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Letter #4349

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1538-03-19
            received Gdańsk (Danzig), 1538-03-21

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, 53, 249, p. 147-150

 

Text & apparatus & commentaryPlain textText & commentaryText & apparatus

 

APG, 300, 53, 249, p. 150

Den ersamen, namhafften hern Gdańsk Town Council burgemeyster und radtmaneder konniglichen stadt DantzkeGdańsk Town Council , / unser(e)nn besondern guthen freunden

APG, 300, 53, 249, p. 147

Unsern freuntlichen grus und alles guten zuvoran. / Ersame, namhafftige hern, besondre guthe freunde. /

Wir haben vor gestern E(wer) Er(barkei)t cf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1538-03-14, CIDTC IDL 5917glawbsbryffcf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1538-03-14, CIDTC IDL 5917 neben den gewerben des achbarn, hochgelerthen, beyde der rechte und der ertzney doctoris, hern Ioannes Tresler (Dreszler) (†after 1548), born in Gdańsk, from 1509 studied at Leipzig and Bologna; promoted to doctor of medicine and canon law. In 1538 he made ineffective efforts to obtain a canonry of Ermland, then moved to Wrocław; maintained close contact with Nicolaus Copernicus; from 1519 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Wrocław (Breslau), and from 1523 its Custos; 1530-1538 town physician and syndic in Gdańsk (Danzig) (SCHWARZ 1939, p. 29; DREWNOWSKI 1978, p. 49, 104, 138, 211; BORAWSKA 2013, p. 319-320)Ioannis Tresler(r)Ioannes Tresler (Dreszler) (†after 1548), born in Gdańsk, from 1509 studied at Leipzig and Bologna; promoted to doctor of medicine and canon law. In 1538 he made ineffective efforts to obtain a canonry of Ermland, then moved to Wrocław; maintained close contact with Nicolaus Copernicus; from 1519 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Wrocław (Breslau), and from 1523 its Custos; 1530-1538 town physician and syndic in Gdańsk (Danzig) (SCHWARZ 1939, p. 29; DREWNOWSKI 1978, p. 49, 104, 138, 211; BORAWSKA 2013, p. 319-320) entpfangen und wol eingenhomen, / doruff wir im noch unsers eydtsplicht, / domit wir, Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorndysem landeRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn vorbunden, freuntlicher und keyner ander weyss unsere gruntliche meynnunge E(wer) Er(samkei)t und der 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 LeaguestadtGdańsk (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, dorynnen wir geborn, zum besten / vor ein antwurt haben angetzeygt.[1] / D written over WWDD written over Was Ioannes Tresler (Dreszler) (†after 1548), born in Gdańsk, from 1509 studied at Leipzig and Bologna; promoted to doctor of medicine and canon law. In 1538 he made ineffective efforts to obtain a canonry of Ermland, then moved to Wrocław; maintained close contact with Nicolaus Copernicus; from 1519 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Wrocław (Breslau), and from 1523 its Custos; 1530-1538 town physician and syndic in Gdańsk (Danzig) (SCHWARZ 1939, p. 29; DREWNOWSKI 1978, p. 49, 104, 138, 211; BORAWSKA 2013, p. 319-320)erIoannes Tresler (Dreszler) (†after 1548), born in Gdańsk, from 1509 studied at Leipzig and Bologna; promoted to doctor of medicine and canon law. In 1538 he made ineffective efforts to obtain a canonry of Ermland, then moved to Wrocław; maintained close contact with Nicolaus Copernicus; from 1519 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Wrocław (Breslau), and from 1523 its Custos; 1530-1538 town physician and syndic in Gdańsk (Danzig) (SCHWARZ 1939, p. 29; DREWNOWSKI 1978, p. 49, 104, 138, 211; BORAWSKA 2013, p. 319-320) E(wer) Er(barkei)t weyter und andre unsere befelh der schuldt halben, / dy uns noch bey E(wer) Er(barkei)t aussteth, / noch seynnem hohen(n) vorstande, / domit er von Gotte begabet, / wirt antragen, / und wy wir auch mit eygner handt unserm lyben, vortrawtem freunde, dem edlen ernfesten hern Johann von Werden (Constellatus, cf. HE, No. 148, p. 150, footnote No. 12) (*1495 – †1554), 1526 Mayor of Gdańsk (Danzig), from 1527 Starost of Neuenburg (Nowe), 1532-1535, 1538, 1539, 1546, 1551 Burgrave of Gdańsk, from 1535 Starost of Preußisch Mark (Przezmark) (1535-1540 together with Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)), 1536/1537 envoy of the Council of Royal Prussia to the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland held in Cracow (SBPN 4, p. 433-435; ZDRENKA 2, p. 368-369; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 93, 161)Hansen von WerdenJohann von Werden (Constellatus, cf. HE, No. 148, p. 150, footnote No. 12) (*1495 – †1554), 1526 Mayor of Gdańsk (Danzig), from 1527 Starost of Neuenburg (Nowe), 1532-1535, 1538, 1539, 1546, 1551 Burgrave of Gdańsk, from 1535 Starost of Preußisch Mark (Przezmark) (1535-1540 together with Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)), 1536/1537 envoy of the Council of Royal Prussia to the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland held in Cracow (SBPN 4, p. 433-435; ZDRENKA 2, p. 368-369; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 93, 161), hawptman(n) zu der Neuenburg (Nowe), town in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula river, 19 km N of GraudenzNawmburgNeuenburg (Nowe), town in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula river, 19 km N of Graudenz und Preußisch Mark (Przezmark), village in northern Poland, Pomerania, 28 km S of Elbing (Elbląg), large castle formerly belonging to the Teutonic OrderPrewschenmarcktePreußisch Mark (Przezmark), village in northern Poland, Pomerania, 28 km S of Elbing (Elbląg), large castle formerly belonging to the Teutonic Order, / E(wer) Er(samkei)t mittels burggraffe /APG, 300, 53, 249, p. 148 und burgemeyster, geschryben, / doruff wir uns thun referiren / gunstiglich und freuntlich byttendt, / dy stadtkinder, dy hy byschove werden, nicht so zu achten, wy etliche ewers mittels dovon reden, / das sy sych E(wer) Er(barkei)t und der stadt pflegen zu wideren, / so wir in warheit nicht winniger(r), alse eynner auss E(wer) Er(samkei)t, der stadt ehre und nucz, / der byllicheit nach, / gerne wolten schaffen und furdern, / so uns dass zu thun nicht uffrichtige ursachen hindren, / dy wir hoffen, / E(wer) Er(samkei)t, welche wir Got in sein gnade befelhen, / uns nicht werden geben. /

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of ErmlandIoan(n)esIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland, vo(n) Gots gnaden colmischr byschoff, ad(ministrator) zu Pomesania diocese (dioecesis Pomesaniensis)PomesanPomesania diocese (dioecesis Pomesaniensis) und postulirt zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelantErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia

[1] Cf. cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1538-03-21, CIDTC IDL 1840IDL 1840cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1538-03-21, CIDTC IDL 1840: magistratum Gdanensem hic apud me dominum doctorem Ioannem Tresler habuisse nuntium. Qui obtinuit, ut usque ad futurum nostrum conventum in negotio cerevisiae conniverem idque ea lege, quod in extorquendo teloneo sic agatur, ne querelae subditorum interea me adigant ad petendum a maiestate regia contra eam insolentiam frenum.