Translation / modern text
STEPHEN, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF POLAND, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, and Livonia, etc., Prince of Transylvania, etc. WE MAKE KNOWN by this our letter to all and singular whom it may concern, to all together and to each one individually, and to those who shall receive this information. There has been presented before Our Majesty a certain document, sound, intact, and entirely free from any suspicion, containing the confirmation of the privileges, certain articles, and rights of the Tailors' Guild of Our city of Lwów, issued by the once most serene lord SIGISMUND the First, King of Poland, our predecessor of happy memory, in the following wording:
SIGISMUND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF POLAND, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, etc., Lord and Heir. We make known by the wording of this present to all to whom it is due [...]
[...]
Which letter of confirmation [...] we have deemed worthy of approving, ratifying, and confirming, as we do hereby approve, ratify, and confirm [...]
In witness and testimony of which, we have ordered this [document], signed by our hand, to be strengthened with our seal. Given in Toruń, on the fifth day of the month of November in the Year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred and seventy-six, and in the first year of our reign.
[Monarch's autograph on the left:]
Stefan Król
[by his own hand]
[On the right, chancery mark / signature of the scribe / secretary:]
[...]
[Verso:]
[Archival and registration notes, including:]
N. 5
1586 [crossed out?]
Tailors' privilege [...]
Confirmation of the privileges of the Tailors' Guild 1576
[...]
[Traces of the seal cord threaded through the fold]
Original wording — transcription
STEPHANUS DEI GRATIA
REX POLONIAE, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Kiioviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Podlachiae, Livoniaeque etc. princeps Transylvaniae etc. SIGNIFICAMUS praesentibus literis nostris universis et singulis, quorum interest, universis et singulis habiturisque notitiam. Exhibitae sunt coram Maiestate Nostra certae literae sanae, integrae et omni prorsus suspitione carentes, continentes in se confirmationem privilegiorum certorum articulorum et iurium contubernii sartorum civitatis Nostrae Leopoliensis, per serenissimum olim dominum SIGISMUNDUM primum regem Poloniae, praedecessorem nostrum felicis recordationis, sub hac verborum forma emanatae:
SIGISMUNDUS DEI GRATIA REX POLONIAE, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae etc. dominus et haeres. Significamus tenore praesentium quibus expedit universis [...]
[...]
Quas quidem literas confirmationis [...] approbandas, ratificandas et confirmandas duximus, prout approbamus, ratificamus et confirmamus [...]
In cuius rei fidem ac testimonium praesentes manu nostra subscriptas sigillo nostro communiri mandavimus. Datum Thorun die quinta mensis Novembris Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Septuagesimo Sexto, regni vero nostri PRIMO.
[Autograf monarchy po lewej:]
Stephanus Rex
[m.p.]
[Po prawej znak kancelaryjny / podpis pisarza / sekretarza:]
[...]
[Verso:]
[Noty archiwalne i rejestracyjne, m.in.:]
N. 5
1586 [przekreślone?]
Przywiley krawiecki [...]
Confirmatio privilegiorum cechu krawcow 1576
[...]
[Ślady po przewleczeniu sznura pieczętnego na plisie]
Reading notes
Parchment document with a large, elaborately calligraphed initial 'S' decorated with floral and interlacing motifs, and a decorative first line ('TEPHANUS DEI GRATIA'). Issued in Toruń during the Toruń assembly/sejm in November 1576. The document bears the autograph of King Stephen Báthory ('Stephanus Rex'). Seal missing (preserved slits on the fold for the seal cord). On the recto in the left margin, a sticker with the number '81.' and a pencil signature '1576'. Parchment with stains and abrasions at the folds, darkened in places.
