Letter #3254
[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Christoph von ZEHMEN (CEMA)Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1547-11-10
English register:
Dantiscus was sorry to receive the news contained in the addressee’s letter regarding the foot ailment afflicting his father, the voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) [Achatius von Zehmen (Cema)], sustained in Poznań on his return journey from a diplomatic mission.
The diet of Royal Prussia is approaching, which, unexpectedly for Dantiscus, has been convened in Wormditt (Orneta). Given the ill health of the voivode of Marienburg, his participation remains uncertain. Dantiscus hopes that an improvement in health will make it possible for him to take part in the joint consultations. He asks the addressee to persuade his father to come, arguing that the gravity of the issues to be discussed requires his presence.
Dantiscus did reply to the addressee’s previous letter of 6 November. If his reply reached him too late, the fault lies with his father’s subjects residing in the villages of Baysen (Bażyny) and Lumpe (Łępno), who refused to accept the letter and sent it back instead to Dantiscus’ burgrave in Wormditt. He has raised this matter in a letter to the addressee’s mother [Helene von Zehmen (Helena Cema)]. Let the addressee also ensure that this disobedience does not go unpunished.
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AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 321vChristophero Czem
Condolenter ex litteris tuis intelleximus casum magnifici domini palatini Marienburgensis, parentis tui et amici nostri carissimi on the margin⌈et superinscribed⌈etet superinscribed⌉ amici nostri carissimiet amici nostri carissimi on the margin⌉, intelleximus, quod superinscribed⌈dd superinscribed⌉ in itinere huc ad nos ex legatione rediens revertens Posnaniae correptus dolore superinscribed in place of crossed-out morbo⌈morbo dolore dolore superinscribed in place of crossed-out morbo⌉ in altero pede correptus sit dolor pedis eum corripuerit.
Instat nunc conventus h n(oste)r harum terrarum, qui praeter spem nostram in Vormdit edictus est superinscribed in place of crossed-out celebrari debet⌈celebrari debet edictus est edictus est superinscribed in place of crossed-out celebrari debet⌉, huic ne interesse possit, fortassis eo morbo impedietur. Meliora tamen nobis de p valetudine eius promittimus, quam ut superinscribed⌈utut superinscribed⌉ Deus illi integram largiatur, quo hic nobiscum hic rebus hidden by binding⌈[us]us hidden by binding⌉ patriae consulat, ex animo precamur. Teque admonemus, ut diligenter apud eundem superinscribed⌈eundemeundem superinscribed⌉ magnificum dominum palatinum, parentem tuum, instes, ne se ex hoc conventu quo, quominus consiliis nostris intersit, subtrahat, sed quod ad p quod eum non gravate facturum speramus, si illi persuaseris negotia ardua q, de quibus per domini written over os⌈osii written over os⌉ consiliarii written over os⌈osii written over os⌉ consulere debent, eius praesentiam requirere nec ea carere posse.
Ad superiores tuas litteras sexta huius tibi respondimus. Quod si serius ad te perlatae written over um⌈umaeae written over um⌉ fuerint, cogitabis hoc negligentia subditorum patris tui in villis superinscribed⌈villisvillis superinscribed⌉ Baisen et Lumpe commorantium ms. bus(!) ⌈umum ms. bus(!) ⌉ accidisse, qui litteras nostras ad tuos scriptas suscipere nolunt, sed contemptim written over unt⌈untimim written over unt⌉ eas burgrabio nostro in Vormdit remittunt, de quas re in litteris re in litteris ad matrem tuam mentionem fecimus. Tu itidem cura, ne hanc inoboedientiam impune ferant.
Bene vale.
Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ ex arce nostra Heilsberg, X Novembris 1547.