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Letter #3415

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Stanisław HOZJUSZ (HOSIUS)
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1548-07-19

English register:

The addressee will learn the contents of Dantiscus’ recommendation for the City Council of Elbing (Elbląg) from his letter to the bishop of Cracow [Samuel Maciejowski]. Certain individuals are defaming the council before the king [Sigismund Augustus], even though it has caused no harm to anyone and never thwarted the administration of justice. The envoys sent to Cracow for the funeral of the king [Sigismund I] will furnish the addressee with more information about those groundless accusations. Dantiscus asks the addressee to defend the city councillors against their adversaries so that the town may continue to enjoy royal favour.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 373r (t.p.)

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 561

Prints:
1HE 1 No. 295, p. 266 (in extenso; Latin register)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 373r

Doctori Hosio

Venerabilis etc.

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Quae feliciter valeat.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ ex arce nostra Heilsberg, XIX Iulii MDXLVIII.

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