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Letter #3300

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] & [part of the Royal Prussia' Council] to Samuel MACIEJOWSKI
[Heilsberg (Lidzbark)?], 1547-12-21

English register:

The addressee will learn from the letter of the councillors to the king [Sigismund I] what they have written to him regarding the hostile intentions of the Master [of the Order] in Germany [Wolfgang Schutzbar Milching], of which they have been informed. They have advised the monarch to summon the duke [Albrecht von Hohenzollern] to the current diet of the Kingdom and to deliberate with him on this matter. They approach the addressee with a request to support their initiative before the king.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 337r (t.p.)

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 511

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 337r

Ad dominum Cracoviensem

Reverendissime etc.

Quae de moliminibus magistri in superinscribed in place of crossed-out ex⌈ex in in superinscribed in place of crossed-out ex⌉ Germania erga has terras ad has serenissimam maiestatem regiam scripsimus, et quid ad nos de illis perlatum sit, ex litteris regiis Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra non obscure intelliget. Cum itaque necesse sit, ut maturius vobis ne provideamus, neq ne quid damni nobis ob vicinum malum inferatur, consulimus serenissimae maiestati regiae, ut illustrissimum dominum ducem, quem et una nobiscum negotium hoc contingit on the margin⌈quem et una nobiscum superinscribed in place of crossed-out potissimum and then crossed-out⌈potissimum et una nobiscum et una nobiscum superinscribed in place of crossed-out potissimum and then crossed-out⌉ negotium hoc contingitquem et una nobiscum negotium hoc contingit on the margin⌉, in hunc conventum Regni ad se venire iubeat, et cum illo superinscribed in place of crossed-out nostris sibi legatis adunctis⌈nostris sibi legatis adunctis(!)... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ superinscribed in place of crossed-out nostris sibi legatis adunctis⌉ de imminentibus periculis consulat. Ia Hoc ut fiat Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae opera fiat roga, quam apud serenissimam maiestatem regiam nostro nomine interponere velit, plu ita fiat, plurimum rogamus. Necessitas enim et consilia et ipsa experientia in illustrissimi written over e⌈eii written over e⌉ principis plura consilia subministrabit et inveniet, quam nobis forsan in istis angustiis posse written over u⌈uee written over u⌉nt occurrere.

Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, quae me commend cui nos written over me⌈me nos nos written over me⌉ intime commendamus written over o⌈oamusamus written over o⌉, cupimus superinscribed⌈cupimuscupimus superinscribed⌉ diutissime valere feliciter valere opto ex animo.