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Dem erwirdigenn ihn Gott unnserm besonndernn lieben freundt unnd nachparnn herrenn Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌊Johannsenn bischoffen zu ErmelantIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌋

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Unnsere / freuntliche dinst zuvor.

Erwirdiger ihn Got, besonder lieber freundt unnd nachpar. /

Es habenn uns die ersamenn / unnd weise / unnsere liebe getreue, / Königsberg City Council ⌊burgermeÿstere unnd rethe unnser dreyer stethe KonigsbergkKönigsberg City Council ⌋ furbracht, / wie unnser tieff etwas harten schadenn, durch grosse sturme darab allerley gemeyner nachteyl zubefharenn / unnd solchenn gemeynen nucz landenn / unnd leuthen zum bestenn pillich vorzukommen / und gutes aufsehens, / auff das hierinnen umb eines cleinen willenn nicht etwas, / welchs / hernachmals schwerlich herwider zu pringenn vorlasset, nehm habenn uns demnnach underthanigs v paper damaged⌈[v]v paper damaged⌉leis an E(uer) L(ieb) weil ihnen das tyff allein widerumb auffzurichtenn schwer / unnd dem gemeÿnenn sprichwort nach mit viler zuthat ein wergk leichtlich volendet werdenn kan zu dem auch dannocht Citizens of Braunsberg ⌊die vom BraunspergkCitizens of Braunsberg ⌋ sampt andere E(uer) L(ieb) stifftgenossenn, / soch des tiffenn zu irem bestenn auch geprauchenn, / damyt bemelthe E(uer) L(ieb) undtersassenn inen selbst zu gut zu erhaltung des obgedachtenn tiffs, / auch eynn steuer. / wo nicht anders ihe mit dielenn, / thetenn zuvorschreybenn angelangt. / Als habenn / wir in betrachtung gemeyner wolfart, / daneben, das wir bericht wie in ehezeithenn dergleichenn steure auch bescheenn seynn sollenn, / ihnenn solch ir pithenn nicht abschlagenn wollenn. /

Bithenn dennach gancz freuntlichenn E(uer) L(ieb) wolle das obengedochte nicht weniger weder wir freuntlichenn / erwegenn unnd bemeltenn ihrenn undterthanenn dahynn vormogenn auff das sye sych wie gemelt ihnenn selbest zum bestenn, / eyner zimlichen steuer zu solchem notwendigenn paw nicht weigern. / Das wirt E(uer) L(ieb) sonnder zweyffel zu merglichem rum gereichenn. / So seynn wirs umb E(uer) L(ieb) freuntlichenn neben gedachtenn unnsernn underthanenn zuvorgleichenn / unnd zuvordienenn / geneygt. /

Dat(um) 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⌊KonigsbergkKönigsberg (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⌋, denn 24 Aprilis anno 1541.

Von Gots gnaden Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌊Albrecht marggraff zu Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgkBrandenburg⌋, ihn Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants 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), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By the Treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PreussennPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants 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), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By the Treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋, / zu Stettin⌊StetinStettin⌋, 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⌊CassubennKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌋ unnd Wenden⌊WenndenWenden⌋ hertzogkAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌋, burggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌊NurennbergkNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌋ und furst zu Rügen⌊RugennRügen⌋ etc.