Venerabilibus Dominis Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊praelatis, canonicis et capitulo ecclesiae nostrae VarmiensisErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋, fratribus sincere nobis dilectis

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioannes Dei gratia episcopus VarmiensisIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Quid nobis illustrissimus dominus Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌊duxAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌋ vicinus noster cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1540-09-16, CIDTC IDL 5008⌊responderitcf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1540-09-16, CIDTC IDL 5008⌋ ad cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-09-14, CIDTC IDL 5247⌊eascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-09-14, CIDTC IDL 5247⌋, quarum 1540-09-14⌊superiori die1540-09-14⌋ exemplum ad Fraternitates Vestras dederamus, ex adiunctis habebunt. Existimamus, quod ad eundem modum Fraternitatibus Vestris rescriptum sit. Res haec, si nectendis moris haerebit et de tempore in tempus extrahetur, cf. Cic. Tusc. 2.36.12; 3.53.12; Cic. Fam. 9.2.3.12; Sen. Ep. 95.25.4; Adagia 3.1.35 callum ducere ⌊callum obducerecf. Cic. Tusc. 2.36.12; 3.53.12; Cic. Fam. 9.2.3.12; Sen. Ep. 95.25.4; Adagia 3.1.35 callum ducere ⌋ posset, quod sine detrimento, ut nunc sunt homines, non fieret. Proinde, si cum responso tardabitur, ne recens esse desinat, paulo post iterum erit refricanda. Ad quod Fraternitatibus Vestris operam nostram offerimus.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.

Ex arce nostra Heilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌊HeylsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌋, XVII Septembris MDXXXX.