AT 1, Appendix 20, s. 31

Reverende etc.

Sumus cum Paternitate Vestra una plurimum molesti, quia ex tot laboribus crebrisque 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, 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⌊Ioannes FlaxbinderIoannes 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⌋ 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.

Iam igitur, cum et commoditas melior se offeret et opere pretium erit, reditum ad Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊regnumPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋ ex hinc paramus pacato dominio isto tam ab hoste publico, cum quo foedus initum sciat perpetuum et liberatos omnes antea vinctos recuperatosque nonnullos terrarum districtus ademptos, quam a ⌊proditore⌋ domestico, qui cum ⌊fratribus⌋ eorumque uxoribus et pueris expulsi Muscovy (Grand Duchy of Muscovy, Moscovia)⌊MoscoviamMuscovy (Grand Duchy of Muscovy, Moscovia)⌋ immigrarunt, castris nostris relictis salvis.

In praesentiarum itaque cum oratoribus The Muscovites (Moscovians, Mosci) ⌊MoscorumThe Muscovites (Moscovians, Mosci) ⌋, quos exspectamus infra mensem venturos et The Tatars ⌊TartarorumThe Tatars ⌋ de Fossis, qui iam appulerunt huc, reliquum erit hic occupationis nostrae. Sed quia pro utrisque tamquam composita facile sunt omnia absolvenda, igitur Vestra Paternitas sperabit indubitanter nos immediate post sacra Natalis constituturos in Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊regnoPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋ in Diet of Poland ⌊conventioneDiet of Poland ⌋, quam per nuntium proprium Vestrae Paternitati intimaturi sumus Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊terrisque PrussiaeRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋ Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊aliamProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ instituemus, praecedentem Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊illamRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋, quae in regno erit generalis. Et revera, nisi consuetudini satisfaciendum fuisset, non faciles fuissemus ad instituendam Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊Prussiae conventionemProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋. In qua Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊Prussiae conventioneProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋, quam fortasse necesse erit circa 1508-12-13⌊festum Sanctae Luciae1508-12-13⌋ teneri, Vestra Paternitas instruet nuntium nostrum, praeter ea, quae mandabimus, alia dicturum, quae ipsa scit utcumque profutura. Interim et donec constituemur in Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊PrussiaRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋, petentibus non omnino patebunt manus auresque nostrae, Citizens of Gdańsk ⌊GedanensibusCitizens of Gdańsk ⌋ tamen burgrabium dandum duximus alium et nihilominus legationem ad eos committimus cum reminiscentia eorum, quae impugnarunt.

Cussionem nummorum, quorum octo 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⌊FlaxbinderIoannes 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⌋ praesentavit, proAT 1, Appendix 20, s. 32bamus 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⌋, 1508-11-14⌊feria III post ms. pr(!) ⌈postpost ms. pr(!) ⌉ 1508-11-11⌊festum Sancti Martini1508-11-11⌋ proxima MDVIII1508-11-14⌋.