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Reverendissimo in Christo patri et domino, domino 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⌊IoanniIoannes 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⌋ Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi, fratri et amico carissimo ac plurimum honorando

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Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine amice praestantissime et frater plurimum observande. Salutem cum sui recommendatione sui.

Heri et hodie plurimum(?) hospitamus magnificum 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)⌊ducem PrussiaeAlbrecht 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)⌋ etc. Occupatus ac molestatus et ut me ultro fatigem scribendo superinscribed⌈scribendoscribendo superinscribed⌉, non video causam, ex quo habeo ad manum Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae germanum, qui animi mei sententiam, consilia et secreta secum ad Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam perfert, cuique superinscribed⌈queque superinscribed⌉(?) fidem ac si ipse coram illa, quae nomine mei dicet, Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio habeat cupio, illique cum hoc felicem transitum ac feliciorem cum faustis successibus ad vota reditum a Deo precor, necessarios amicosque suos, ut a me postulat, [...] stain⌈[...][...] stain⌉ commendatos ex visceribus caritatis suscipio nil haesitans pari vicissitudine et eventu, quam(?) et meos Vestra Reverendissima Dominatio amore paterno prosequitur et commendatos habebit.

Litterae(?) ad Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam et alios dominos castellanos intitulatae nil aliud in se habent, nisi consilium nostrum salvo altissimo(?) Vestrarum Dominationum consilio de consideratione regia adversus The Muscovites (Moscovians, Mosci) ⌊MoscosThe Muscovites (Moscovians, Mosci) ⌋, quas Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ communiter legi poterint.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ cursorie VIII Augusti 1535.

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae bonus frater Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; 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 Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊Mauritius episcopus VarmiensisMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; 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 Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ scripsit