[2.] Scribimus item illi, quibus rationibus transegerimus differentiam nostram cum magistro Prussiae 5 et indutias cum Turco inivimus. 6 Postulamus a te, ut una cum illo, cum illic eris et ubi de his aliquid ageretur, excuses et tuearis partes nostras, nam tu ipse scis, quo nos et serenissimum nepotem nostrum, dominum regem Ludovicum, ista spes generalis expeditionis adduxerit et quantas nos hic citra ullius auxilium 25 adduxerit correxi ex: adduxerunt. See the notes for Brodarics’ letter on 17 May 1525. Johannes Dantiscus (German form: Johann von Höfen or Johann Flachsbinder, Polish form: Jan Dantyszek), (1485–1548) humanist, diplomat, Bishop of Kulm, then of Warmia, legate of Sigismund I in the court of Charles V for long years. Parts of his very precious diplomatic correspondence have been published in Acta Tomiciana. Preparations for the publication of the whole correspondence are under way. A sample volume has been published so far which includes correspondence from the year 1537 (Jerzy Axer–Anna Skolimowska, Corpus epistolarum Ioannis Dantisci, Part I. Ioannis Dantisci epistulae latinae, Warsaw–Cracow, 2004). 5  Centuries-old Polish-Prussian rivalry came to an end when Albrecht von Brandenburg turned Teutonic Knights into a secular Lutheran state in 1525 and gave fealty to the Polish ruler on 10 April. See Statileo’s letter on 12 April 1525. 6  Sigismund signed peace with the Sultan in November 1525. He refused to send military aid to his cousin the following year on this pretext. 4  3 

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