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Letter #4815

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-09-14

English register:

Having read the Chapter's letter to the Duke [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach] concerning the construction of the mill [and thus damming Passarge (Pasłęka) river], Dantiscus wrote to the Duke in a similar vein. He attaches a copy of this letter.

Dantiscus expresses no anger regarding the Chapter's stance on the [canons] who have not yet reached the appropriate age. However, as disregard for regulations sets a dangerous precedent for the future, he maintains his paternal admonitions.


            received [1540]-09-16

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 cum cf. Ermland (Warmia) Chapter to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1540-09-12, CIDTC IDL 2344⌊litteriscf. Ermland (Warmia) Chapter to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1540-09-12, CIDTC IDL 2344⌋ etiam ea, quae advocatus nomine Fraternitatum Vestrarum ratione structurae, qua mola erecta est, exposuit probamusque consilium, quo ad ill(ustrissimum) or ill(ustrem)⌈ill(ustrissimum)ill(ustrissimum) or ill(ustrem)⌉ dominum 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)⌊ducemAlbrecht 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)⌋ vicinum nostrum, ut exemplum nobis missum habet, Fraternitates Vestrae scripserunt, ad illud et cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-09-14, CIDTC IDL 5247⌊nostram scriptionemcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-09-14, CIDTC IDL 5247⌋, quemadmodum indita scheda continet, accommodavimus. Adnitendum est nobis mutuo non segniter, ut cf. Pl. Men. 377 folia nunc cadunt, / praeut si triduom hoc hic erimus: tum arbores in te cadent; Adagia 1768 Post folia cadunt arbores ⌊cum nunc folia in nos cadere coeperunt, ne paulo post arboribus obruamurcf. Pl. Men. 377 folia nunc cadunt, / praeut si triduom hoc hic erimus: tum arbores in te cadent; Adagia 1768 Post folia cadunt arbores ⌋.

Ceterum, quae Fraternitates Vestrae nuper ob declaracionem articuli de iis, qui iustam aetatem non habent, cf. Ermland (Warmia) Chapter to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1540-09-14, CIDTC IDL 6458, letter lost⌊scripseruntcf. Ermland (Warmia) Chapter to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1540-09-14, CIDTC IDL 6458, letter lost⌋, nos minime offendunt, modo Fraternitatibus Vestris aliquando non sint fraudi. Cum enim ea in parte derogatum est constitutionibus, tentabitur forsan iterum. Nos, quod consuluimus, paternus in Fraternitates Vestras suggessit animus.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.