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Letter #4341

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Georg SCHEWECKE
Löbau (Lubawa), 1536-08-04
            received Gdańsk (Danzig)

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, 53, 249, p. 109-112

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 291

 

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Dem ersamen, namhafftigen hernn Georg Schewecke (Georg Scheffke) (*1491 – †1547), 1522 Gdańsk alderman; 1525 - town councillor; 1528 - judge; 1531 - mayor; 1536-1537, 1540, 1542-1545 - burgrave; 1534 Gdańsk envoy to convention in Lüneburg in affairs of seafaring and conflicts with Lübeck (AT 15, p. 501, 510; AT 16/1, p. 42, 44; ZDRENKA 2, p. 275)Georgen ScheuekeGeorg Schewecke (Georg Scheffke) (*1491 – †1547), 1522 Gdańsk alderman; 1525 - town councillor; 1528 - judge; 1531 - mayor; 1536-1537, 1540, 1542-1545 - burgrave; 1534 Gdańsk envoy to convention in Lüneburg in affairs of seafaring and conflicts with Lübeck (AT 15, p. 501, 510; AT 16/1, p. 42, 44; ZDRENKA 2, p. 275), burggraff und burgemeysterr zu Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeagueDantzkeGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League, unserm besondern lyben freunde

Unsern freuntlichen grus zuvoran. / Ersammer, namhafftiger herrr, besonder lyber freunt. /

Es hat sych in vorlaffnen zceythen / begeben, / das ein etlich weyb offenbarlichs sundlichs lebens, / im geystlichen rechte, / ursach eynes kinds und theglicher kost heuslicherr beywonung mit Simon Ernst Symon ErnstSimon Ernst , eynem barbir gesellen, gestanden, / das vorlossende / darnach gedachten Symon in weltlich gericht getzogennn / und zu gefengnis etlicher monet lang gebracht, / den sein brother of Simon ERNST bruderbrother of Simon ERNST , / unser hie armer underthan und burger, / auss blutvorwantnis gedrungen, / von dem gefencknis mit burgschafft uff ein etliche summe geldes vor Ewr Erbarkeit gelost / und auss des weybes untzimlich antzyhennn / (so dy sache geystlichem gerichte allein zugehorig ) gebracht. /

Dyweyl aber der Simon Ernst vorbeorgteSimon Ernst , ytzundt zum Allenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estateAldensteinnAllenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estate wonhafftig, / sich, / wy von ihm vorstanden, / der sachen gelegenheyt nach / an sein geburliche geystliche gerichte mit dem gedachtem weybe zceut / und dy burgschafft lest fallennn, / besorgt sych hie unser armerr brother of Simon ERNST manbrother of Simon ERNST , / so er gen Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeagueDantzkeGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League seyn narung zu suchen kuemm, / das er von wegen solcher burgschafft mocht werdenn angehalthen, / daran wir keynnen gefallen hetten zu tragen. /

Ist derhalben an Ewr Erbarkeit unser freuntlich beger und bytt, / so sich sein Simon Ernst bruderSimon Ernst noch an sein angefangene geburlichs gerichte heldt und erbewt, / das dysen unsern brother of Simon ERNST underthanbrother of Simon ERNST Ewr Erbarkeit auss der burgschafft / loss woldt geben / und lossen, / domit er ungehindert zu Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeagueDantzkeGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League, / wy zuvor, / mochte handlen und wandlen, / uns auch doruff Ewr Erbarkeit schryfftlich antwort nicht vorhalthen, / das wir umb Ewr Erbarkeit, / dy wir Gotte befelhen, / in aller freuntschafft wollen beschulden. /