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Letter #4803

Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Gdańsk (Danzig), 1541-05-30
            received [Braunsberg (Braniewo)?], 1541-06-03

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 96, f. 42
2office copy in German, APG, 300, 27, 17, f. 173v-174r

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 320

 

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Hochwirdigster inn Gott Genediger Herre. /

Unnsere stete unnd bereithwillige dienste / seint Euer Hochwirdigen Gnaden alletzeit zcuvorahn bereith. /

Genediger herre. /

Es haben unns die gestrengen unnd erbarn unsers radts gelipte freunde szo kurtzvorschinener tage / inn gemeÿner Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia tagfartProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia auff Stanislai zcu Marienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)MarienburgkMarienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia) gewesen / inn irer heimkunft berichtet, / wie es mit Euer Hochwirdigen Gnaden von wegen Hans Holsten (†after 1548)Hanns HolstenHans Holsten (†after 1548) des jungernn / seines bewustenn geleites halbenn / vorlossen, / welchen daszmoll genommenem abscheidt, / wyr der lenge nach zuvorholenn unnottigk achten. / Domit aber ann unser dienstwylligkeit / nischten / unsers vormogens, noch / aber gehenn moge. / Seint wÿr Euer Hochwirdige Gnaden zcu sunderlichen ehren und dienstlichem gefallen / obgemeltem Hans Holsten (†after 1548)Hanns HolstennHans Holsten (†after 1548), / das geleidt der mossen (wie beredt) zcu haltenn / gewogen. / Das ehr sich inn allem geleitlich unnd der gebuer halte. / Welchs wir Euer Hochwirdigen Gnaden dienstlicher wolmeÿnung / nicht habenn wissen unangetzeigt zcu lassenn, / dan der selbigen in allem gutte / zcu dienen seint wir geflissen. /

Mit hulffe des Almechtigen deme wÿr Euer Hochwirdige Gnade zcu langen gesunden tagen unnd seliglich befhelen. /

Ewer Hochwirdigen Gnaden dienstwillige Gdańsk Town Council burgermeister unnd radtmanne der stadt DanntzigkGdańsk Town Council