Dantiscus had no trouble in writing a letter to the city council of Elbing (Elbląg) concerning the outstanding amount of the addressee’s stipend, which the council still owes him. He encloses his signed letter to the city council of Elbing on this matter, in the hope that it will prove of use. He also encloses two epigrams that were found among the materials sent to him. Should the addressee come across similar compositions, Dantiscus asks him to forward them to him. He makes assurances that his is ready to offer assistance whenever the addressee deems it necessary.

In a crossed-out passage of the draft letter, Dantiscus makes a different comment on the two epigrams, indicating that he wrote them on the addressee’s advice in response to Martin Luther’s epigram (“Pestis eram vivens, moriens ero mors tua, papa”). He notes that he does not wish to have them published under his own name, suggesting to the addressee that they be issued without attribution, only with the indication that they were sent to him from Germany.