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Letter #2309

Ioannes [DANTISCUS] to [Nicolaus HUMAN]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-04-27

English register:

Having sent the addressee to Allenstein (Olsztyn) to interrogate the administrator [Achatius Trenck], Dantiscus learned that Leonard Niederhoff would also be arriving there. Therefore, he instructs the addressee to swear in and interrogate Niederhoff as well, and, as with the other canons, to report the results of interrogation.

Dantiscus instructs that the addressee must not disclose the contents of the Custos’ [Johann Tymmermann] letter to anyone except the administrator. He expects the letter to be returned along with the administrator’s opinion on its contents.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, BCz, 245, p. 216 (c.p.)

 

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Ioannes etc.

Venerabilis Domine, devote dilecte.

Cum intelligamus hoc tempore, quo vos misimus in Allenstein ad examinandum ibidem venerabilem fratrem nostrum dominum administratorem, venerabilem fratrem nostrum etc. Leonardum Niderhoff, decanum et canonicum ecclesiae nostrae, inibi futurum, committimus vobis, ut sub priore commissione nostra, accepto ab eo corporali, ut in forma, iuramento, eum examinetis ab eoque, quemadmodum de aliis fratribus nostris certitudinem dictorum ad nos deferatis, salutem illi n[os]tri nomine dicentes.

Bene valete.

Datae ex arce nostra ... Heilsberg, XXVII Aprilis MDXL e....

Postscript:

Litteras venerabilis fratris nostri domini custodis fidelissi[me] apud vos conservabitis et nulli homini, quam venerabili fratri nostro domino administratori, communicabitis, vobiscum eas, habito cum domino administratore prius consilio, vel cum eo illas ad nos deferetis etc.