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Letter #3934

Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Georg] von HÖFEN
s.l., [1542-08-14?]


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in German, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 5r (b.p.)

 

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Ich hab dein schreibnn mit dem registerr mit eingeslossenn / wol vorstanden, / daruff du hie bey mir wirst antwurt findenn. / Ich seyes vor guth an / und were wol gerotenn, / das unnotige unkost / mit ubrigem pracht, / dor Got / auch vorstendigen menschen nicht gefallen kan, / vormiden blib, domit nicht gesagt wurd ( wie solchs ouch in worheit ist /) es were besser von einemm bischove denn armenn gegebenn / oder zur kumfftigen nharung vorhalten etc. Nichts wynnigers noch meinemm vormugen, / das mir fast wol bekant, / wil ich dich in dem, das zu geburlichenn ehren mit guttem gelimff gehorig / nicht vorlossen. / Du wirst ouch beyd, mein zukunfftigen Barbara Behme (†after 1550-02-07)svegerinBarbara Behme (†after 1550-02-07) freuntlich von meinenn wegen grussen / und sagenn, das solch gros bedancken kleine vorehrung nicht furdert, / derhalbenn sie nicht was gegebenn, / sonder geneigten willenn vs gebers vor das beste sollenn annemenn. / Schicke dein sache also, das du uff angesaczte zceit wider gesunt mugest hie her gelangen.

muss ich je gen 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 LeagueDanczkGdańsk (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 komenn, / berede es mit demm hern Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517–1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania; 1531–1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig); 1545–1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno); 1546–1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)burgraffenAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517–1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania; 1531–1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig); 1545–1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno); 1546–1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326), / das ich von einemm Gdańsk City Council ersamenn rotheGdańsk City Council schrifftlich muge vornemenn, / ab es ir aller beger und gutter wille sey wider den, / mich dohin zu begebenn sichs nicht wol wil geczimenn, wie ouch sein Georg von Baysen (Jerzy Bażyński) (*1469 – †1546), 1503–1512 Chamberlain of Marienburg (Malbork); 1512–1546 Voivode of Marienburg (PSB 1, p. 377)Erbarkeit zu Marienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, in Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat, a branch of the Vistula in its delta, the seat of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309–1457) and a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, within the Kingdom of Poland (1466–1772). Alternating with Graudenz (Grudziądz), Marienburg was the venue of the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)MarienburgMarienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, in Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat, a branch of the Vistula in its delta, the seat of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309–1457) and a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, within the Kingdom of Poland (1466–1772). Alternating with Graudenz (Grudziądz), Marienburg was the venue of the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)Georg von Baysen (Jerzy Bażyński) (*1469 – †1546), 1503–1512 Chamberlain of Marienburg (Malbork); 1512–1546 Voivode of Marienburg (PSB 1, p. 377) negst sich gen mir hot lossen heren. / Du wirst ou[ch] erfarenn, / wie es umb die citacionn, / dovon ich seiner Erbarkeit geschribenn, / ein gestalt h[a]be etc.