Disquisition on the Celebrated Poetic Book Theuerdanck

It is well established that both brothers—until their very last breath and not without great labor and expense—rendered service to the most Serene and Powerful Prince of blessed and venerable memory, the late original: Divo; a traditional Latin epithet for a deceased Emperor, echoing the Roman "divine" Maximilian, Emperor of the Romans, our most respected grandfather and predecessor. While he was alive, both served as Councilors and members of the Imperial Household; one held the office of Treasurer original: Quaesturam gerens, while the other served as Secretary. With the highest industry, skill, sagacity, zeal, diligence, and faith, they served in arduous and varied affairs—not only in political administration, such as great consultations and the most difficult, weighty, and honorable embassies, but also during the most dangerous times and military expeditions. They acted with a most ready spirit, tirelessly, strenuously, and intrepidly, to the great satisfaction of our aforementioned and most venerable grandfather. This satisfaction may be gathered from the fact that, as became a grateful and generous Prince, he rewarded both with the most ample priesthoods and prelacies. He placed them in such a position of dignity and high standing that they not only preserved the honor of their family, but further exalted and increased it, leaving to their posterity no common name and a lasting example of virtue. Emperor Maximilian, in a letter to Willibald Pirckheimer A famous German Renaissance lawyer, scholar, and humanist from Nuremberg dated February 5, 1518 (which survives in the Works of Pirckheimer, p. 176), calls Melchior his Counselor and Provost. In this letter, the Emperor mentions that Melchior had informed him that Pirckheimer had invented a new carriage original: Currum; likely a design for a specialized transport or ceremonial vehicle, quite unlike previous Imperial carriages. For this reason, with the greatest earnestness, the Emperor requested Pirckheimer to immediately send the prototype of this conceived carriage to his aforementioned counselor and Provost. Furthermore, it has become known to us that this Melchior Pfintzing was a participant in the most serious councils of Maximilian through a letter from Archduke Ferdinand, the grandson of Maximilian, dated December 12, 1521. A certain friend showed us the original manuscript original: Avtographum of this letter, which reads as follows: