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Letter #4352

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1538-09-17
            received Gdańsk (Danzig)

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, 53, 267, p. 9-12

 

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Den ersamen, namhafftigenn hern Gdańsk Town Council ⌊burgemeyster und radtmanGdańsk Town Council ⌋ der koniglichen stadt 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 League⌊DantzkeGdańsk (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⌋, / unsern besonderen, guthen freundenn.

Unsern freuntlichen grus und alles guthn zuvoran. / Ersame, namhafftige hernnn, besondre, guthe freunde. /

Von dyser zukunfftigennn Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊thagfarthProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋, / dyweyl unserr bothennn noch underwegennn, / wysse wirr nichts stadlichs zuschreybennn. / Wirr achten aber, daß 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 majestetSigismund 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⌋ auß ursachen der herrnn, dy neben uns geschrybennn, / unbeswert unser zusamne khomenn boss in den Mayenn wirdt erstreckenn. / Waß unß hirynne zukompt, / wolle wie Ewer Erbarkeit unvorhalthen habennn, / dy wir gottlichennn gnaden befelhennn byttendt, dyse stroffliche, erschreckliche lufft abtzuwendennn. /

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⌊IoannesIoannes 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⌋, von Gots gnadennn byschoff zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊ErmelandtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋.