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Letter #4317

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council
Löbau (Lubawa), 1532-10-15
            received Gdańsk (Danzig)

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, 53, 249, p. 3-4

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 148

Prints:
1UBC No. 875, p. 735 (German register)

 

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Denn ersamenn und namhafftenn hern Gdańsk Town Council ⌊burgermeister und rathmannen der konigklichenn [stadt Da]nckeGdańsk Town Council ⌋, meynnen gunst[igenn f]reundenn /

Freuntlichenn grus unnd was ich liebs unnd guts vormag zcuvorann.

Namhafftige hernn unnd gunstige freunde.

Was ich zcw Marienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌊MarienburgkMarienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌋ mit Eur Erbarkeit gesentenn gereth unnd mich erbottenn habe, / ist, wie ich mich vorsehe, Ewr Erbarkeit angetragenn, / unnd bleibe fest unnd stet uff der selbigenn meynunge, / will auch nicht anders gefunden werdenn, / vorhoffe der gleichenn viel liebs unnd guts vonn Eur Erbarkeit unnd bitt hirumb Ewr Erbarkeit, wie ich auch die gesenttenn gebettenn, / woltt vorschaffenn, das der armen wife of Merten HASE ⌊witwen Merten Haseschennwife of Merten HASE ⌋, / die lange czeit in irer gerechtikeit vorczogenn, / donebenn auch Bartholomeus Senger Jr burgher of Gdańsk; husband of Margret Hannau, daughter of Anna von Höfen and Johann Hannau Sr (AT 16/2, p. 396; AT 17, p. 416)⌊Bartolome SengerBartholomeus Senger Jr burgher of Gdańsk; husband of Margret Hannau, daughter of Anna von Höfen and Johann Hannau Sr (AT 16/2, p. 396; AT 17, p. 416)⌋, meym schwoger, / recht geschee / zcw seinem vetterlichem unnd mutterlichem antheill, / das ime Jorgen Angermundt ⌊Jorge AngermundtJorgen Angermundt ⌋ wider alle billikait vorheldt, / auch das mein pfarkirch mith denn capellanenn durch denn commendarium, denn Ewr Erbarkeit gesecht, / biss zcw meynner zcwkunfft mocht cristlich unnd wie bisher mit speisung erhaltenn werden. /

Hirinnen / hoffe ich, Eur Erbarkeit werdenn sich kegen Got dem allemechtigen dinstlich / unnd mir neben euch zcw nucz unnd ehrenn / fruntlich wissenn zcwhalten, / das ich allewege zcwbeschuldenn und vorgleichen umb Eur Erbarkeit will sein geflissenn. /