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Dem erwirdigenn unnserm besondernn liebenn freunt hidden by binding⌈[t]t hidden by binding⌉ unnd nachparnn herrenn 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⌊Johansen bischoffenn zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊Erm hidden by binding⌈[m]m hidden by binding⌉landt hidden by binding⌈[t]t hidden by binding⌉Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋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⌋

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Unnsere freuntlich dinnst zuvornn. /

Erwirdiger inn Gott besonder lieber freundt unnd nachpar.

Wir habenn E(uer) L(ieb) vorbitlich schreibenn, / so dieselb vor denn erbarnn unsernn lieben getreuenn Gabriel Jagreuter ⌊Gabrielenn JagenreutherGabriel Jagreuter ⌋ auff E(uer) L(ieb) underthanns des erbarnn unsers liebenn besondernn ghilip patrittenn anregenn / ahnn uns geschriebenn / empfangenn / unnd daraus welcher massenn unns E(uer) L(ieb) das wir ihnenn mit unserm vehlichenn(?) gleidt vorsehenn wolten bithen thun verstandenn. / Nhun ist nicht ahne das die that nicht vast kostlich wolthenn auch ihme dem Gabriel Jagreuter ⌊JagenreutherGabriel Jagreuter ⌋ unserm underthan woll gonnenn, / das ehr sich inn dem basser vorgesehenn unnd sich ihnn solche unsicherheit selbst nicht gesetzt. /

Dieweil es aber nhu geschehenn / mus, wir es dem almechtigenn bevholenn sein lassenn. / Donebenn haben E(uer) L(ieb) als das hochvorstendige zubedenckenn, / das uns unsernn vonn Gott vorliehenenn furstlichenn ampt nach nit anders geburenn wil, / dan denn armen so wol als den reichenn ihn gleichem schutz unnd schirm zuhaltenn. / Derwegenn konnenn E(uer) L(ieb) bey sich selbst erachtenn, / auch aus der gelegenheit des fhals vermerckenn, / das wir derselbenn bith auff dismhal (wiewol wir sonstenn E(uer) L(ieb) ihnn allenn zimlichenn gernn wilfarenn) gentzlichenn stadt gebenn nicht khonnenn. / Nichts weniger aber seint wir gleichwol auff E(uer) L(ieb) anlangenn gewilt / unns nach gelegenheit gegen dem gedachtenn Gabriel Jagreuter ⌊JagenreutherGabriel Jagreuter ⌋ umb E(uer) L(ieb) vorbith willenn dermassenn zuerzeigenn, / darab E(uer) L(ieb) ehr unnd die seinenn / zusvurenn(?), / das denselben bithenn / nicht wenig sunder vil bey unns stadt habenn, / freuntlich unnd nachparlich bittende, / das wir derselben auff dismhal nit gewilfart bei sich / angesehen die schwere der sachenn / entschuldigt nhemen wolle. / Dann warnn wir E(uer) L(ieb) vil nachparlichs willens zuerzaigenn wissenn / seint wir geneigt / unnd habenn auch E(uer) L(ieb) (die wir hiemit dem almechtigenn inn seinenn schutz bevhelenn) dis auff ihr schreibenn nicht vorhaltenn wollenn. /

Dat(um) Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌊KonnigspergkKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌋, denn 13 Augusti anno 1540.

Vonn Gots gnadenn 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)⌊Albrecht marggraff zu Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgkBrandenburg⌋, ihnn Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PreussenPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋, zu Stettin⌊StetinStettin⌋, Pomerania⌊PomernnPomerania⌋, der Kashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌊CassubennKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌋ unnd Wenden⌊WendenWenden⌋ herzogAlbrecht 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)⌋, burggraff zu Nurmbergk / unnd furst zu Rügen⌊RugennRügen⌋.