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Letter #189

Jan FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Piotrków, 1523-10-23


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 243, p. 17-18
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 39, p. 156
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 35 (TN), No. 153, p. 615-616
4copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8241 (TK 3), a.1523, f. 37-38
5excerpt in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 239

Prints:
1AT 6 No. 298, p. 326 (in extenso)
2RDHD 1889 No. 11049, p. 1311 (Latin register, selective - only Danish matters)

 

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Salutem.

Feci, quod iussisti, carissime mi domine Dantisce, et ob id famulum hunc meum mitto, ut Dominatio Tua certior facta, quamprimum ad nos veniat, nam stipendium Dominationi Tuae ademptum non esse, ipsa 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⌊maiestas regiaSigismund 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⌋ testata est.

Advenerunt huc ante adventum meum magister Ambrosius et Philippus Angermunde, nuntii Citizens of Gdańsk ⌊gentiliumCitizens of Gdańsk ⌋ nostrorum, exponentes magnum congregari militem tam equestrem quam pedestrem in Marchia aere regis Daniae expulsi. Cum autem 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)⌊magister 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)⌋ istius exercitus supremus vel capitaneus vel praefectus sit, per exploratores edocti sunt, Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊GdanumGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ ipsum impetere velle, proinde a 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⌊maiestate regiaSigismund 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⌋ subsidia petunt. Si etiam 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⌊maiestas suaSigismund 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⌋ in propria persona istuc properare posset, instantissime efflagitarunt, si autem ipsa maiestas regia venire istuc hac tempestate non poterit neque tam subito congregare exercitum, mittet illuc aulicos suos, ne praeter spem accidat quicquam.

Quae alia Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊GdaniGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ nova sunt, ex litteris hostis mei, quas praesentibus transmitto, intelliget fortassis. Si aliud Dominatio Tua {Tua} me facere voluerit, latori praesentium committat aut mihi scriptis suis significet. Quaecumque potero, quam libentissime et diligentissime praestabo.

Vale meque ama ac quantocius veni.

Postscript:

In parrochiali Gdanensi nullus erit competitor. Heri a patre meo habui litteras. Alia coram latius. Avenam hic emam vel in Wolbors, difficile enim esset tanto itinere equos fatigare.