| Administrative History | David Chytraeus (David Kochhafe) 1530 - 1600, evangelical theologian, student of Martin Luther of Phillip Melanchthon; Professor of Theology at the University of Rostock, Germany |
| Description | Chytraeus is replying to Beale's letter informing him of the death of Daniel Rogers; he refers to his previous letters intended for Rogers, MS 1009/2/12-13, and says that Reiner Reineccius (Reineck) had included a letter of his own with one of them. Chytraeus gives further details of Polish affairs, including the marriage of the King of Poland [Sigmmund III Wasa] to Anna, daughter of Karl II Archduke of Austria, and the dissesion it has caused.
Latin, 3 pages in clear Humanist hand. Dated Rostochij, Die Vrbani 25 Maij 1592 (Rostock, St Urban's day 25 May 1592); signed David Chytraeus.
Addressed to: Magnifico et ornatissimo Domino ROBERTO BELO, Serenissimae reginae Angliae Secretario intimo, Domino et patrono colendo, Londini, Anglia.
Endorsed in later hand (as elsewhere): Letter From David Chytraeus, wherein there is nothing of moment &c |