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Letter #4762

Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-07-09
            received [1538]-07-12

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 2, f. 99

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 2, f. 99r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine mihi colendissime plurimumque observande.

Iucundum nuntium 1538-07-09⌊hodie1538-07-09⌋ accepi, Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram ex hoc molesto itinere fines 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⌊PrussiaePrussia, 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⌋ iam attigisse. Quare non potui comittere, quin obviis his litteris meis, quandoquidem gressibus non licet, ad nos revertentem exciperem. Debemus autem omnes, Deo gratias, quod Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram sanitate integra nobis restituat, gratulorque legationem istam pro dignitate illius confectam esse, nam non sine gaudio audivi utr written over c⌈cr(?)r written over c⌉umque. Eritque mihi gratissimum, si licebit hoc ipsum ex litteris Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae mihi legere, simulque de publicis harum terrarum negotiis, quam laetum ad nos referat nuntium. Equidem suspicor in istac temporis brevitate, non potuisse mature quicquam effici. De privatis nostris rebus et tamdiu expectatis litteris expeditionum nostrarum non est, quod moneam Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram, scio enim, ultro ad me scripturam, quemadmodum haec res habeat, et quid tandem sperandum mihi sit de hoc negotio, cuius procrastinatio, timeo, ne alteram mihi paritura sit difficultatem propter labens tempus consecrationis. Ego in hunc usque diem ne coniecturam quidem verisimilem de tanta dilatione potui accipere et interim osores mei gaudio suo fruuntur. Per absentiam Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae nihil, quod sciam, in republica novatum est. Omnia hactenus spectare visa sunt reditum Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, a quo ut omnes haeremus, ita faxit Deus, ut omnes capiamus consolationem. Mihi unica est consolatio habere Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram superinscribed⌈VestramVestram superinscribed⌉ praesentem atque incolumem, quod ut diuturnum sit, Deum precor. Commendo me amori Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae.