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Letter #4125

Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Elbing Town Council?]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-03-15


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in German, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 82r (t.p.)

 

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Was wir vonn 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)⌊furstlicher durchlauchtAlbrecht 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)⌋ gestrigs tags vor schriffte entfangenn, / wirt beygelegte copey mit bringenn, / daruff Ewer Erbarkeit wer zu rotslagenn, was vonn uns und andren hernn, / an die ouch der gestalt geschribenn, zu antwurtnn wer, / und ab uns bekuemenn wil, off zu kunfftige Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊tagfartProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ seiner durchlaucht botschaffter / zu Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊koniglicher majestetSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋, unsers allergnedigsten hern, landenn, gemeinenn geschefftenn und gebrechenn zu vorhandlenn bittenn oder begeren. / Was dan hir inne Ewer Erbarkeit gut duncket zu thun, / dasselb uns und den andrenn hern nicht woltenn vorhaltenn, / do mit wir eintrechtiglich, was zu antwurtnn von notenn, under uns entslössenn. / Wolt ouch beygelegte copey durch dissenn diner eim Gdańsk Town Council ⌊ersamenn roth gen 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 League⌊DanczkGdańsk (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⌋Gdańsk Town Council ⌋ zuschickenn und ewer wol meynung zu schreibnn. / Gote in sein gnad befolenn. /