Translation / modern text
[P. 2]
Gracious Mr. Mayor, together with all Your Graces, Gentlemen Colleagues, our Lords and Benefactors.
I wish Your Graces good and prosperous health and blessings from the Lord God, etc.
Since the road did not allow me to stay long in our poor monastery near Lviv, as my departure was urgent and I had to leave for other monasteries and hurry, I humbly ask that You, my Gracious Lords, do not take it amiss that we have not measured the boundaries of the land voluntarily offered by the grace of Your Graces, our Gracious Lords, with You, our Lords and Benefactors. Therefore, today I ask that You, my Gracious Lords, do not abandon your good and Christian intention as prudent Lords towards us, and [complete] the begun matter [...] and holy, as the best of men and endowed with all virtues [...]. I also give the Father Prior my written permission and power of attorney to negotiate with Your Graces regarding the measurement of [the land] for the construction of the church and monastery and other appurtenances; having all this authority from me, please grant him full trust and conclude this matter without delay, and donate with a generous hand this piece of land for the honor and glory of the Lord God and the Most Holy Virgin, His Mother, and we shall also remain bound for all time to pray to the Lord God for Your Graces and consider you our special patrons and founders at this famous city. When this result is achieved, the local Prior with his brothers will declare and confirm it in writing with thanks [...], and then our entire Provincial Chapter will do so as well. And so, I diligently commit and commend myself to the grace and friendship of my Gracious Lords and Benefactors. Given from the convent of St. Anne, April 12, 1622.
Your Graces' and Benefactors'
lowest prayerful servant,
Brother Krzysztof Sforza,
Provincial of the Carmelites,
by his own hand
[P. 4, Address:]
To Their Graces the Mayor and the Councilors of the famous city of Lviv, our Lords and Benefactors.
Registered on April 21, 1622.
Original wording — transcription
[S. 2]
M[o]śćiwý Panie Burmistrzu.
Ze wsžÿstkiemi W[aszy]ch M[oś]ćiami Panÿ Collegami Panÿ a dobrodzieiami na:
sžemi.
Pržÿ dobrÿm a bezpećliwÿm zdrowiu moich Mśćiwÿch Panow błogosławień:
stwa od Pana Boga upižeymie žÿcžę et c[etera].
Iž mię droga niemieszkała długo wklasztorze nasžÿm ubogim pržÿ Lwowie
odiazd wÿciągał a do insžÿch klasztorow odiechac ÿ poskwapic się musiałem Pro:
szę pokornie abÿście mi W[asze] M[oś]ć moićÿ Mśćiwi PP. Za złe nieraczeli mieć, iž
z W[asze] M[oś]ć Panÿ ÿ dobrodzieiami nasžemi żadnego postanowienia stronÿ gruntow
złaski W.M. nasžÿch Mśćiwÿch PP. dobrowolnie pozwolonÿch nieogrnniczÿ:
li. Pržeto dnisžejsie proszę abÿscie W. M. moieÿ Mśćiwi PP. animuszow swo:
go dobrego ÿ kržesćianskigo iako PP. baczni ku nam zaniechac nie:
raczeli a skonćzenie zacžętÿ[ch] sprawÿ dacnÿ [zacnÿ?] ÿ swiętÿ[ch?] tanquam viri optimi
et omni virtutum genere p[rae]diti kędziesli daię tess Oÿcu Priorowi licentiam
et facultatem meam in scriptis z W. M. agere circa emensurationem pro con:
struendo templo et Monasterio ac alijs addicentibus illi, ktorÿ maiąc omnem
istam facultatem odemnie racžÿli WM dac ięmu fidem omnem a bez od:
włoki tę sprawę skonczeli ÿ darowali sczodrobliwą ręką tę troch[ę] grun:
tu, na cześć ÿ chwałę Panu Bogu ÿ Naswietsžÿ Pannie Matce iego a
mÿ tess cžasy wiecžnemi zostaiemÿ obowiazani modlitwami Panu Bogu
za WM. ÿ za osobliwe patronÿ ÿ fundatorÿ nasže pržÿ tÿm sła:
wnÿm mieście mieć Cžego gdÿ będžie effect praesentibus gratiarum Celse [?]
Prior tutećznÿ zbracią swoią scriptis oswiadczę ÿ zmocnią a potÿm
ÿ wsžÿstka Capitula nasža Provincijalna. A zatym się w łaskę mo:
ich Mśćiwÿch PP. ÿ dobrodźieíow ÿ pržÿiasn pilno oddaię ÿ
zalecam. Dat[um] ex Conventu S[an]ct[a]e Ann[a]e 12 April. 1622.
Nasžÿch Mśćiwÿch PP. ÿ dobrodźieiow
nanižsžÿ bogumodlca
Fr[ater] Christophorus Sfortius
Prior Provincialis Carmeli
manu p[ro]p[ri]a
[S. 3 – czysta / ślad pieczęci]
[S. 4, adres:]
Jch Mśćiom Panu Burmistrzowi
ÿ Panom Raÿcom miasta Sławne:
go Lwowa PP. a Dobrodžieiom
nasžÿm
[adnotacja kancelaryjna magistratu:]
Regestrata die 21a
Aprilis 1622
Reading notes
P. 1 is an archival inventory card. On p. 2 at the top, there is a pencil note: 'ad Fasc 136' and old pagination '1', at the bottom, the name 'Christophorus Sfortius' and the signature 'S 36' are written in pencil. On p. 3, there is a trace of a seal covered with paper. On p. 4, there is a magistrate's annotation about the registration of the letter on April 21, 1622, an archival pencil note 'Karmelici' and the number '# 0280'. The author of the letter appears as the Provincial (Prior Provincialis), and not merely the local prior, as stated in the inventory description.