AAWO, AB, D.7, f. 59v

Nos Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌊IoannesIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌋ etc. praesens testamentum rite a nobis prius examinatum superinscribed in place of crossed-outquod quantum heredem pertinet nostrae dispositioni et arbitrio testatoris convertitur relinquitur et commendatur⌈quod quantum heredem pertinet nostrae dispositioni et arbitrio superinscribed in place of crossed-outvoluntati⌈voluntatiarbitrioarbitrio superinscribed in place of crossed-outvoluntati⌉ testatoris convertitur relinquitur et commendaturrite a nobis prius examinatumrite a nobis prius examinatum superinscribed in place of crossed-outquod quantum heredem pertinet nostrae dispositioni et arbitrio testatoris convertitur relinquitur et commendatur⌉ ad eum modum, ut sequitur, confirmamus et validum esse volumus, ut in primis superinscribed in place of crossed-outscilicet⌈scilicetin primisin primis superinscribed in place of crossed-outscilicet⌉ singula legata pro ordine iuxta testatoris voluntatem distribuantur. Hoc vero(?), quod superinscribed⌈Hoc vero(?), quodHoc vero(?), quod superinscribed⌉ Quia vero hoc, quod on the margin⌈Quia vero hoc, quodQuia vero hoc, quod on the margin⌉ consanguineae vero eius cedere deberet superinscribed⌈cedere deberetcedere deberet superinscribed⌉, quam testator asserit sub ea secta agere, quae nullam defunctorum agit memoriam neque pro illis superinscribed in place of crossed-outpro illis⌈pro illispro illispro illis superinscribed in place of crossed-outpro illis⌉ sacrificia orationes et eleemosynas admittit ullas id quod cedere deberent non, idem superinscribed⌈idemidem superinscribed⌉ testator nostrae superinscribed⌈nostraenostrae superinscribed⌉ reliquit dispositioni et nostro arbitrio commendabat. Nos itaque superinscribed in place of crossed-outProinde decernimus⌈Proinde decernimusNos itaqueNos itaque superinscribed in place of crossed-outProinde decernimus⌉ eo quod testator ex ministerio ecclesiatico quicquid post se resignet superinscribed⌈post se resignetpost se resignet superinscribed⌉ assecutus erat in next line in place of crossed-outerat⌈erateraterat in next line in place of crossed-outerat⌉, praesentibus superinscribed⌈praesentibuspraesentibus superinscribed⌉ decernimus, ut consanguineae illi de gratia nostra speciali viginti marcas dumtaxat marcae a testamentariis de cedant et dentur, ne sanguinis necessitudo prorsus exclusa videatur. Quicquid vero erit reliquum, divenditis omnibus in usus hospitaliorum et pauperum mendicantium cum pannis coemptis et eleemosynis datis on the margin⌈cum pannis coemptis et eleemosynis datiscum pannis coemptis et eleemosynis datis on the margin⌉ testamentarii pro anima testatoris distribuent nobisque de singulis distributis rationem reddent.

In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum huic testamento est appensum.

In arce nostra Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, XXII Aprilis MDXLV.