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.

Unnser freuntlich diennst zuvorn. /

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

Aus Euer Lieb 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 ... ... unnsernn gnedigenn herrn unnd ... liebenn oheymennn, A ... stennde der Cronn P[olan] ... unnsernn rathe unnd ... probably Ahasver von Brandt (*ca. 1509 – †ca. 1559)⌊Branndtprobably Ahasver von Brandt (*ca. 1509 – †ca. 1559)⌋ itzo getragenn ... im bestenn nicht vorhaltenn, / sonnder annzeigen habenn lassenn, / sampt anngehefftem erbiethenn ferners innhalts verstanndenn. / Nun hettenn Euer Lieb 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⌊koniglicher maiestetSigismund 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 der vor augenn stehenden geschwindenn fertigkeit gereichenn mag, / zuthun oder furzunemen wissen, / wollenn wir als bisher ohne rhum gescheen / unns dermassenn darob unnser wolmeynend treuhertzigk gemuth, / das wir zu irer koniglichen maiestet unnd diesenn lanndenn tragenn bis inn unnser grab zuspurenn / mit Gottes hulff erheÿgenn, / habenn auch gern vernomenn, / das Euer Lieb in unnser bedanckenn also woll gefallenn lassen. / Sein darauf Euer Lieb erbietenns, / ferner das best fur[dern] zuhelffenn hoch dannckbar, / denn liebenn Got ...s vleisses nichts weniger als Euer Lieb bittende, / ... [alle] seyne gnade unnd segenn verleyhenn solchs ... gestalt wie es gemeynett aufgenomenn / unnd zur fruchtbarkeyt gereichenn moge. /

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

Datum 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 ... anno etc. im XLVIII-sten.

Vonn Gots gnaden Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I Jagiellon, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544 (WIJACZKA 2010)⌊Albrecht marggraf zw Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgBrandenburg⌋, inn Ducal Prussia⌊PreussenDucal Prussia⌋, / zu Stettin (Szczecin)⌊StetinStettin (Szczecin)⌋, / Pomerania⌊PommernPomerania⌋, / der Kashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌊CassubenKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌋ und Wenden⌊WendenWenden⌋ hertzogAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I Jagiellon, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544 (WIJACZKA 2010)⌋, burggraf zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌊NurmbergkNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌋ unnd furst zu Rügen⌊RugennRügen⌋