BCz, 1599, p. 108

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino Heilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo VarmiensiHeilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌋, domino et amico observantissimo.

BCz, 1599, p. 105

Reverendissime in Christo Pater, domine et amice observantissime.

Post officiosissimam mei commendationem.

Cum huius servitoris Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae copia mihi contigisset, facere nolui, quin Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram saltem litteris meis inviserem. Cui si equae facultas non defuisset, ut voluntate decreveram, praesens illam domi suae consalutassem. Sed cum et nimio dudum a s(acra) or s(erenissima)⌈s(acra)s(acra) or s(erenissima)⌉ Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊maiestate regiaSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋ Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌊VilnaeVilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌋ retentus essem, et celeritatem profectionis in reditu negotia quaedam praefecturae meae flagitarent, occasionem ad Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram eundi intermittere fui coactus. Silentio tamen praeterire nolui eam hospitalitatem, qua a Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), In 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Jan Łuzjański), bishop of Ermland (Warmia), he refused, without royal authorization, to swear an oath to representatives of the Ermland Chapter, Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof, and expelled them from Braunsberg; until 1523 commandant of Heilsberg; under Bishops Fabian von Lusian and Mauritius Ferber, reeve of the Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525–1549 starost of Braunsberg (Braniewo) (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌊capitaneoGeorg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), In 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Jan Łuzjański), bishop of Ermland (Warmia), he refused, without royal authorization, to swear an oath to representatives of the Ermland Chapter, Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof, and expelled them from Braunsberg; until 1523 commandant of Heilsberg; under Bishops Fabian von Lusian and Mauritius Ferber, reeve of the Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525–1549 starost of Braunsberg (Braniewo) (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌋ Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae in Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊BraunsbergkBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ fui exceptus, qui me omni humanitate exceptum ea copia rerum tractavit, ut non solum ad commoditatem, verum etiam ad voluptatem nihil defuisse videri possit, quam Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae erga me liberalitatem omni gratitudinis officio demereri studebo.

Cuius favori me commendo et opto illam diutissime valere incolumem.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Poznań (Posen, Posnania), city in west-central Poland, Wielkopolska, on the Warta river⌊PosnaniaePoznań (Posen, Posnania), city in west-central Poland, Wielkopolska, on the Warta river⌋, 11 Februarii anno Domini 1542.

Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae servitor Andrzej Górka (Andrzej of Górka) (*ca. 1500 – †1551), 1533-1536 Castellan of Kalisz; 1536-1551 - of Poznań; 1536-1551 General Starost of Wielkopolska; in 1541 he went to Vienna as an envoy of Polish King Sigismund I Jagiellon, to mediate between Roman King Ferdinand I von Habsburg and Isabella Jagiellon, widow of King of Hungary John Zápolya (PSB 8, p. 401-405)⌊Andreas comes a GorkaAndrzej Górka (Andrzej of Górka) (*ca. 1500 – †1551), 1533-1536 Castellan of Kalisz; 1536-1551 - of Poznań; 1536-1551 General Starost of Wielkopolska; in 1541 he went to Vienna as an envoy of Polish King Sigismund I Jagiellon, to mediate between Roman King Ferdinand I von Habsburg and Isabella Jagiellon, widow of King of Hungary John Zápolya (PSB 8, p. 401-405)⌋ etc. manu sua subscripsit