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Letter #6330

Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Königsberg (Królewiec), 1540-11-23
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1541-01-11

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1606, p. 543-544

 

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BCz, 1596, p. 543

Unnser freuntlich dynnst zuvor.

Erwirdiger yhnn Goth besonnder lieber Freundth / unnd Nachpahr. /

Wÿhr fugenn E(uer) L(ieb) guther wolmeÿnung wissenndth, / das gegenwertiger zeiger Sebastian Jankowski (Bastiann Junnckoffsky) (fl. 1539-1540)Bastiann JunckoffskiSebastian Jankowski (Bastiann Junnckoffsky) (fl. 1539-1540) bey unns umb dinst ansuchenn lassenn. / Nachdem wir aber itziger zeith mith dienernn genugsam versorgeth, / habenn wir seyner bith nicht stadth gebenn koennenn, / warauff ehr unns Sebastian Jankowski (Bastiann Junnckoffsky) (fl. 1539-1540)ihnennSebastian Jankowski (Bastiann Junnckoffsky) (fl. 1539-1540) ahn E(uer) L(ieb) weil ehr zuvor auch beÿ denselbenn gedieneth zuvorschreibenn unnderthenigs vleisses angelangth, / des wir ihme dann yhnn ansehung das ein zÿmblich bith abzwschlagenn nicht gewust. /

Ist derwegenn ahnn E(uer) L(ieb) unnser freuntlich bith, / dieselbenn wollenn gedachtenn Sebastian Jankowski (Bastiann Junnckoffsky) (fl. 1539-1540)JungkoffskiSebastian Jankowski (Bastiann Junnckoffsky) (fl. 1539-1540) so ehs derselbenn gelegenn ihnn dÿnnst ahnnemenn / unnd ihnenn dieser unnser furschrifft gewiessenn lassenn, / das seynnth wir umb E(uer) L(ieb) mith allem nachperlichenn willenn zubeschuldenn geneigeth.

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