSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋ Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌊VilnaeVilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌋ retentus essem, et celeritatem profectionis in reditu negotia quaedam praefecturae meae flagitarent, occasionem ad Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram eundi intermittere fui coactus. Silentio tamen praeterire nolui eam hospitalitatem, qua a Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌊capitaneoGeorg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌋ Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae in Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊BraunsbergkBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ fui exceptus, qui me omni humanitate exceptum ea copia rerum tractavit, ut non solum ad commoditatem, verum etiam ad voluptatem nihil defuisse videri possit, quam Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae erga me liberalitatem omni gratitudinis officio demereri studebo.

Cuius favori me commendo et opto illam diutissime valere incolumem.