AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 399v (c.p.)

Freuntlicher lieber her wojwode.

E(wer) H(erlichkei)t schreibenn zu Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CrakoCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ ausgangenn / habe ich vor etzlichenn tag stain⌈[ag]ag stain⌉enn erhaltenn / das mich weniger freuet / dieweil die damit angezeigt / das ess vmb Ews superinscribed in place of crossed-out dieses⌈dieses Ews(?) Ews superinscribed in place of crossed-out dieses⌉ landts und uns armen Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525 the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By the Treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PreusennPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525 the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By the Treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋ geschenn / welchs w stain⌈[w]w stain⌉ir viel bodenckn written over e⌈enn written over e⌉s gemacht / dobei kann ich wol abnemen / wie ess in der Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia), the kingdom⌊ChronnPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia), the kingdom⌋ wider uns ein gestalt habe etc. Wir mussen dennoch darumb nicht vorzagenn sunder dem lieben Got alle unser sachen bouelenn / und vmb g stain⌈[g]g stain⌉enad bittenn(?) / der wirdt iderem ins hertze setzenn / was weiter notig / und zu unser vnderhaltung furderlich / wo von E(wer) H(erlichkei)t auf zukunftigenn mitwoch vortraulich / mit meiner kirchen hidden by binding⌈[n]n hidden by binding⌉ Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the 1530s one of Dantiscus’ friends and a supporter of his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; canon of Ermland (Warmia) from 1523; 1544–1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; its Dean from 1545; 1533–1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric in 1548 and 1550, appointed by the cathedral chapter after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊dechant und landtprobst zum Allenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estate⌊AllensteinAllenstein (Olsztyn), city on the Łyna river in southern Ermland (Warmia), Allenstein castle was the seat of the administrator of the Ermland Chapter estate⌋Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the 1530s one of Dantiscus’ friends and a supporter of his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; canon of Ermland (Warmia) from 1523; 1544–1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; its Dean from 1545; 1533–1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric in 1548 and 1550, appointed by the cathedral chapter after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋ / reden und ihr gutdunckenn mir nach entdeckenn / das an mir / so weit ess meinem suachenn liebe muglich / soll nichts abghenn. / Hiemit abermols gotlichenn genaden bouolenn.