BCz, 1597, p. 738

Dem hochwirdigst(en) in Gott furstenn unde hern, herren 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⌊Ioanni, von Got(is) genaden des loblichen stichts Ermela(n)t bisschoffIoannes 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⌋ etc., meynem g(enedigen) herm(!) instead of hern⌈herm(!)herm(!) instead of hern⌉

BCz, 1597, p. 735

Hochwirdigster in Got Furst(e), Genediger Herre, / Ewer Furstlichen Genoden szeynth meyne gancz unvordrosszene stet(e) dynst(e) zcuvorann boreth unde bevholenn(n) etc.

Genediger Herre.

Noch lowthe Ewer F(urstlichen) G(enoden) schreyben szo schick(e) ich E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(enoden) ʝ[1] st(ein)[2] pheffe(r) / unde II huxhoved(en)[3] weysze francze weyne / unde I feszleyn allekanth. Haben in nicht bessze(r) konne(n) uberkome(n) off dyssze zceytt, / unde als was von ffrancze weyne komth, ist alles roth(er) unde das best(e) nicht. /

Genediger Herre, nouge zceytung(en) wes ich beszunders nicht zcu schreyben E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(enoden), denn das Citizens of Gdańsk ⌊wyr DanczkerCitizens of Gdańsk ⌋ eyne(n) abeszagt(en) fynth haben. Her Michell vo(n) Szentczloff, szon [...] hidden by binding⌈[...][...] hidden by binding⌉n ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉sze(n)l... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉cz , / Geroni(mus) Senczloff, unde eyn Gdańsk Town Council ⌊e(hrwirdiger) r(at)Gdańsk Town Council ⌋ hott vorgeschrÿben vor dy stadtthore: / der in lebendick gefang(en) kan breng(en), der szall hoben tawszenth jache(n) doler[4]; / der in thott brenget, szall V (schock)[5] daler haben; / unde der von szeyne(n) geszellen kan oberkomen, szal haben en (schock) daler / unde szall vorszorget warden zcu szeyne(n) tag(en). /

Domytthe ich E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(enoden) thu dem almechtig(en) Gothe bephelen myth eyne(m) gluckszelig(en) regime(n)t(e).

Dat(um) 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⌊Danczk(e)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⌋, am 12 Iulii a(nn)o 1539.

E(wer) F(urstlichen) G(enoden) getrower dyner Mathias Platen ⌊Macz Plat(en)Mathias Platen ⌋

[1] i.e. 1/2.

[2] a stone, Lat. lapis, a unit of weight, in early modern times ca. 13 kg.

[3] huxhoved(en) i.e. Oxhoft (a unit of volume).

[4] jache(n) doler i.e. Joachimstaler.

[5] conventional mark denoting a Kopa, Germ. Schock, Lat. sexagena

[6] i.e. 1/2.

[7] i.e. 2 and 1/2.

[8] i.e. 5 and 1/2.

[9] huxhoved(en) i.e. Oxhoft (a unit of volume).

[10] i.e. 5 and 1/2.

[11] i.e. 16 and 1/2.

[12] i.e. 10 and 1/2.