Letter #3038
[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Achatius TRENCK]Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1547-02-06
English register:
Dantiscus welcomes the addressee’s letter regarding the inventory of goods and property left behind by the deceased parish priest in Braunswalde (Brąswałd). He agrees that the money should be allocated partly for the construction of the church and parsonage, and partly given out to the poor, according to the addressee’s own judgement in the matter. He also recommends that the addressee should look after the deceased man’s cook, who had served him for many years and had brought all her belongings to his household along with her cattle. Let him have her what is rightfully hers, and add more from the assets left by the priest.
The news included by the addressee in his letter, which is currently circulating in the realm of the duke [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern], had already reached Dantiscus. However, he does not give it any credence. To comfort the addressee and to convey certain news to him, he sends him a copy of a letter to the duke, containing an account of the war being waged by the emperor [Charles V of Habsburg] against the protestants. The letter was sent to the duke unofficially. It was secretly sent to Dantiscus by envoys from Ragnit (Nieman) on 28 January, and reached him on the previous day. He asks the addressee to refrain from sharing its contents with anyone and, after reading it, to return it to him via his nephew, Johann Hannau.
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AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 281rDomino administratori
Venerabilis etc.
Quae de inventario et relictis superinscribed⌈relictisrelictis superinscribed⌉ bonis defuncti olim parochi in Braunswalt ad nos scripsit Fraternitas Vestra, nobis non displicent, ut ea ita disponantur in ad partim ad structuram ecclesiae et parochiae conferantur, partim etiam pauperibus, quos negligi nolumus superinscribed in place of crossed-out distribuantur, quorum etiam rationem haberi volumus⌈distribuantur, quorum etiam rationem haberi volumus quos negligi nolumus quos negligi nolumus superinscribed in place of crossed-out distribuantur, quorum etiam rationem haberi volumus⌉, distribuantur, in quo Fraternitatis Vestrae conscientiam oneramus on the margin in place of crossed-out cum etiam focaria illi multum inservisse dici focariae⌈cum etiam focaria illi multum inservisse dici focariae in quo Fraternitatis Vestrae conscientiam oneramus in quo Fraternitatis Vestrae conscientiam oneramus on the margin in place of crossed-out cum etiam focaria illi multum inservisse dici focariae⌉. Cum etiam etiam superinscribed in place of crossed-out etiam dicatur and then crossed-out⌈etiam dicatur etiam etiam etiam etiam superinscribed in place of crossed-out etiam dicatur and then crossed-out⌉ focariam, quam habuit on the margin⌈quam habuitquam habuit on the margin⌉, illi multum inservisse et de eo bonis suis eum iuvasse et supellectilem suam ad eum una cum pecoribus detulisse dicatur F(raternitas) V(estra) huius, ut superinscribed⌈utut superinscribed⌉ Fraternitas Vestra ut huius similiter superinscribed in place of crossed-out etiam⌈etiam similiter similiter superinscribed in place of crossed-out etiam⌉ rationem haberet superinscribed in place of crossed-out at⌈atretret superinscribed in place of crossed-out at⌉ admonemus atque eique q atque illi, quae ad eam pertinent, quibus aliqua[1] de relictis superinscribed⌈relictisrelictis superinscribed⌉ bonis parochi addet, concederet superinscribed in place of crossed-out at⌈atereteret superinscribed in place of crossed-out at⌉, ne frustra eius famu ei famu famula eius fuisse videatur, velimus superinscribed in place of crossed-out admonemus⌈admonemus velimus velimus superinscribed in place of crossed-out admonemus⌉.
Nova, quae litteris suis inseruit Fraternitas Vestra et nunc passim sub principe circumferuntur, antea etiam ad nos perlata fuerunt. Quibus tamen fidem non habuimus, sed ea, ut pleraque alia, falsa et vana esse iudicavimus. Quo autem Fraternitatem Vestram consolemur et illi certiora communicemus, mittimus exemplum litterarum, quae ad ipsum dominum ducem scriptae sunt, unde totam historiam belli, et quid hactenus tam a caesarea maiestate, quam protestantibus actum sit, plenius superinscribed in place of crossed-out plenius⌈plenius plenius plenius superinscribed in place of crossed-out plenius⌉ cognoscere poterit. Verum cum hae litterae privatim ad principem scriptae sint et ad nos heri a dominis legatis per proprium nuntium ex Ragnet XXVIII Ianuarii on the margin⌈ex Ragnet XXVIII Ianuariiex Ragnet XXVIII Ianuarii on the margin⌉ secretim missae, nolumus, ut aliis communicentur nolumus, ut eas aliis communicet Fraternitas Vestra, sed sibi tantum legat atque per venerabilem dominum Ioannem Hannovium, nepotem nostrum, nobis remittat.
Quam superinscribed in place of crossed-out Fraternitatem Vestram⌈Fraternitatem Vestram Quam Quam superinscribed in place of crossed-out Fraternitatem Vestram⌉ bene valere optamus.
Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ ex arce nostra Heilsberg, 6 Februarii XLVII.
[1 ] Near aliqua on the margin crossed out F(raternitas) V(estra) with no clear mark of inserting