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Letter #5550

Gdańsk City Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Gdańsk (Danzig), 1537-12-19
            received 1537-12-25

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, AAWO, AB, D. 94, f. 166 + f. [1] missed in numbering after f. 165

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 673

 

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Hochwirdiger in Gott Gnediger Herre.

Unser bereitwillige und wilferige dienste szeint Ewer Gnade in allewege bevoran entpholen.

Genediger Herre.

Noch dem dan Ewer Gnade noch beruf des almechtiges (dem lob und ehre szey) czu der kyrchen und loblichen sticht Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelandtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia gekommen, thuen wyr derselbigen Ewer Gnaden czu dieser szeiner hochpreiszlichen erhohung und wirdt ausz besunderm czugethonem hercz vil heil, / gluck und allen szeligen czustandt und wachsthumb wunschen unnd gonnen. / Myt bytt Gott welle dyeszelbigen dieszem unszerm gemeynen Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Vistula on the Bay of Gdańsk, the largest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities, alongside Thorn (Toruń) and Elbing (Elbląg); represented in the Council of Royal Prussia and a member of the Hanseatic LeaguevaterlandeGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Vistula on the Bay of Gdańsk, the largest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities, alongside Thorn (Toruń) and Elbing (Elbląg); represented in the Council of Royal Prussia and a member of the Hanseatic League czu nucz / gedey / unnd wolfart czu langen vorhoften tagen geszundt und wolmogende fristen unnd derhaltenn etc.

Weiter, Gnediger Herre, konnen wyr Ewer Gnaden dienstlicher wolmehnunge nicht vorhalten, / szo und diweil der hochwirdige in Got herre / her Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both laws; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Reval; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)MauriciusMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both laws; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Reval; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60), ethwan bisschof czu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelandtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia, ein eczlich gelt von wegen der scherffan der obgedochten kyrchen czu vorordenen unnd czugeben / bewilliget unnd nhu solchem gelt bey unns vorhanden. / Bitten wyr Ewer Gnade wolle gnediglich dovor szein / und bey szeinen wyrdigen Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)capitelErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia) dermoszen bestellen, / domyt wyr solch gelt auf vorgengige augeszaczte czeit und stelle abelegen, / och das wyr derhalben myt notturftigen quitancz briven / mochten vorszehen werden, gleicher ...yr an Ewer Gnaden wirdigen [capit]el geschrieben unnd angeczeigt, / das wyr czur abelegung der [szu]mme geldes urbutig wert....

Welchs wyr Ewer Gnaden (die Gott der Almechtige czu langen geszunten tagen fristen und enthalten welle) dienstlicher wolmehnunge nicht haben vorhalten mogen.

Ewer Gnaden wilferige unnd unvordrosszene Gdańsk City Council burgermeister unnd radtmanne der stadt DanczickGdańsk City Council