AAWO, AB, D.96, f. 144v

Dem Erwirdigenn inn Gott, unnserm besondern liebenn freundt unnd nachbarnn, herrn Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌊Johannsenn bischovenn zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊ErmelanndtErmland (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, Hans 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⌋ etc.

AAWO, AB, D.96, f. 143r

Unnser freuntlich diennst zuvorn. /

Erwirdiger inn Gott, / besonder lieber freundt unnd nachbar. /

Aus E(uer) L(ieb) cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1548-05-29, CIDTC IDL 5365⌊schreybenncf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1548-05-29, CIDTC IDL 5365⌋, / datirt denn 29 Maii unnd unns bey irem eygenenn diener zugefertigt, / haben wir derselbenn freuntliche dancksagung, das wir das jenige, / so vonn unnser [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ unnsernn gnedigenn herrn unnd [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ liebenn oheymennn, A [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ stennde der Cronn Polan paper damaged⌈[olan]olan paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ unnsernn rathe unnd [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ probably Ahasver von Brandt (*ca. 1509 – †ca. 1559)⌊Branndtprobably Ahasver von Brandt (*ca. 1509 – †ca. 1559)⌋ itzo getragenn [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ im bestenn nicht vorhaltenn, / sonnder annzeigen habenn lassenn, / sampt anngehefftem erbiethenn ferners innhalts verstanndenn. / Nun hettenn E(uer) L(ieb) disfals ir keyne dannckbarkeyt vorzuwenden nicht gedurfft. /

Dann war inne wir ichtes, das zuforderst / hochbenannter Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊ko(nigliche)r m(aieste)tSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋ ehrenn volgennts dieser lanndt Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants 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), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By the Treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PreussennPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants 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), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By the Treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋ unnd aller derselbenn zugethanenn frommenn / unnd bestenn, auch zuvorkommung unnd abwenndung d(er) vor augenn stehenden geschwindenn fertigkeit gereichenn mag, / zuthun oder furzunemen wissen, / wollenn wir als bisher ohne rhum gescheen / unns dermassenn darob unnser wolmeynend AAWO, AB, D.96, f. 143v treuhertzigk gemuth, / das wir zu irer ko(nigliche)n m(aieste)t unnd diesenn lanndenn tragenn bis inn unnser grab zuspurenn / mit Gottes hulff erheÿgenn, / habenn auch gern vernomenn, / das E(uer) L(ieb) in unnser bedanckenn also woll gefallenn lassen. / Sein darauf E(uer) L(ieb) erbietenns, / ferner das best furdern paper damaged⌈[dern]dern paper damaged⌉ zuhelffenn hoch dannckbar, / denn liebenn Got [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉s vleisses nichts weniger als E(uer) L(ieb) bittende, / [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ alle paper damaged⌈[alle]alle paper damaged⌉ seyne gnade unnd segenn verleyhenn solchs [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ gestalt wie es gemeynett aufgenomenn / unnd zur fruchtbarkeyt gereichenn moge. /

Als aber E(uer) L(ieb) letzlich unns derselbenn leibs zustanndt freuntlich anmeldenn, / gereicht unns solchs nichts weniger vonn E(uer) L(ieb) zu sonnder danckbarkeyt. / Es ist unns aber derselbenn schwacheyt inn warheit nicht lieb zuhorenn gewest, / unnd tragenn deshalbenn mit E(uer) L(ieb) ein treulichs nachbarlichs mitleydenn. / Mochtenn auch E(uer) L(ieb), do es dess allerhochstenn wille, / woll ein bessere unnd frischere gesuntheit wunschenn. / Seint gleichwol gentzlicher zuvorsicht, / seine gotliche gnade werde es dermassenn schickenn, / darob E(uer) L(ieb) besserung mit AAWO, AB, D.96, f. 144r der [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ findenn. / Do wir fur unnser person, / war inn mochtenn darzu retlich oder furdersam seynn, / solt mit nicht nachbleyben. / Dann E(uer) L(ieb) (die wir dem liebenn Got bev paper damaged⌈[bev]bev paper damaged⌉elhen) nach unnserm vermogenn zu dem [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ geneigt. /

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⌊KonigspergkKönigsberg (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 [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ anno etc. im XLVIII-s(ten).

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