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Letter #4117

to [?]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1539-07-08

Manuscript sources:

1	rough draft in German, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 79r (t.p.)

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AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 79r (t.p.)

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Io(an)nesIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋ etc.

Unsern(n) bruderlich gruss zuvoran(n). / Erbar, ernfester, liber bruder. /

Befind dich dis unser schreiben(n) zu Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Vistula on the Bay of Gdańsk, the largest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities, alongside Thorn (Toruń) and Elbing (Elbląg); represented in the Council of Royal Prussia and a member of the Hanseatic League⌊DanczkGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Vistula on the Bay of Gdańsk, the largest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities, alongside Thorn (Toruń) and Elbing (Elbląg); represented in the Council of Royal Prussia and a member of the Hanseatic League⌋, / so habe fleis, / das du mit dir bringst ein halbn(n) stein pfeffer, / dar an uns dis mol abgheth. / Kompt dich aber disser briff underwegens an(n), / so vorschaffs durch unsern(n) alten freundt Mathias Platen ⌊Macz Platen(n)Mathias Platen ⌋, / das er so vil pfeffers mit den erstn(n) an unsern(n) vogt gen Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊BraunsbergBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ bestelle / und im do bey schreibe, das er solchen pfeffer ufs erst her schicke. / Hiemit Gote befolen. /

Dat(um) Heilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌋, VIII Iulii MD XXXIX.