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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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GStA PK, HBA, C 1a, K. 497, p. 2unnumbered

Venerabilibus Dominis praelatis, canonicis et capitulo ecclesiae nostrae Varmiensis, fratribus sincere nobis dilectis

GStA PK, HBA, C 1a, K. 497, p. 1unnumbered

Ioannes Dei gratia episcopus Varmiensis

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Accepimus cum litteris 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 ducem vicinum nostrum, ut exemplum nobis missum habet, Fraternitates Vestrae scripserunt, ad illud et nostram scriptionem, quemadmodum indita scheda continet, accommodavimus. Adnitendum est nobis mutuo non segniter, ut cum nunc folia in nos cadere coeperunt, ne paulo post arboribus obruamur.

Ceterum, quae Fraternitates Vestrae nuper ob declaracionem articuli de iis, qui iustam aetatem non habent, scripserunt, 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.

Ex Heilsberg, XIIII Septembris MDXXXX.