Dem erwirdigenn ihnn Goth unserm besondern lieben freundt unnd nachparnn, herrenn 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⌊Johansenn bischoffenn zu ErmelandthIoannes 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.

Unnser freuntlich dinst zuvornn. /

Erwirdiger ihn Goth besonder lieber freundt unnd nachpar. /

Nachdem sich etliche irrige gebrechenn etlicher grenitzenn halben zwischenn denn erbarnn unnsernn underthanenn unnd lieben getreuenn Hans Spiegel ⌊Hansenn SpiegelnnHans Spiegel ⌋ zeigernn diss brieffs / ahn einem / unnd Tomasz Sokołowski (Thomas von Falkenhain) ⌊Thoma SokoloffskiTomasz Sokołowski (Thomas von Falkenhain) ⌋ von Falkenhain, village in Silesia, ca. 87 km W of Wrocław (Breslau), today Sokołowiec⌊FalckenhainFalkenhain, village in Silesia, ca. 87 km W of Wrocław (Breslau), today Sokołowiec⌋ anders teils / zwistich erhaltenn, / also das dieselbigenn gebrechenn one orteilung unnd beziehung ihrer grenitzenn beigelegt werdenn nit wol konnen, wie Euer Lieb ferner von obberurthem Hans Spiegel ⌊Hansenn SpiegelnnHans Spiegel ⌋ muntlich zuvornhemenn werdenn habenn. / Dieweil dan unnser underthanenn gutter ahnn Euer Lieb lannd unnd grenitzenn rurenn unnd dieselbigenn mit Euer Lieb vorbewust unnd willen gegangenn / unnd bezogenn werdenn mussenn. /

So gelangt ihnn Euer Lieb unnser freuntlich bith, / dieselbenn wollenn zu orterung unnd beziehung solcher grenitzen auffs ehrst unnd furderlicht, / als es Euer Lieb immer zuwegen prengen konnen unnd derselbenn gelegenn sein will / einenn gereumen tag ernennenn unnd darzu verordnenn. / Auff das solche gebrechenn von wegen der grenitzenn zwischenn unnsernn underthanenn, / damit weitterer zanck, widerwill / unnd uneinigkeit vorhutet, / hingelegt werdenn / unnd ides teil, was sein oder nicht wissen moge. / Wie wir dan ghar nicht zweiffelnn, / Euer Lieb als der freuntliche nachpar sich gutwillig hierinenn erzeigenn unnd beweisenn werdenn. / Das wollen wir hinwider umb Euer Lieb, die wir hiemit gotlichem schutz unnd schirm thun bevhelenn, / gantz freuntlichenn vordienenn. /

Datum Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌊KonigspergkKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌋, den 10 Octobris anno 1540.

Vonn Gots gnadenn Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊Albrecht marggraff zu Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgkBrandenburg⌋, ihn 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⌊PreussenPrussia, 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⌋, zu Stettin⌊StettinStettin⌋, Pomerania⌊PomernnPomerania⌋, der Kashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌊CassubenKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌋ unnd Wenden⌊WendenWenden⌋ herzogAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋, burggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌊NurmbergkNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌋ und furst zu Rügen⌊RugenRügen⌋ etc.