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Letter #4800

Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Gdańsk (Danzig), 1543-02-28
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1543-03-03

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 96, f. 120 + f. [2] missed in numbering after f. 125

 

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Hochwirdigster inn Gott Furst, Gennediger Herr. /

Unnser stette bereidtwillige unnd unvordrossene dinste seindt Ewer Hochwirdige Gnade besunder gefliessener andacht zcuvoran entpholenn. /

Gennediger Herre. /

Wier habenn in etzlichem unser unnd 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 obligenn / die erbarenn unnd namhaftigen herren Georg Möllner (Georg Möller, Jurgen Möllner) (*ca. 1495 – †1551), 1531 Gdańsk alderman; 1537 - town councillor; 1549 - burgrave (ZDRENKA 2, p. 217-218)Georgenn MölnerGeorg Möllner (Georg Möller, Jurgen Möllner) (*ca. 1495 – †1551), 1531 Gdańsk alderman; 1537 - town councillor; 1549 - burgrave (ZDRENKA 2, p. 217-218) unnd Johann Brandes (*1503 – †1577), 1536 Gdańsk alderman; 1538 - town councillor; 1543 - judge; 1548- mayor; 1553, 1556, 1559, 1563, 1569 - burgrave (ZDRENKA 2, p. 52)Johan BrandesJohann Brandes (*1503 – †1577), 1536 Gdańsk alderman; 1538 - town councillor; 1543 - judge; 1548- mayor; 1553, 1556, 1559, 1563, 1569 - burgrave (ZDRENKA 2, p. 52), unsers raths geliebte freunde, zceigere dieses, ann Ewer Hochwirdige Gnade dinstlich abgefertigett, / wie auch hiemit abefertigen. /

Dieselbige Ewer Hochwirdige Gnade dinstlichen fleisses bittende wolle ihnen gnedigen zcutridt und vohör vorlehnen. / Auch alle deme wer sie Ewer Hochwirdige Gnade in unserm namen antragen werden sam uns so wier jegenwertigk weren volkommenen glauben gebenn / unnd dieselben widderummb an uns mith gnediger expeditionn gelangen lossen.

Dasselbige seindt wier ummbe Ewer Hochwirdige Gnade (die wir dem almechtigen Gott zcu langen gesunden unnd gluckseligen tagen im friedlichen regiment zcu enthaltenn mith vleis en[t]pholenn) zcuvordienen willigk.

Ewer Hochwirdige Gnaden diennstwillighe Gdańsk Town Council burgermeistere unnd rathman[e] der stadt DanntzigkGdańsk Town Council