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Letter #5382

Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Piotr GAMRAT and mutatis mutandis to Łukasz GÓRKA, Jan Amor TARNOWSKI, Piotr KMITA Sobieński, Andrzej GÓRKA]
s.l., [1542-03-05 — 1542-03-17]


Manuscript sources:
1excerpt in Latin, 16th-century, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1, No. 823, enclosure
2excerpt in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8244 (TK 6), a.1541, f. 24r-v

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, Ostpr. Fol., 14 320, f. 50r

Prints:
1HARTMANN 1525-1550 No. 823, p. 435 (German register)

 

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GStA PK, HBA, C 1, No. 823, f. 2r

Reverendissime etc.

Certo accepi ad ea Diet of Poland ⌊comitiaDiet of Poland ⌋, in quibus nunc Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra cum aliis clarissimis Royal Council of Poland ⌊dominis senatoribusRoyal Council of Poland ⌋ feliciter agit, illustrissimi domini 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)⌊ducis in PrussiaAlbrecht 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)⌋, domini, amici et vicini mei coniunctissimi in negotio limitum cum Lithuania⌊magno ducatu LithuaniaeLithuania⌋ allegatos esse Envoys of Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach ⌊oratoresEnvoys of Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach ⌋, quibus licet mea commendatio apud Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram minime est necessaria, quod sciam, quanti illorum principem faciat, et quanta observantia prosequatur, adegit m paper damaged⌈[m]m paper damaged⌉e tamen, cum amicae vicinitatis amicitiaeque mutuae, tum etia paper damaged⌈[tia]tia paper damaged⌉m Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊regniPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋ et omnium nostrum rei publicae ratio, ut has scriberem, in eo fid paper damaged⌈[id]id paper damaged⌉issimum, quod res finium non solum ipsius illustrissimi domini ducis, verum etiam et regni, cuius hic princeps feudalis est, agatur. Officiique mei esse putavi pro praestito in consilium regni iuramento Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram commonefacere, ut, cum ea in re sententiam suam dictura sit, ad hoc orationem accom<m>odet, ne quid vetustis et exacte privilegiorum vigore descriptis oris, quae per sol<l>emnem transactionem cum illustrissimo 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)⌊principe 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)⌋factam cum magno ducatu, modo limites Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊regni Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋sunt, decedat, aut ne illis quicquam Reverendissima Dominatio Vestracum aliis Royal Council of Poland ⌊regiis senatoribusRoyal Council of Poland ⌋, quibus ea cura incumbit, derogari patiatur, quodque in hoc negotio missi Envoys of Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach ⌊oratores Envoys of Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach ⌋sic tractentur, ut cum certa consolatione et spe indulgenter auditi atque absoluti ad dominum suum illustrissimum 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)⌊principem 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)⌋redire possint.

Hanc animi mei significationem non adeo affectione propensionis, quantum ex debito in rem publicam regni iuratae meae fidei, in Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae et quorundam aliorum Royal Council of Poland ⌊dominorum senatorumRoyal Council of Poland ⌋ notitiam deducendam operae pretium esse existimabam. Meque etc.