Letter #3909
[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Sigismund I JagiellonBraunsberg (Braniewo), 1545-01-29
English register:
After the conclusion of the Diet [of Royal Prussia] at Elbing (Elbląg), which was devoted to legal cases, a messenger of the king [Sigismund I] reached Dantiscus with a letter dated 17 January. In it, the king summoned Dantiscus to come to court in order to take part in deliberations concerning the affairs of Royal Prussia. Dantiscus mentions that we will arrive several days before Laetare Sunday [14 March]. In the meantime, the inflamed tempers of the defendants [the city council of Gdańsk (Danzig)] will have cooled somewhat, and Dantiscus will gather such intelligence as he considers useful to the king. It would be advisable for the castellan of Elbing and the treasurer of Prussia [Stanisław Kostka] to accompany him to court.
Dantiscus considers it unnecessary to describe the course of the Diet [of Royal Prussia], devoted as it was to legal cases, at which almost all matters were resolved, with the exception of those which by law needed to be adjourned.
The councillors [of Royal Prussia] appealed to Dantiscus to ask the king to indulge their failure to reply to the king’s letter concerning the tax, as well as to the letter in which he expressed his displeasure at the letter of recommendation [issued for the citizens of Gdańsk in the matter of the king’s efforts to recover Putzig (Puck)] sent from the last Diet [of Royal Prussia] in Graudenz (Grudziądz). The councillors point out that the assembly was not attended by any of the voivodes [Mikołaj Działyński, Voivode of Pomerania; Georg von Baysen (Jerzy Bażyński), Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork); Johann von Lusian (Jan Luzjański), Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno)] or by the castellan of Kulm [Jan Sokołowski]. Deliberations on the drafting of a reply were deferred to the spring Diet [of Royal Prussia]. [The remaining text of this paragraph is damaged.] Those who remained at the place of deliberations were the bishop of Kulm [Tiedemann Giese], the envoy of the city of Thorn (Toruń) [Adrianus Fridewalt (Adrian Fredewald)], and the representatives of the city authorities of Elbing, who submitted a request [this most likely concerns the circulation of copies of the royal letter to the absent members of the council of Royal Prussia, and the written consultations regarding a petition to the king to defer the matter of Putzig to the spring Diet of Royal Prussia; cf. Dantiscus’s letter to Samuel Maciejowski, IDL 3853].
Dantiscus makes mention of the bishop of Płock [Samuel Maciejowski]. [The text of this paragraph is damaged; Dantiscus may have been informing the king that he had described the current situation in Royal Prussia at greater length in his letter to Maciejowski].
Manuscript sources:
| ||||
Text & apparatus & commentary Plain text Text & commentary Text & apparatus
AAWO, AB, D.7, f. 44vReddidit mihi Elbingi, iam iudiciario conventu dissoluto superinscribed⌈Elbingi, iam iudiciario conventu dissolutoElbingi, iam iudiciario conventu dissoluto superinscribed⌉, is cubicularius Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae litteras XVII huius mensis scriptas, quas summa observantia dignitatis Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae legens, non potui intimo gaudio non affici quod ex iis. Singularem enim superinscribed⌈enimenim superinscribed⌉ in me regiam clementiae propensionem liquidissime agnovimus. Quae ferebant, eo quod me, qui longe opinioni de me conceptae sim inferior, clementer ad se vocavit adscribed in place of crossed-out vocare⌈vocare vocavit vocavit adscribed in place of crossed-out vocare⌉ ut ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉, ut illi in negotiis harum terrarum Serenissimae Maiestati Regiae inservirem. Quamvis me ipsum ineptum ac minus habilem ob desuetudinem atque alias affectiones sentiam huiusmodi servitio, quod, quia tamen a primis iuventutis meisae annis longao usu assuetudine ductus iam habitum induerim illiusmodi servitutis induerim on the margin in place of crossed-out in eo servitio and then crossed-out⌈in eo servitio Quam paper damaged⌈[Quam]Quam paper damaged⌉vis me ipsum(?) ineptum ac minus ha paper damaged⌈[tum ac minus ha]tum ac minus ha paper damaged⌉bilem ob desuetudinem atque paper damaged⌈[tudinem atque]tudinem atque paper damaged⌉ alias affectiones paper damaged⌈[tiones]tiones paper damaged⌉ sentiam huiusmodi servitio, qu paper damaged⌈[qu]qu paper damaged⌉od, quia tamen superinscribed⌈tamentamen superinscribed⌉ a primis iuventutis meae written over is⌈isaeae written over is⌉ annis longo written over a⌈aoo written over a⌉ usu superinscribed⌈usuusu superinscribed⌉ assuetudine ductus iam habitum induerim illiusmodi servitutis induerim Quamvis me ipsum ineptum ac minus habilem ob desuetudinem atque alias affectiones sentiam huiusmodi servitio, quod, quia tamen a primis iuventutis meisae annis longao usu assuetudine ductus iam habitum induerim illiusmodi servitutis induerim on the margin in place of crossed-out in eo servitio and then crossed-out⌉, adeo benignae in me superinscribed in place of crossed-out ut me⌈ut me in me in me superinscribed in place of crossed-out ut me⌉ voluntati regiae cum videam prorsus mihi esse non esse superinscribed⌈esseesse superinscribed⌉ reluctandum, sed hidden by binding⌈[ed]ed hidden by binding⌉ libenter obsequendum duxi, sollicitudinem superinscribed in place of crossed-out fiduciam⌈fiduciamsollicitudinemsollicitudinem superinscribed in place of crossed-out fiduciam⌉ omnem te written over i⌈iee written over i⌉nuitatis meae, quam Vratislaviensis et novissime Cr written over ...i⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉iCrCr written over ...i⌉acoviensis profectio mihi intulit, in gratia hidden by binding⌈[ia]ia hidden by binding⌉m Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae reponens, quae me prius numquam destituit. Venturus sum itaque pa written over an⌈an pa pa written over an⌉ucos dies ante Dominicam Laetare, ut interim superinscribed in place of crossed-out ... interim⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ interim ut interim ut interim superinscribed in place of crossed-out ... interim⌉ citato written over i⌈ioo written over i⌉rum animi inflammati hidden by binding⌈[mati]mati hidden by binding⌉ aliqua ex parte tepescant, et ego hic, quae putavero rebus Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae accommoda, undecumque superinscribed in place of crossed-out quaque⌈quaquecumquecumque superinscribed in place of crossed-out quaque⌉ exquirere et mecum afferre possim. Expediretque plurimum, ut generosus dominus castellanus Elbingensis Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae in iis terris thesaurarius superinscribed in place of crossed-out consiliarius⌈consiliarius thesaurarius thesaurarius superinscribed in place of crossed-out consiliarius⌉ mecum adesset, quod non abs re scribo etc.
Ceterum, quae in transacto iudiciario conventu acta sunt, ubi causae fere hidden by binding⌈[e]e hidden by binding⌉ omnes litigantium ceperunt determinationem on the margin⌈ceperunt determinationemceperunt determinationem on the margin⌉, praeter eas, quae de iure superinscribed⌈de iurede iure superinscribed⌉ dilationes exigebant superinscribed in place of crossed-out postulabant⌈postulabant exigebant exigebant superinscribed in place of crossed-out postulabant⌉, non opere pretium est scribere.
Hoc tamen existimavi addendum, dominos consiliarios a me rogasse hidden by binding⌈[e]e hidden by binding⌉ Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram submisse deprecari, ne inclementer ferre velit, quod litteris Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae de contributione et illis, quibus propter commendaticias hidden by binding⌈[s]s hidden by binding⌉ in negotio Pucensi ex proximis written over o⌈oisis written over o⌉ Graudentinis comitiis datis non immerito expostulat, non responderint, quandoquidem nemo palatinorum ob valetudines affectas p... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉t... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ interfuit, similiter neque superinscribed in place of crossed-out et⌈et similiter neque similiter neque superinscribed in place of crossed-out et⌉ dominus item castellanus Culmensis hidden by binding⌈[nsis]nsis hidden by binding⌉ interesse non potuit, sine quibus in eo quicquam statuere commodum non videbatur. Reiecta est igitur haec respondendi consultatio ad vernum conventum. Petiverunt superinscribed in place of crossed-out Rogarunt⌈Rogarunt Petiverunt Petiverunt superinscribed in place of crossed-out Rogarunt⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ reverendissi paper damaged⌈[reverendissi]reverendissi paper damaged⌉mus dominus paper damaged⌈[dominus]dominus paper damaged⌉ Culmensis et superinscribed⌈etet superinscribed⌉ nuntius Thorunensium hidden by binding⌈[m]m hidden by binding⌉, qui nondum abierant on the margin⌈nondum abierantnondum abierant on the margin⌉, cum magistratu Elbingensi [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉, quas cubicularius iste [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ quod per mutuas inte superinscribed⌈inteinte superinscribed⌉r paper damaged⌈[r]r paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉.
Quae hinc alia paper damaged⌈[ia]ia paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ reverendissimus dominus episcopus Plocensis paper damaged⌈[locensis]locensis paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ a me impense roga[...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ scire(?) [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉.
[...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ commendo et ut eandem Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram paper damaged⌈[m Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram]m Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram paper damaged⌉ Dominus Deus a[...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉ incolumem atque felicissimam paper damaged⌈[am]am paper damaged⌉ [...] paper damaged⌈[...][...] paper damaged⌉us conservet studiosissimo superinscribed in place of crossed-out omnibus(?)⌈omnibus(?) studiosissimo paper damaged⌈[mo]mo paper damaged⌉ studiosissimo superinscribed in place of crossed-out omnibus(?)⌉ atque paper damaged⌈[atque]atque paper damaged⌉ assiduo paper damaged⌈[o]o paper damaged⌉ a(n)i(m) paper damaged⌈[a(n)i(m)]a(n)i(m) paper damaged⌉o precor paper damaged⌈[r]r paper damaged⌉.
Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Braunsberg, XXIX Ianuarii MDXLV.