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Letter #106

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Sigismund I Jagiellon]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1541-03-18

English register:

Dantiscus informs that the secretary of the Gdańsk (Danzig) City Council [Jakob Fürstenberger] is setting out for the royal court. His mission concerns not only the interests of the town but also those of the entire Royal Prussia. Due to widespread high prices and shortage of grain, the council proposes a ban on its export. Dantiscus supports this initiative and asks the king to graciously receive the envoy and to hear his petition.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 16th-century, APG, 300, 53, 268, p. 17

 

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APG, 300, 53, 268, p. 17

Humillimam etc.

Proficiscitur ad S(erenissimam) or S(acram)⌈S(erenissimam)S(erenissimam) or S(acram)⌉ Maiestatem Vestram Jakob Fürstenberger (Iacobus Archimontanus), secretary in Gdańsk, envoy of the city to the Polish court; in 1545 and 1546 was receiving a salary from the Prussian treasure (DERESIEWICZ, p. 190; AT 8, No. 70, p. 96-97; SIMSON, passim; PSGPK 2)⌊secretariusJakob Fürstenberger (Iacobus Archimontanus), secretary in Gdańsk, envoy of the city to the Polish court; in 1545 and 1546 was receiving a salary from the Prussian treasure (DERESIEWICZ, p. 190; AT 8, No. 70, p. 96-97; SIMSON, passim; PSGPK 2)⌋ spectabilis Gdańsk City Council ⌊magistratus GdanensisGdańsk City Council ⌋ in negotiis, quae non solum Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Vistula on the Bay of Gdańsk, the largest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities, alongside Thorn (Toruń) and Elbing (Elbląg); represented in the Council of Royal Prussia and a member of the Hanseatic League⌊civitatemGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Vistula on the Bay of Gdańsk, the largest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities, alongside Thorn (Toruń) and Elbing (Elbląg); represented in the Council of Royal Prussia and a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ hanc S(erenissimae) or S(acrae)⌈S(erenissimae)S(erenissimae) or S(acrae)⌉ Maiestatis Vestrae, verum etiam commodum omnium harum S(erenissimae) or S(acrae)⌈S(erenissimae)S(erenissimae) or S(acrae)⌉ Maiestatis Vestrae terrarum attingunt in hac temporum, quae se offerunt, inclementia, qua omnium rerum, maxime autem frumentorum caritas et penuria passim et ubique habetur. Proinde mature ipse Gdańsk City Council ⌊magistratusGdańsk City Council ⌋ prospiciens non abs re ex usu et utile, immo et necessarium, esse putat, ne alio per Baltic Sea

North Sea, the sea⌊mareBaltic Sea

North Sea, the sea⌋ ad exteros frumenta educantur, cum illis pro communi victu domi egeamus. Qua in re ut S(erenissima) or S(acra)⌈S(erenissima)S(erenissima) or S(acra)⌉ Maiestas Vestra missum hunc Jakob Fürstenberger (Iacobus Archimontanus), secretary in Gdańsk, envoy of the city to the Polish court; in 1545 and 1546 was receiving a salary from the Prussian treasure (DERESIEWICZ, p. 190; AT 8, No. 70, p. 96-97; SIMSON, passim; PSGPK 2)⌊secretariumJakob Fürstenberger (Iacobus Archimontanus), secretary in Gdańsk, envoy of the city to the Polish court; in 1545 and 1546 was receiving a salary from the Prussian treasure (DERESIEWICZ, p. 190; AT 8, No. 70, p. 96-97; SIMSON, passim; PSGPK 2)⌋ benigne audire et cum sua gratia voti compotem a se dimittere dignetur, oro atque me suppliciter S(erenissimae) or S(acrae)⌈S(erenissimae)S(erenissimae) or S(acrae)⌉ Maiestati Vestrae commendo.

Quam ut Dominus Deus diutissime sospitet prosperetque in omnibus, intime precor.