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Letter #5376

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Samuel MACIEJOWSKI
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1541-11-16

English register:

Dantiscus sends the addressee a copy of his letter to the king [Sigismund I Jagiellon], dispatched with the intention of preserving peace in the Prussian lands. He also asks the addressee to provide support to the duke’s [Albrecht von Hohenzollern] envoys and the delegates of the estates [of the Duchy of Prussia] regarding the matters for which they are rightly petitioning the king.

He believes that the addressee has already been informed by the duke’s chancellor [Johann von Kreytzen] about the improper handling of the border dispute [between the Duchy of Prussia and] the Grand Duchy of Lithuania caused by the latter. In view of the growing threat posed by infidels, there is nothing more desirable than peace.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 16th-century, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1, No. 807, enclosure No. 1
2copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8244 (TK 6), a.1541, f. 62

Prints:
1HARTMANN 1525-1550 No. 807, p. 425-426 (German register)

 

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Reverendissime etc.

Mitto iis inditum exemplum litterarum mearum, ex quo Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra intelliget, quid serenissimae maiestati regiae ob id maxime, ut vel saltem sub eius maiestatis temporibus pace in iis terris nobis frui liceat, scripserim. Cumque sciam Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam suapte sponte rebus hic illustrissimi domini ducis singulari quodam studio esse propensam, non ambigo, quin et ad meam commendationem illi Dominatio Vestra non sit defutura. Quam impense oro, ut nuntiis eius dominationis illustrissimae et illis, qui ab omnibus ordinibus dicionum illius mittuntur, opera sua velit esse praesto apud serenissimam maiestatem regiam, ut id, quod iure petunt, assequi possint.

Quam inciviliter negotium limitum nuper ex Magno Ducatu tractatum sit, existimo iam Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam ab illustrissimi domini ducis cancellario accepisse. Nobis hoc tempore, quo infidelium vires, peccatis nostris exigentibus, adeo invaluerunt, nihil pace et ad illam conciliandos animos sollicitudine deberet esse desiderabilius, ne gravius in nos Dei iram concitemus. Ut igitur ad ea, quae ad communem tranquillitatem conservandam pertinent, Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima, quantum licet et potest, intendat, quantum studiosius possum oro.

Illique commendatissimus esse cupio atque omnia faustissima precor.

Ex Heylsberg, XVI Novembris MDXLI.