Denn ersamenn unnd namhafftigenn herrn Gdańsk City Council ⌊burgermeister unnd rathmann [der] koniglichenn stadt DanntzigGdańsk City Council ⌋, / unsernn besonndern, gutten frunden.

Unnsernn freuntlichenn grues unnd alles guts zuvoran. Ersame, namhaftige herrn, besonndere, gutte freunde. /

Der herrnn rethe brief, unnderschriebenn unnd besiegelt, / wiewol inn dem der ordenntliche gbrauch nicht gehaldenn, / auch die thag zeitt / und stelle, do er gegebenn, / nach ist bliebenn, / hab wir dennoch uf Ewer Erbarkeit bitt, / damit auch in dem unnsere wilferigheit erkennt werde, / mit unnserm hantzeichenn bestetiget / unnd hiebey Ewer Erbarkeit widder lassen zukomenn. / Dieweil aber unnser sonnderlich schreiben / ann 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⌊konigliche 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⌋ inn dem falh unnötig, / nemlich, so der her Stanisław Kostka (*1487 – †1555), leader of the so-called nobles’ party, active in Royal Prussia from 1536, and opponent of most members of the Council of Royal Prussia, who sought to preserve the province’s autonomy and a balance of power in its governance. Tensions between Kostka, Prussian Treasurer, and the Council had been growing since the Diet in Graudenz (Grudziądz) in 1533. Sent there as the King’s deputy, Kostka, contrary to custom, took part in the proceedings, prompting the Council to suspend the meeting. He accused its members of hostility towards the Poles and appealed to the royal court. In the absence of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland, the Diet was chaired by Dantiscus, and the incident seriously damaged his later relations with Kostka; 1531–1555 Treasurer of the Prussian lands and of Marienburg (Malbork); 1544–1545 Castellan of Elbing (Elbląg); 1545–1546 Castellan of Kulm (Chełmno); 1546–1549 Vice-Voivode of Kulm; 1546–1551 Voivode of Pomerania; 1551–1555 Voivode of Kulm (PSB 14, p. 356; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 216; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 119-123)⌊schatzmeister uf MariennburgStanisław Kostka (*1487 – †1555), leader of the so-called nobles’ party, active in Royal Prussia from 1536, and opponent of most members of the Council of Royal Prussia, who sought to preserve the province’s autonomy and a balance of power in its governance. Tensions between Kostka, Prussian Treasurer, and the Council had been growing since the Diet in Graudenz (Grudziądz) in 1533. Sent there as the King’s deputy, Kostka, contrary to custom, took part in the proceedings, prompting the Council to suspend the meeting. He accused its members of hostility towards the Poles and appealed to the royal court. In the absence of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland, the Diet was chaired by Dantiscus, and the incident seriously damaged his later relations with Kostka; 1531–1555 Treasurer of the Prussian lands and of Marienburg (Malbork); 1544–1545 Castellan of Elbing (Elbląg); 1545–1546 Castellan of Kulm (Chełmno); 1546–1549 Vice-Voivode of Kulm; 1546–1551 Voivode of Pomerania; 1551–1555 Voivode of Kulm (PSB 14, p. 356; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 216; MAŁŁEK 1976, p. 119-123)⌋ / sich kurtzlich, / wie wir bericht, / an koniglicher maiestet hoff nicht wirt begebenn, / wollet unns solchenn unnsernn brief / mit dem antwurt / uf unnsere gewerbe, / ann Ewer Erbarkeit negst getragenn, / widerumb zustellenn, / unns auch davor haltenn. / So wir wustenn, (: das Gott vorbitt :) solche drey personen, / wie vonn unns gehoret, solde seinn / inn Ewer Erbarkeit mittel sigenn, / woltenn wir dis, / sich vor sie zuhuttenn / unnd do es sonnst unnser pflicht unnd die noch wurd furdernn, / nicht hie vor unnsern unnderthanenn, / wie unns mit ungrund wirt zugelegt, / mit den wir nicht uber geburliche weise / gemeinschaft habenn, ane alle schew / bey kenntlichenn nhamen ei... nicht unanngezeigt lassenn, / dann dieselbtigenn Ewer Erbarkeit vor schadenn zw warnenn, / auch ihn vil ehre unnd guts, / sovil ummer muglich, / zu zufuegenn, / seinn wir willig unnd begirig. / Gottlichenn gnadenn befolhenn.

Datum aus unnserm schlos 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⌋, denn X Septembris M D XLIII.

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⌊JoannesIoannes 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⌋, vonn Gotts gnadenn bischoff zcw Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊ErmelanndtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋