Elbing City Council ⌊Den vom ElbingElbing City Council ⌋

Unsernn etc. Ersame etc.

Wir schicken durch den erbarnn unsernn libenn bruder Bernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus’ brother; stayed with Dantiscus in Spain as a member of his mission’s retinue and served as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau⌊Bernt von HovenBernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus’ brother; stayed with Dantiscus in Spain as a member of his mission’s retinue and served as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau⌋, Flachsbinder genant, Ewer Erbarkeit Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊konigliche majestetSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ antwurt uff Ewer Erbarkeit und der Thorn City Council ⌊ersamenn von ThornnThorn City Council ⌋ und Gdańsk City Council ⌊DanczkGdańsk City Council ⌋ schreibenn, / daraus zuvornemenn, wie es umb die zukunfftige Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊tagfartProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ / und die elbingsche castellanei geblibenn. / So Ewer Erbarkeit solchen briff durch gedochtnn unsern bruder an die ersamenn von 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 League⌊DanczkGdańsk (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⌋, ...hin er sich thut ... unsernn geschef... begebenn, welben lossen gelangen, / wirt er willig sein. / Hiemit Gote in sein gnad befolnn.

Datum Heilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌋, denn XVII Iulii M D XXXIX.