Den ersamen, namhafftigen hern Gdańsk Town Council ⌊burgemeyster und rathmanne der konniglichen stadt DantzkeGdańsk Town Council ⌋, / unsern gunstigen freunden

Unsern freuntlichen grus und alles guthenn zuvoran. /

Ersame, namhafftige hernnn, gunstige freunde. /

Wie wir gestern unsern bothen an Ewer Erbarkeit cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-09-22, CIDTC IDL 4343⌊geschicktcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-09-22, CIDTC IDL 4343⌋, / yst uns dyser Ewer Erbarkeit zu khomen, / und noch uberreychung und auss des cf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1537-09-21, CIDTC IDL 5530⌊brivescf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1537-09-21, CIDTC IDL 5530⌋ vorlesung Ewer Erbarkeit freundtlich gemuet und gunst zu uns mit gluckwunschung zu unser translacion an Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊dy kyrche ErmelandtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋ vorstanden, / dovor wir Ewer Erbarkeit mit sundren vleis thun dancken. / Und wollen Gott denn almechtigen bytten, das uns zu der stelle, dorin wir vorseczt, / sein gotlich gnade vorleyche, / domit wir der so mugen vorsthen, / das seynnem gotlichen nhamen ehre, / der christenheit an dysem orth erbawung / und unser selen selicheit gesche. /

Das aber Ewer Erbarkeit von uns zu wyssen bytten, / was koniglicher maiestet botschaffter, der edle gestrenge her Nikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌊Nicklas NybschiczNikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌋ ritter etc. uff zcukunfftiger Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊thagfarthProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ hat anzutragen, / wolle wir in rats weysse Ewer Erbarkeit nicht bergen, das nichts anders yst, dem wy uff negst vorgannerr thagfarth von dem hern Jan Dziaduski (*1496 – †1559)⌊DziadwskiJan Dziaduski (*1496 – †1559)⌋, koniglichen gesanthen zu Thorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊ThornThorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋, gehort, / welch[s] Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊koniglichee maiestetSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ widerumb vornewet, / und wirt auch Ewer Erbarkeit und Elbing Town Council ⌊der vom ElbingeElbing Town Council ⌋ der muncze halben nyderzulegennn bey voriger meynung gedacht. / Solchs hab wir Ewer Erbarkeit uff der selben begerd / Gotte befolhen nicht wollen vorhalten.

Datumm speth auss unserm slos Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊LobawLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, den XXIII Septembris MDXXXVII.

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes 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⌊IoannesIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes 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⌋, von Gots gnaden colmischr byschoff, administrator zu Pomesania diocese (dioecesis Pomesaniensis)⌊PomesanPomesania diocese (dioecesis Pomesaniensis)⌋ und postulirt zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊ErmelantErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋