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Letter #3706

Georg von LOGSCHAU (LOXANUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Neisse (Nysa), 1538-06-20
            received Gross Strehlitz (Strzelce Opolskie), 1538-06-22

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, BCz, 1595, p. 293-296
2register with excerpt in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8242 (TK 4), a.1531, f. 56

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 352

 

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Hochwirdiger furst, genediger herre. / Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden sein mein gantz willig ungesparte dinste / alzeit bevor. /

Darbeÿ gib ich Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden zuerkhennen, das ich mit der Ferdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌊romischen koniglichen maiestetFerdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌋ von wegen Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden medium, was das vorbott / in die Silesia (Śląsk), region mainly in today's southwestern Poland, in 1526-1741 under Habsburg rule as part of the Czech-Hungarian legacy of Ferdinand I⌊SlesienSilesia (Śląsk), region mainly in today's southwestern Poland, in 1526-1741 under Habsburg rule as part of the Czech-Hungarian legacy of Ferdinand I⌋ belangent, / genugsam gredt hab / etc.

Darauff ist mir dise anttwurtt gefallen, / ire Ferdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌊romische konigliche maiestetFerdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌋ zweifel nicht, / was sy in allem gehaim / mit Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden gereth. / Darbey wil sy das also lassen pleiben / der zuvorsicht, / Ewer Furstliche Gnade werde als der vorstendige, / die ab Gotwil glug salige und nu confirmirte freuntschafft / helffen nach dem allerbesten fordern, / domitt / rhue, frid und ainigkheit / nicht allein zwischen / dem koniglichen personen, / sonder auch landen und leutten pleibn mocht. / Das vorleihe der almechtige in ewigkheit amen. /

Denn warlich gnediger furst / die warheit zu schreiben, / so ist alle meine sach sider ich ein weib genomen / gantz und gar zum frid, und nicht zum krig gericht. /

Eins kan ich auch Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden vor alle newzeittung nicht vorhalten, / das die Ferdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌊romische konigliche maiestetFerdinand I of Habsburg (*1503 – †1564), from 1521 Archduke of Austria, from 1526 King of Bohemia and Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia as Ferdinand I, 1531-1558 King of the Romans, 1558-1564 Holy Roman Emperor; son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile, a younger brother of Charles V of Habsburg⌋ schon mit irem son, / das ist mit der 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⌊jungen koniglichen maiestet / von PolenSigismund 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⌋, prang, / dieweil, Got hab lob, / die hewrett also zum ende beschlossen nentt in forthan nicht anders, / wen ire maiestet seiner zu reden wirdt / mein her son / und ist gleich hoffertig, / das ire maiestet, ab Gotwil, nach ein anher werden wirdt. /

Sunst weisz ich Ewer Furstlichen Gnaden nichts anders zuschribn, allein, / dieweil Ewer Furstliche Gnade, Got hab lob, / hoch gesagen, / sy wolle des hern 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⌊NibschiczsNikolaus 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⌋ und meiner / als die alth diner nicht vergessen.