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Letter #4810

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), 1540-04-12

English register:

Dantiscus sends the Chapter a copy of the King’s [Sigismund I Jagiellon] letter on staying in areas covered by heresy and on possesion of Lutheran books. He recommends implementation of the edict in the Chapter’s estates/dominions/demesne. He wishes to be notified when the prohibitions are violated/transgressed.




Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1a, K. 497

 

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Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Accepimus superioribus diebus ex aula cf. Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1540-04-02, CIDTC IDL 4808⌊litterascf. Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1540-04-02, CIDTC IDL 4808⌋, quarum iis inclusimus exemplum. Ex eo Serenissimae 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⌊Maiestatis RegiaeSigismund 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⌋ voluntatem intelligent, quae non solum ad nostram, verum etiam ad Fraternitatum Vestrarum et ad omnium 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⌊harum terrarumRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋ regiam ditionem se extendit. Ut igitur illi satisfiat, communiter nobis est intendendum. Proinde Fraternitates Vestras hortamur, si qui a vestratibus ad infecta haeresi loca profecti sunt aut apud illos hic domi libri lue Lutherana perliti[1] habeantur, diligenter inquirant, et ad nos edictum regium executuros deferant. Beneque valeant.

[1] Probably instead of perluti.