Translation / modern text
S I G I S M U N D
Third, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia etc., and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths, Vandals etc. We hereby announce by this letter of ours to all and each individually whom it may concern, present and future, who shall receive knowledge of this [... burghers] of Halych [...] the Mikulicz brothers [...] a share and part of a mill on the river called Lipa, belonging to our Halych starosta district [...] they possessed [...] by the special grant of the once noble Stanisław Włodek, Voivode [...] of Halych [...] We [...] ratify and approve [...]
[...] In witness whereof we have signed this with our own hand and ordered the seal of our Kingdom to be affixed to it. Given in Warsaw, on the twenty-third day of the month of March [...]
In the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and fifteen, of our reign in Poland [...] in Sweden [...].
Sigismund King [by his own hand]
[Plica, secretary's signature:]
Stanisław Łubieński [signed by his own hand]
[Seal:]
[Great Crown Seal of Sigismund III Vasa in a wax bowl, impressed in red wax, suspended on a green and gold silk cord. In the legend: SIGISMVNDVS III D G REX POLONIÆ...]
[Verso:]
[Contemporary note:] 1615 on the 23rd of March [...] to the Mikuliczs [...] mill on the Lipa River [...]
[Second note:] Donation [...] Mikulicz [...] mill on the Lipa River [...]
[Fiscal stamp / archival insert]
Original wording — transcription
S I G I S M V N D V S
Tertius Dei gratia Rex Poloniæ, Magnus Dux Lithuaniæ, Russiæ, Prussiæ, Masoviæ, Samogitiæ, Livoniæque etc., necnon Suecorum, Gottorum, Vandalorumque etc. hæreditarius Rex. Significamus præsentibus literis nostris quorum interest universis et singulis præsentibus et futuris, harumque notitiam habituris fidem [... Civibus] Haliciensibus [...] fratribus Mikulicz [...] sortem et partem Molendini in flumine Lipa dicto ad Capitaneatum nostrum Haliciensem pertinentem [...] habuerunt [...] ex speciali concessione Magnifici olim Stanislai Włodek Palatini [...] Haliciensis [...] Nos [...] ratificamus et approbamus [...]
[...] In cuius rei fidem præsentes manu nostra subscripsimus, Sigillumque Regni nostri hisce appendi iussimus. Datum Varsaviæ die vigesima tertia mensis Martii [...]
Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Decimo quinto, Regnorum nostrorum Poloniæ [...] Sueciæ [...].
Sigismundus Rex [manu propria]
[Plica, podpis sekretarza:]
Stanislaus Łubieński [s. m. p.]
[Pieczęć:]
[Wielka pieczęć koronna Zygmunta III Wazy w misce z wosku naturalnego, wyciśnięta w czerwonym wosku, zawieszona na zielono-złotym sznurze jedwabnym. W otoku widoczna legenda: SIGISMVNDVS III D G REX POLONIÆ...]
[Verso:]
[Nota z epoki:] 1615 die 23 Martii [...] Mikuliczom [...] molendini in fluvio Lipa [...]
[Druga nota:] Donatio [...] Mikulicz [...] molendinum in fluvio Lipa [...]
[Pieczątka opłaty skarbowej / archiwalna wklejka]
Reading notes
Parchment document in good condition, small loss of parchment in the upper left corner (without damage to the text), several ink/rust stains in the center of the sheet. Chancery script, faded. The Crown seal of Sigismund III Vasa on a thick braided cord is preserved almost entirely in a wax bowl.
