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Letter #111

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Sigismund I Jagiellon]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), [1543]-12-01

English register:

The city council of Gdańsk (Danzig) is sending the king a letter of recommendation from the young king [Sigismund II Augustus], concerning the acceleration of the court date set for the mayors [Barthel Brand and Tidemann Giese Jr], which is currently scheduled for the Diet of the Kingdom of Poland. Dantiscus asks for an alternative date to be set a few days prior to the opening of the Diet. He will explain the matter in more detail in a letter that the defendants will deliver to the addressee.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 16th-century, APG, 300, 53, 268, p. 211 (t.p.)

 

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Exemplum litterarum ad Serenissimam Maiestatem Regiam

Humillimam etc.

Mittit ad Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram spectabilis magistratus Gdanensis commendaticias litteras serenissimae maiestatis regiae iunioris in causa duorum praeconsulum ad tribunal Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae citatorum, ut tempus dictionis causae, quod illis in comitiis regni praefinitum est, antevertere sit liberum. In eo, licet non dubitem, quin Serenissima Maiestas Vestra filii sui carissimi dominique mei clementissimi votis sit responsura. Quia tamen, ut hoc ipsum Serenissima Maiestas Vestra, ex solita erga omnes subditos suos indulgentissima benignitate concederet, supplicissime prius oraverim ad eundem modum amore ductus patriae ab eiusmodi oratione in praesens desistere nequivi, quantumque possum demissius rogo, ut aliquot certis diebus ante regni comitia locum et terminum illis statuere dignetur, quem commode attingere pientissimoque aspectui Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae in gratiam recepti regiam se offerre, in eademque clementer dimissi ad suos reverti possint. Qua in re, quemadmodum fusius ex meis, quas illi reddent, accipiet, supra id omne, quod forte umquam merui, quodque mihi cumulatissime repensum est, cum se propitiam Serenissima Maiestas Vestra praestiterit, meritis meis plurimis accessisse existimabo. Cui me subiectissime commendo Deum intime orans, ut nobis eandem Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram diuturnissimo tempore prosperrime valentem felicissimamque conservet.

Ex Heilsberg, prima die Decembris.