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.
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APG, 300, 53, 268, p. 17Humillimam etc.
Proficiscitur ad S(erenissimam) or S(acram)⌈S(erenissimam)S(erenissimam) or S(acram)⌉ Maiestatem Vestram secretarius spectabilis magistratus Gdanensis in negotiis, quae non solum civitatem 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 magistratus prospiciens non abs re ex usu et utile, immo et necessarium, esse putat, ne alio per mare 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 secretarium 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.
Ex Heilsperg, XVIII Martii MDXLI.