https://diplomatarium.dk/dokument/14061106001
Above: Queen Margrete I, artist unknown.
Above: Grand Master Konrad von Jungingen.
The letter:
Vruntlichen grus mit wirdikeit vorgeschreuen / Euch erwirdigen geistlichen herren her homeister / th{ue} wir Margaretha von gots gnaden konig Woldemars tachter / czu Denemarken. wissentlich / das do wir hir czu Lunden / czu vnsers zones konig Erichs vnd vnser tachter der kunigynne hochczeit quamen / do berichte vns vnser zon wol vnd ouch die ienen. die bey im czu Calmar woren do die euwern nu letzt do woren / das vnser zon keyn ende kreg von den euwern vmb Gotland vnd Wysbu / als wir wol gehoffet hatten / sundir das is steen bleib / off die sechs wochen vordan/ als is vor czu Valsterb{ue}de begriffen wart das vns czu male leit ist das her vnd die euwern sich in ander masze schiden das wir do czu nicht komen kunden / das sagte wir den euwern czu vor / wend wir der vorbenumpten vnser tachter můsten warten / wente sie von Engeland queme / vnd hette grot gewald / das is nu eyn ende / tzwisschen vnserm zone vnd euwerm orden hette / zo hette euch der briff den der konig vsgegeben hat wol geworden / den wir die euwern sehen l{ye}ssen / do sie nu letzt in Iutlande bey vns woren / ♦ Ouch sey wir wol berichtet das die euweren/ nicht alzo lange beiten wolden / das wir hetten mocht do tzu gekomen / ♦ Ouch wolden sie nicht vmme segiln in das Hol / das wir mit merer des reichs rathe / do czu mochten sien gekomen / Nu erlicher herre noch dem male / das die euwern alzo weg furen / als vorgeschreuen steet / wer is sache. das is gote vnd euch vnd den euwern behegelich were / das wir dorumme sprechen vnd arbeiten / das eyn ander tag gehalden wurde zomerlang czwisschen vnserm s{oe}ne vnd euch in dem Orssunde / das ir die euwern mit voller macht wold to tzu senden / vnd das die stete / die vor do bey gewest synt do czu ouch mochten komen / vnd ab ir weldet / das vnser zon / dem konige von Engelande czu enpote / das her die synen dor czu ouch sendte / zo hoffen wir das her das nicht enleht / als wir berichtet s{ye}n / off das ab der heilige geist syne gnade do czu keren welde / das imands were/ der icht gutes do tzu sprechen ramen cnd th{ue}n k{ue}nde / das czu frede vnd czu guter eyntracht treffen mochte/ vnd welde got / das wir ichtis was czu desen vorgeschreuen sachen dynen vnd th{ue}n k{ue}nden / zo wisset ir io wol / das wir gerne getan hetten / vnd noch gerne th{ue}n wolden / ♦ Vortme vmme das gut / do ir vnd die euwern vns von geschreuen haben / das hat sedir der czeit gelegen vnd het noch / als die euwern die in somer von vns schiden / vnd bis alzo lange / das wir wir wissen / ab ir vns eyn antwort / von desen vorgeschreuen sachen wedir schreiben wellet / aber nicht / Erlicher herre/ Denket dor off das vnser zon vnd dese reiche / mochte das iro wedirkrigen / vnd das von Gotlande vnd Wysb{ue} / vil arbeit koste vnd sorge entstunden ist / got gebe vnd f{ue}ge das alzo / das do von nicht me arges entstee / vnd wisset das wir euwern steten in Pruessen / geschreben haben die selben m{ee}re / euch czu berichtede / wend sie vor bey den selben teidingen gewest synt / Erlicher herre / Tut nu vnd beweist euch in allen sachen / als vnser zon vnd wir euwer erlichkeit wol czu glawben/ vnd lasset i{ue} mit synen frunden das deste vorder ken euwerm orden vorschalden / vnd wil got das i{me} das s{ye}ne wedir wirt/ zo hoffen wir / her mag euch mit synen frunden / me vnd vorder czu dinste werden mit gotis hulfe /♦ Do mit beuele wir euch gote vnd begeren deser vorgeschreben stucke eyne gutliche vnd nemelich antwort / bey desen boten / vnd das ir i{ue} do mete an vnderlas von euch vordert / Do bitten wir gerne vmme / ♦ Scriptum in ciuitate L{ue}ndensi anno domini. mo. ccccmo. vito. sabbato ante festum beati Martini/ episcopi / nostro sub secreto /
English translation:
Kind regards with reverence preceding. Honourable Clergyman Sir Grand Master, We Margrete, by the grace of God, King Valdemar of Denmark's daughter, make it known that when We came here to Lund for our son King Erik and Our daughter the queen's wedding, then Our son certainly told Us and those who had been with him in Kalmar, when you were last there, that Our son did not get any decision from you regarding Gotland and Visby, as We had certainly hoped, but that it stood by the 6 week agreement, as it was previously determined in Falsterbro etc., and that it hurts Us very much that he and yours are not reconciled in any other way, and that we could not attend. We said this to you before, because We had to wait for Our aforementioned daughter, when she came from England and God had wanted an agreement to be reached between Our son and yours, then you would have been satisfied with the letter that the king has issued, as We let you see, when they were last in Jutland with Us. And it is certainly also told to Us that you would not wait so long so that We could come, and they would not sail around to Hölviken, so that We with several of the kingdom's councils could have come. Now, honourable Lord, since yours thus departed, as is written above, it should happen that it pleased God and you and yours, that We talked about it and strove for another meeting to be held in the summer between Our son and yours in Øresund that you would send yours by proxy there and that the cities that had previously been present could then also come along, and if you wanted Our son to let the King of England know if he also sent his with, then We hope that he did not leave it as it is told to Us, for if the Holy Ghost would turn His grace to it, that someone might strive to say and do something good, that there might always reign peace and good agreement everywhere, and God wanted Us to be able to serve and do something good for these aforementioned causes, then you know for sure that We would have liked to have done it and still want to do it. Still concerning the estate which you and yours have written to Us about, it has all been south and lies there, as when yours parted from Us this summer, and lies still so long until We know whether you will write Us a answer back on these aforementioned cases or not, enlightened Lord. Think about it, that our son and these kingdoms could get theirs again and that due to Gotland and Visby, a lot of effort, costs and worries have arisen. God grant and add it so that no more harm will arise from it, and know that We have written about the same thing to your cities in Prussia to inform you, because they have been in the negotiations before. Dear Lord, do now and show you in all matters that Our son and We certainly trust in your honesty and let him with his kinsmen all the more prove it to you, and God wants him to get his back again, then we hope that he with his relatives can stand more and more at your service with the help of God. Thus We commend you to God and desire a good and clear answer to these aforesaid passages by this commandment. We urge you to do so. Written in the city of Lund in the year of the Lord 1406 the Saturday before Saint Morten Bishop's day under our seal.
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