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Dem Erwirdigen in Got, unserm besondern Lieben Freundt und Nachbarn, hern 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⌊Johansen bischoffen zu ErmlantIoannes 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⌋

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Unnsere freuntliche dinst zuvorn. /

Erwirdiger in Got, besonder Lyeber Freundt unnd Nachbar. /

Wir haben den erenvhesten achtbarn und hochgelerthen unsern cantzler, rathe unnd lieben getreuen, Johann von Kreytzen (Hans von Kreytzen) (*1516 – †1575), doctor of civil and canon law; displaced by the "new advisors", he settled in Ermland; 1535 envoy of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern to the Crown Diet in Cracow; 1536 ducal commissioner for affairs of delimitation between Prussia and Masovia; 1536-1575 Chancellor to Duke Albrecht (SZORC 1990, p. 89, 329, 345; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 436, 437, 574; MAŁŁEK 1967, p. 121 footnote 40, 165)⌊Johan von CreitzenJohann von Kreytzen (Hans von Kreytzen) (*1516 – †1575), doctor of civil and canon law; displaced by the "new advisors", he settled in Ermland; 1535 envoy of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern to the Crown Diet in Cracow; 1536 ducal commissioner for affairs of delimitation between Prussia and Masovia; 1536-1575 Chancellor to Duke Albrecht (SZORC 1990, p. 89, 329, 345; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 436, 437, 574; MAŁŁEK 1967, p. 121 footnote 40, 165)⌋, beder rechten doctoren, etliche gewerbe von unnserntwegen ahn E(uer) L(ieb) wie dieselb ferner von ime einzunemen / zutragen abgefertigt. / Ist damnach unsere freuntliche bithe E(uer) L(ieb) geruchen berurthem unnserm Johann von Kreytzen (Hans von Kreytzen) (*1516 – †1575), doctor of civil and canon law; displaced by the "new advisors", he settled in Ermland; 1535 envoy of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern to the Crown Diet in Cracow; 1536 ducal commissioner for affairs of delimitation between Prussia and Masovia; 1536-1575 Chancellor to Duke Albrecht (SZORC 1990, p. 89, 329, 345; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 436, 437, 574; MAŁŁEK 1967, p. 121 footnote 40, 165)⌊cantzlerJohann von Kreytzen (Hans von Kreytzen) (*1516 – †1575), doctor of civil and canon law; displaced by the "new advisors", he settled in Ermland; 1535 envoy of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern to the Crown Diet in Cracow; 1536 ducal commissioner for affairs of delimitation between Prussia and Masovia; 1536-1575 Chancellor to Duke Albrecht (SZORC 1990, p. 89, 329, 345; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 436, 437, 574; MAŁŁEK 1967, p. 121 footnote 40, 165)⌋ seines werbens halben gutwillige audientz unnd auff dismahl gleich uns selbst volkhommen glauben zwgeben. / Nichtsminder sych darauff unnserm hohen vortrauen nach freuntlich unnd nachbarlich ertzeigen. Das sein wir umb E(uer) L(ieb) mit nachbarlicher freuntschafft zuvordinen urputigk unnd thun damit E(uer) L(ieb) in den gewaltigenn schucz Gots bevelh(en).

Dat(um) auff unnserm haus Arys (Orzysz), village in Ducal Prussia, city rights since 1725⌊AarisArys (Orzysz), village in Ducal Prussia, city rights since 1725⌋, den ersten Octobris anno 1541.

Von Gots gnaden 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)⌊Albrecht marggraf zu Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgkBrandenburg⌋, zu Ducal Prussia⌊PreussenDucal Prussia⌋, zu Stettin⌊StettinStettin⌋, Pomerania⌊PomernPomerania⌋, 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⌋ unnd Wenden⌊WendenWenden⌋ hertzogkAlbrecht 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)⌋, burggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌊NurenburgkNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌋ und furst zuRügen⌊ RugenRügen⌋ etc. manu propria subscripsit