Sumus cum Paternitate Vestra una plurimum molesti, quia tot laboribus crebriusque Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventibus PrussiacisProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ secutum fuerit nihil, quemadmodum et Vestra Paternitas scribit, et 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⌊Ioannes FlaxbinderIoannes 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⌋ narrat. Narravit autem omnia tamquam ab initio conventionum gesta, unde nos quoque eiusdem sententiae sumus cum Vestra Paternitate, quod tandem, cum in vulgi manu videatur summam rerum esse, quod varium semper fit(!), necesse erit per vos ipsos agere haec, quae poterint ordine constitui aeque bono, absentibus nobis.

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Cussionem nummorum, quorum octo 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⌊FlaxbinderIoannes 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⌋ praesentavit, probamus et ratam habemus, et licet Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊PoloniaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋ terrae fortasse non probabunt, praesertim cum censeretur consultius factum, si novem pro mediente constituti essent sicut in Regno, tamen quia fortasse ad introducendum medientes meliores nummi constituuntur, idcirco deferimus Paternitati Vestrae eam hortantes, sic eam nummorum cussionem fieri mandet, ut et receptibiles essent, et publicitus non incommodarent. Pro solidis non cudendis et pro violentiis Vestrae Paternitati illatis agemus cum Gdańsk Town Council ⌊GedanensibusGdańsk Town Council ⌋ per nuntium ad Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventionem PrussiaeProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ venturum.

Datum Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌊VilnaeVilnius (Wilno, Vilna), city in Lithuania, on the Vilnia river, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania⌋, feria III post ms. pr(!) ⌈postpost ms. pr(!) ⌉ festum Sancti Martini proxima MDVIII.

AAWO, AB, D.7, 8v

Reverendissime etc.

Misit ad nos superinscribed in place of crossed-outA...simus⌈A... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉simus Misit ad nos Misit ad nos superinscribed in place of crossed-outA...simus⌉ reverendissimus written overe⌈eusus written overe⌉ dominus noster episcopus(?) noster episcopus Varmiensis ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ per hominem ignotum redditas sibi superinscribed⌈sibisibi superinscribed⌉ litteras, quibus sub excommunicationis poena ad synodum pro divi Galli die a Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima institutam vocamur. Quod quidem cancellariae commissum putamus, quandoquidem Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam scim... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ non latere scimus, ad quem quis on the margin⌈quisquis on the margin⌉ nobis a sede ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ apostolica metropolites written over...⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉testes written over...⌉ sit constitutus superinscribed in place of crossed-out...⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ sit constitutus sit constitutus superinscribed in place of crossed-out...⌉, quem unum maiores nostri recognoverunt semper ad eumque ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ solum in electionibus(?) et aliis officiis ecclesiae superinscribed⌈ecclesiaeecclesiae superinscribed⌉ consuetis curia expeditionesque Romanae nos sine quavis exceptione remittunt, illique subesse volunt. ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉[...] leaf deeply bound⌈[...][...] leaf deeply bound⌉ Ex re on the margin⌈Ex reEx re on the margin⌉ itaque [...] leaf deeply bound⌈[...][...] leaf deeply bound⌉ istiusmodi cancellariae inconsiderantiam Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae celandam non esse existimavimus, ne in alienam messem cum censuris, quae in nobis de iure superinscribed⌈de iurede iure superinscribed⌉ haerere nequeunt, impingatur. Quod ut Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima pro nostra in illam superinscribed in place of crossed-out...⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉illamillam superinscribed in place of crossed-out...⌉ observantia apud se ... ex qua singulari prudentia benigne metiri(?) on the margin⌈apud se ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ ex qua singulari prudentia benigne metiri superinscribed in place of crossed-outet in nos benignitate ...⌈et in nos benignitate ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ benigne met<i>ri(?) benigne metiri superinscribed in place of crossed-outet in nos benignitate ...⌉apud se ... ex qua singulari prudentia benigne metiri(?) on the margin⌉ boni esset superinscribed⌈essetesset superinscribed⌉ consulere nosque cum nostris immunitatibus intime superinscribed in place of crossed-out...⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ intime intime superinscribed in place of crossed-out...⌉ commendatas habere velit, pluimum oramus.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ apud etc.