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Letter #5819

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council
Vilnius, 1514-11-13


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Low German, autograph, APG, 300, D/ 5, No. 789
2copy in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8239 (TK 1), part 1, not numbered, f. [1 after f. 139]

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 61

 

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Denn nhamhaftigem hern Gdańsk Town Council borgermeister und radtman der koniglichen stadt DanczkeGdańsk Town Council , / mynenn gunstignn hernn.

Is unt.villigenn denst / unnd wesz ik goedes vormach. Ersame, nhamhaftige herennn. /

Vor etlikennn dagennn hebbe ik in mynerr szakennn myt Dirrig Falcke Dirrig FalkenDirrig Falcke / an Iwe Erbarkeit en koniglik mandath gsant, / up dat de dagentszame Katherina, wife of Lucas van TELGHEN frwe Lukesz vannn Telghenn nhagelateneKatherina, wife of Lucas van TELGHEN / myne medder ere solt, / dat myt mynerr szakennn nichts hefft / sey were an... de upsettunge der hundert marcen / tho vorkopennn / hebbe ik verstandennn / beth her nen antworth kannn erlangennn / unnd ik newen ehrr / wolde dith szo Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austriakoniglicher maiestetSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria geklaget hebbennn, / sunder als ik Iwer Erbarkeit landtman mherr geneget sy, / wo ok billich Iwr Erbarkeit by koniglikem have tho fordrennn, / dan klachte tho förennn, / als ik denne dith etlik mal bewiszet / hebbe vannn erstennn wolt by iw erfarennn / uth wath orszake myner Katherina, wife of Lucas van TELGHEN medderKatherina, wife of Lucas van TELGHEN solken schade thogedrevennn wǎt wannn mynennn wegen, / szo dach myne szake nach henget yn Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austriakoniglicher maiestetSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria erkentnissze. / Bidde hirummbe / enczwer wollet myne Katherina, wife of Lucas van TELGHEN medderrKatherina, wife of Lucas van TELGHEN van der hundertt marcen vorbuntnissze losz latennn, / dat sze ehrr solt ane widerenn schadennn vorkopennn machte / adde my myt dennn erstennn latennn witennn, / worummb koniglikennn [m]andat nicht genoch mach geschennn. / Hir inne, / szo sik kegennn my bewiszennn, / dat ik Iwer Erbarkeit fruntschaft unnd guttliche tho negunge mochte erkennennn, / das mede ny my iw unnd allenn iwennn szakennn vorplichter makennn. Ik bin ummers by iw erwasszennn unnd in der erstennn jagenth getagennn. / Latet dennn frembdennn, de my villichte by iw vorfolgennn, nicht szo grothe gewolt alssze beth her gehath hebbennn. Ik mach Iwer Erbarkeit ok nach wal szo notte wartennn / alsz de, / de grot by iw gehort sin. / Wat hie nwerr tydinge sin, / wart Martennn, iw vlitige diner, Iwer Erbarkeit klerliker seggennn. / Levet alsampt tho langennn tidennn feisth unnd gesunt. /