Denn nhamhafftigen, ehrsamen herren Gdańsk Town Council ⌊burgermaster unnd rothmanne der koniglichenn stadt Dantz[ig]Gdańsk Town Council ⌋, meÿnenn bsundrenn, gunstigenn freunden

Freunthlichenn grwss mit vÿl gutwÿlliger liebs, / heÿls unnd guts erbÿttung zuvor annn. Nhämhafftige, ersame herrënn, / besundre, gunstige freunde. /

Ewer Erbarkeit cf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1531-08-18, CIDTC IDL 5848⌊schreÿbenncf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1531-08-18, CIDTC IDL 5848⌋, denn 18 Augusti ann mÿch gethänn, / hab ich entphangen, daraws vörnommen, / das Ewer Erbarkeit zcw danck meinen vleÿss / inn Citizens of Dordrecht ⌊der vönn DordrechtCitizens of Dordrecht ⌋ sachenn hÿngelegung / erkennnen, / do nebenn mich schädlöss zcw haltenn / beÿ denn herrennn The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌊FuggernnThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries⌋, / wass die awsrichtung zcw der selbtenn sachenn durch mich gemacht, / belanget, / vorspröchnn, / dor ann ich nicht eÿn kleinen wölgefallenn gehabt / unnd mich weÿter Ewer Erbarkeit, wö sÿch sölchs ader ein grössers möcht zcwtragen, / wÿlfarig zcw seÿnn / gantz gesÿnth unnd geflÿssenn erbeut. / Bedanck mich ouch gen Ewer Erbarkeit / des freuntlichen zcwsagen, / so meÿner kÿrchenn zcw guth unnd den meÿnenn geschehenn, / des höffens, / dem statlich fölgenn werdenn, / bittend, wöltenn mit uffsehenn, / das die, / so meÿner kÿrchenn wön meÿnenn wegenn vörstehenn, / sÿch recht allenthalbenn haltende, / mÿch ouch lÿssenn wÿssenn, / wäss sÿe awsgeben ader ein nehmenn, / dass ÿch bÿsherr vönn inenn nicht hab möcht uberkömen die zceÿt her, der weÿlenn sÿe ir von meÿnenn wegenn habenn vorgestandenn, / dass sie mir dennöch zcwthuenn schuldig. / Werd mit der zceÿth und nemlich, so mir Göth inn gesunth zcw lande hÿlfft, / anders mussenn darzcw gedenckenn. / Vönn sunderlichnn newen zceÿttungen weÿss ich dÿs möhl nicht vÿl zcwschreÿbenn, / allein das wir alle tage wartend seÿnn, mÿt Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊kayserlicher maiestetCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋ kenn Speyer (Spira), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river, 25 km S of Mannheim⌊SpeÿrSpeyer (Spira), city in western Germany, on the Rhine river, 25 km S of Mannheim⌋ uff denn Imperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌊reichstagkImperial Diet (Reichstag) ⌋ zcw vorrucken. / Wass sÿch do guts wirt begebenn, / wyl ich mit den ersthenn Ewer Erbarkeit nicht vorhalten, / dÿe ÿch Göthe dem allmechtigenn inn glugseliger wöllfärth unnd zcw nhemen thw bevhelenn.

Datum zcw Brussels (Bruxellae), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, since the regency of Mary of Hungary the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands, today the capital of Belgium⌊BrusselBrussels (Bruxellae), city in the Low Countries, Duchy of Brabant, since the regency of Mary of Hungary the capital of the Habsburg Netherlands, today the capital of Belgium⌋ inn Brabant (Brabantia), duchy in the Low Countries, under Habsburg rule from 1482. Its territory corresponds to the Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant, Antwerp and the Brussels Capital Region, and the province of North-Brabant in the Netherlands⌊BrabantBrabant (Brabantia), duchy in the Low Countries, under Habsburg rule from 1482. Its territory corresponds to the Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant, Antwerp and the Brussels Capital Region, and the province of North-Brabant in the Netherlands⌋, denn VII tag Octobris anno domini 1531.

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⌊IoannesIoannes 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⌋, conf. bischoff zum Kulm (Chełmno, Culma, Culmen), town in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, 40 km N of Thorn (Toruń)⌊CulmennKulm (Chełmno, Culma, Culmen), town in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, 40 km N of Thorn (Toruń)⌋, Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊koniglicher maiestetSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ botschaffter etc. manu propria