Translation / modern text
WŁADYSŁAW [the Fourth, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals].
We hereby announce by this letter of ours to all and each one whom it may concern [...]
There have been submitted before Our Majesty the letters [...] of Our City of Stryi [...]
[In the text, the statute of the tailors' guild in Stryi is transumed in Polish:]
[...] First, that no one [...] of the tailoring craft [...] in the city of Stryi [...]
[...] Also [...] with the brothers meetings [...] to the guild [...]
[...] Also if any brother should transgress [...] fines [...] a pound of wax [...]
[...] Also a freedman or master [...] should give [...]
[...] Also a journeyman who would like to work [...]
[...] Also that Jews should not be permitted to sew [...]
[...] These letters and the articles contained therein [...] recognizing as valid and agreeable, we have deemed worthy of approval and confirmation [...]
In witness whereof, we have ordered this [letter] signed by our hand to be strengthened with the royal seal. Given in Kraków at the General Coronation Sejm, on the last day of the month of March in the Year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred and thirty-three, and of our reigns: in Poland the first, and in Sweden the second year.
[Signatures on the plica:]
[On the left:] Władysław, King
[On the right:] Albrecht Radziwiłł [Prince of Olyka and Nesvizh, Chancellor of His Royal Majesty etc.]
[Spine:]
[Modern oval ink seal:] INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION OF TAILORS IN STRYI
[Round seal with the coat of arms of the city of Stryi / Lviv:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT RECORDS OF THE CITY OF LVIV
[Modern note:] Tailors'
[Other old notes:] [...]
Original wording — transcription
VLADISLAVS [Quartus Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeque, necnon Suecorum, Gottorum, Vandalorumque Haereditarius Rex.]
Significamus praesentibus literis nostris quorum interest universis et singulis [...]
Exhibitae sunt coram Maiestate Nostra literae [...] Civitatis Nostrae Striensis [...]
[W tekście transumowany statut cechu krawców w Stryju w języku polskim:]
[...] Naprzod aby zaden [...] rzemiosła krawieckiego [...] w miescie Stryiu [...]
[...] Item [...] z bracia schadzki [...] do cechu [...]
[...] Item gdyby sie ktory brat przekroczył [...] winy [...] funt wosku [...]
[...] Item wyzwoleniec abo maiater [= majster] [...] powinien dac [...]
[...] Item czeladznik ktory by chciał robic [...]
[...] Item zydom zeby nie było dopuszczono szyc [...]
[...] Quas quidem literas et articulos in eis comprehensos [...] ratas et gratas habentes approbandas et confirmandas duximus [...]
In cuius rei fidem praesentes manu nostra subscriptas Sigillo Regni communiri iussimus. Datum Cracoviae in Comitiis Generalibus Coronationis Nostrae die ultima mensis Martii Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Tricesimo Tertio, Regnorum vero nostrorum Poloniae primo, Sueciae secundo Anno.
[Podpisy na plice:]
[Po lewej:] Wladislaus Rex
[Po prawej:] Albertus Radziwiłł [Dux in Ołyka et Nieśwież S. R. M. Cancellarius etc.]
[Verso:]
[Pieczęć tuszowa nowożytna owalna:] STOWARZYSZENIE PRZEMYSŁOWE KRAWCÓW W STRYJU
[Okrągła pieczątka z herbem miasta Stryja / Lwowa:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA
[Współczesna nota:] Krawiecki
[Inne dawne noty:] [...]
Reading notes
Parchment document with a plica. Silk/hemp cords from the royal seal preserved (the wax seal itself is lost). The text is worn in many places, with stains and brown spots (ink or biological). The document bears ink seals of the Industrial Association of Tailors in Stryi and the Archive of Ancient Records of the City of Lviv. Archival/collection numbering in the upper right corner: sticker '283.'.
