Dem ersamenn, namhaftigenn herrn Georg Schewecke (Georg Scheffke) (*1491 – †1547), 1522 Gdańsk alderman; 1525 - town councillor; 1528 - judge; 1531 - mayor; 1536-1537, 1540, 1542-1545 - burgrave; 1534 Gdańsk envoy to convention in Lüneburg in affairs of seafaring and conflicts with Lübeck (AT 15, p. 501, 510; AT 16/1, p. 42, 44; ZDRENKA 2, p. 275)⌊Jor[gen] ScheffkeGeorg Schewecke (Georg Scheffke) (*1491 – †1547), 1522 Gdańsk alderman; 1525 - town councillor; 1528 - judge; 1531 - mayor; 1536-1537, 1540, 1542-1545 - burgrave; 1534 Gdańsk envoy to convention in Lüneburg in affairs of seafaring and conflicts with Lübeck (AT 15, p. 501, 510; AT 16/1, p. 42, 44; ZDRENKA 2, p. 275)⌋, burggraffenn unnd burgermeiste[r] der koniglichen stadt 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⌊DantzigkGdańsk (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⌋, unserm besundern, vilgeliebten freunde unnd schwager

Unnsernn freuntlichenn grus mit aller wolfart wunschung zuvorann. Ersamer, namhafftiger her, besunder, vilgeliebter freundt unnd schwager. /

Es hatt unns hie unnser schwager, Joachim Kurtz ⌊Joachim KortteJoachim Kurtz ⌋, einn supplicationn vonn der schipper wegenn uberreicht, / inn welcher angezeigt wirt, / das sie Ewer Erbarkeit mit ihrem anligenn / ann unns hab vorwiesenn / zu berichtenn, / wie es in ihrer sachenn der abfur unnd fracht halbenn, / die ihnn die frembdenn thun abziehenn, / negst bei 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 maiestetSigismund 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⌋, / unserm allergnedigstenn herrn, vorbliebenn, / worauff wir Ewer Erbarkeit die abschrifft beider artickell, / wie solches koniglicher maiestet angebracht / unnd was fur antwurt gefallenn, / hie eingelegt zuschickenn. / Vorsehenn unns auch, das dieselbtenn von der stadt secretarienn, / die dazumhal zu Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊KrakoCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ gewesenn, / eim Gdańsk Town Council ⌊ersamenn ratheGdańsk Town Council ⌋ seinn eingebracht. / Weil dann im antwurt befundenn, / das hochgemelte 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⌊konigliche maiestetSigismund 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⌋ diesse sache uf itzige Diet of Poland ⌊thagfart inn der CronnDiet of Poland ⌋ vorlegt, / were es nicht unnutz, / das ihre konigliche maiestet derhalbenn von eim Gdańsk Town Council ⌊ersamenn ratheGdańsk Town Council ⌋ erinnert / unnd ufs new dem gemeynenn einwoner, 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 League⌊stadtGdańsk (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⌋ zum bestenn, / vorgenhomenn wurde, / worinne wyr aus liebe zw unserm vaterlannd / eim ersamen rathe habenn wolt schreibenn. / Es hatt unns aber abgehaltenn, / das wyr nicht beantwurt werdenn, / daraus wyr erkennenn, / so wyr etwann das ihenige, das die noth unnser geschefte fordert, / anzeigenn, / widrig gedeutet / unnd derwegenn unns zu antwurtenn nachbleibe. / Nichts wynnigers thw wir unns zw forderung des gemeynenn nutzs erbiettenn, so einn Gdańsk Town Council ⌊ersam rathGdańsk Town Council ⌋ gewilliget, / diessenn hanndell widerumb bey 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 maiestetSigismund 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⌋ annzustellenn / unnd uns des belernenn, wie es vorzunhemenn sey, / wolle wyr nebenn eym ersamenn rathe / unbeschwert / schreiben / auch damit, / so es nicht unangenheme were, / einn eigenenn bothenn schickenn. / Wyr wollenn aber Ewer Erbarkeit nicht vorhaltenn, / das wir negst ann koniglichem hove / mit den andrenn hern Council of Royal Prussia the most important local authority in Royal Prussia. It consisted of two bishops (of Ermland (Warmia), who served as the Council’s president, and of Kulm (Chełmno)), three voivodes (of Kulm, Marienburg (Malbork), and Pomerania), three castellans (of Kulm, Elbing (Elbląg), and Gdańsk (Danzig)), three chamberlains (of Kulm, Marienburg, and Pomerania), and representatives of the three Great Prussian Cities – Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (ACHREMCZYK 2016, p. 17-18)⌊diesser lannde retheCouncil of Royal Prussia the most important local authority in Royal Prussia. It consisted of two bishops (of Ermland (Warmia), who served as the Council’s president, and of Kulm (Chełmno)), three voivodes (of Kulm, Marienburg (Malbork), and Pomerania), three castellans (of Kulm, Elbing (Elbląg), and Gdańsk (Danzig)), three chamberlains (of Kulm, Marienburg, and Pomerania), and representatives of the three Great Prussian Cities – Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (ACHREMCZYK 2016, p. 17-18)⌋ / diesse sache der abfur unnd fracht zwuschenn uns bewogenn habenn / und befundenn, / weil ein Gdańsk Town Council ⌊ersam rathGdańsk Town Council ⌋ geprivilegirt inn 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 League⌊stadtGdańsk (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⌋ dem gemeinenn nutze zum bestenn / ansetzen muge, was der stadt und denn einwonernn zu gutte muge komenn, / das solche constitucionn, / wie auch sunst andere gesetzt werdenn, / durch ein ersamenn rath / ane 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 maiestetSigismund 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⌋ ersuchung / möchte gemacht werdenn. / Wie aber solchs nachbleibt, / oder worumb sich des einn Gdańsk Town Council ⌊ersam rathGdańsk Town Council ⌋ entsehenn thut, (: weil es hie im Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊lanndeRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋ unnd in frembden orternn der gestalt gehaltenn wirt, / das die abfur ins erste denn einnehmernn / und darnach andren wirt zugelassenn :) wolt wir gerne die ursach wissen. / Dis alles bitt wir eim Gdańsk Town Council ⌊ersamenn ratheGdańsk Town Council ⌋ / neben unser gutwilligheit / in unserm nhamenn anzuzeigenn, / welchs wir mit aller freuntlicheit umb Ewer Erbarkeit, die wir gotlichenn gnaden befelhen, / zubeschulden geneigt sein unnd willig. /

Datum aus unserm schlosz Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, den VIII Februarii M D XLIIII.

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 Ermland⌊JoannesIoannes 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⌋, vonn Gottes gnadenn bisschoff zw Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊ErmelanndtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋