Letter #3885
Ioannes [DANTISCUS] to [Paweł PŁOTOWSKI]Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-08-20
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Dantiscus is happy that the addressee has been restored to good health and praises his decision to leave the regions where the plague has spread.
He expects news from the [royal] court soon. The King [Sigismund I Jagiellon] has moved the Diet of Royal Prussia to St. Michael’s Day [September 29], commanding the members of the Prussian Council to set a place that is safe from the plague, which will not be easy in the current situation. Dantiscus will inform the addressee of any decisions on the matter.
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Ioannes etc.,
Venerabilis Domine, frater sincere dilecte.
Hac hora legimus litteras Fraternitatis Vestrae, quae ob id gratae nobis erant, quod illam ex suis aegritudinibus convaluisse significabant. Probamus item, quod ex infecto aere in salubriorem se conferre statuerit. Libenter hic Fraternitatem Vestram vidissemus, verum cum sic res tulerit, utrimque bene consulere cogimur.
Ex curia nostra nova in dies exspectamus. Serenissima maiestas regia transtulit conventum praeteritum ad futurum Sancti Michaelis festum ea lege, ut domini consiliarii de loco peste non suspecto designando sint solliciti. Qui hac tempestate non facile reperiri poterit ob hominum ex viciniis infectis confluentiam, sine quibus comitia nequeunt transigi. Hoc, quod paulopost in eo constituetur, Fraternitatem Vestram non praeteribit.
Quam bene valere optamus.
Ex Heilsberg, XX Augusti MDXXXIX.