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1561, January 19

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King Frederick II of Denmark to governour Poul Stigsen in Iceland: relates how he has written to Bremen, Lübeck and Hamburg that they shall not trade Icelandic sulfur anymore, and asks him to see to it that this does not happen.

Created for and published on the HANSdoc website of the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, by Bart Holterman in the context of the research project Between the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea: interdisciplinary Studies of the Hanse. Licensed CC BY.

Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet

Danske Kancelli, Tegnelser over alle Lande 6, ff. 390v-391r

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Arkivalieronline

Diplomatarium Islandicum 13:427 (after a transcript of Jón Sigurðsson in JS 493, 4to)

Pouell Stiissen fick breff som her eftther følger.

Frederich.

Wor gunst thilfornn. Wiid. att wij acthe her effther selffue att lade bruge thend handell. som falder ther paa wortt land Island mett suoffuell oc ther fore haffue thilschreffuit the Lubske Hamborger oc Bremmer. att the samme handell wndtholde schulle. Thij bede wij thig oc wille. att thw haffuer flittig vpseennde. att aldeles inthett swoffuell eller salpeter jord wdføris ther aff landett aff nogenn fremmede vthen the haffue ther paa wore breffue oc beuillinge. Her vid att rette thig effther etc. Datum Emsborg 19. Januarij 1561.

Sedell.

Sammeledis efftherthij wij forfare. att ther oc schall findis jord paa landett. som thill alle hande farffue schall thienne. bede wij thig oc wille. att thw ther om forfarer all leylighedenn oc thett sidenn schriffuer oss thill oc att thw icke heller thilsteder ther aff nogitt att vdføris vthenn mett wore egne schibe. effther som før er rørtt. Datum vt in litteris.

Transcript copied from Diplomatarium Islandicum