Dem erwirdigenn ihn Gott unnserm besonndernn lieben freundt unnd nachparnn herrenn 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⌊Johannsenn bischoffen zu ErmelantIoannes 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⌋

Unnsere / freuntliche dinst zuvor.

Erwirdiger ihn Got, besonder lieber freundt unnd nachpar. /

Es habenn uns die ersamenn / unnd weise / unnsere liebe getreue, / Königsberg Town Council ⌊burgermeÿstere unnd rethe unnser dreyer stethe KonigsbergkKönigsberg Town Council ⌋ furbracht, / wie unnser tieff etwas harten schadenn, durch grosse sturme darab allerley gemeyner nachteyl zubefharenn / unnd solchenn gemeynen nucz landenn / unnd leuthen zum bestenn pillich vorzukommen / und gutes aufsehens, / auff das hierinnen umb eines cleinen willenn nicht etwas, / welchs / hernachmals schwerlich herwider zu pringenn vorlasset, nehm habenn uns demnnach underthanigs [v]leis an Euer Lieb weil ihnen das tyff allein widerumb auffzurichtenn schwer / unnd dem gemeÿnenn sprichwort nach mit viler zuthat ein wergk leichtlich volendet werdenn kan zu dem auch dannocht Citizens of Braunsberg ⌊die vom BraunspergkCitizens of Braunsberg ⌋ sampt andere Euer Lieb stifftgenossenn, / soch des tiffenn zu irem bestenn auch geprauchenn, / damyt bemelthe Euer Lieb undtersassenn inen selbst zu gut zu erhaltung des obgedachtenn tiffs, / auch eynn steuer. / wo nicht anders ihe mit dielenn, / thetenn zuvorschreybenn angelangt. / Als habenn / wir in betrachtung gemeyner wolfart, / daneben, das wir bericht wie in ehezeithenn dergleichenn steure auch bescheenn seynn sollenn, / ihnenn solch ir pithenn nicht abschlagenn wollenn. /

Bithenn dennach gancz freuntlichenn Euer Lieb wolle das obengedochte nicht weniger weder wir freuntlichenn / erwegenn unnd bemeltenn ihrenn undterthanenn dahynn vormogenn auff das sye sych wie gemelt ihnenn selbest zum bestenn, / eyner zimlichen steuer zu solchem notwendigenn paw nicht weigern. / Das wirt Euer Lieb sonnder zweyffel zu merglichem rum gereichenn. / So seynn wirs umb Euer Lieb freuntlichenn neben gedachtenn unnsernn underthanenn zuvorgleichenn / unnd zuvordienenn / geneygt. /

Datum Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌊KonigsbergkKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌋, denn 24 Aprilis anno 1541.

Von Gots gnaden Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊Albrecht marggraff zu Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgkBrandenburg⌋, ihn Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PreussennPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋, / zu Stettin⌊StetinStettin⌋, Pomerania⌊PomernnPomerania⌋ der Kashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌊CassubennKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌋ unnd Wenden⌊WenndenWenden⌋ hertzogkAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋, burggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌊NurennbergkNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌋ und furst zu Rügen⌊RugennRügen⌋ etc.