Translation / modern text
[P. 2]
From Klausenburg, January 21, 1692.
Noble Sir Forbes, my gracious Lord and Friend!
It is well known to Your Grace, my Lord, that I stood surety and pledged myself for the late host Márton Lipi [...] for 1150 red zlotys in Jarosław to Your Grace, my Lord. Since the aforementioned Mr. Márton, while returning from Jarosław, was killed on the road, his wife is now demanding payment of those 1150 red zlotys, my dear brother. Because there is no longer any debt instrument left after the deceased, she does not want to believe that I should have stood surety for him or that he owed anything to Your Grace, my Lord, and she demands from me a certificate for this from Your Grace, my Lord. This certificate is to be drawn up in Latin and under the Lviv city seal, and furthermore, some Greek gentlemen must sign it as wit-
[P. 3]
nesses, such as Mr. Hadzi Kiriaki, Mr. Iftaes, and others. Therefore, I earnestly entreat Your Grace, my Lord, to be so kind as to send me that certificate here to Klausenburg as soon as possible, and direct it to Mr. Boyfowsman [...]. Requesting this of Your Grace, my Lord,
I remain Your Grace, my Lord's
well-wishing friend
and servant.
[signature in Greek alphabet:]
Jan Teodor [...]
[P. 4]
[Address:]
To the Noble Mr. Arthur Forbes, my gracious Lord. To be delivered in Lviv.
Original wording — transcription
[S. 2]
Z Claysenburku d[nia] 21 Ian[uarii] 1692
M[o]sci Wiele M[o]sci P[an]ie Forbes
a m[o]i m[iło]sci[wy] P[anie] y Przyiacielu
Wiadomo dobrze W[aszej] M[o]sci M[oim] P[anu] żem ia za Nieboszczy[ka]
hazd[ę?] Martona Lypia. zutecsnego za [?] 1150.
C[zerwonych] z[łotych] w Iarosławiu WMMP. się zapisał, y ręczył,
ktorego P. Martona z Iarosławia powracaiącego
iuz w drodze zabito, teraz się Małżonka ie-
go o zapłatę tych C[zerwonych] zł[otych] 1150 upomina P. bracie.
Poniew[aż] iuz po Nieboszczyku zadnej obligatiey
nie masz, wiary temu dać nie chce, iakobym
ia za niego zapisać się miał, albo on co wi-
nien był WMMP., y żąda odemnie na to od
WMMP. Atestatiey, ktora aby po łacinie była
y pod mieyską Lwowską pieczęcią, nad to
aby się niektorzy P.P. Grecy iako świadko-
[S. 3]
wie na tej Atestatiej podpisali, iako to P. Ha-
dzi Kiriaki, P. Iftaes y inni. Vniesienie te-
dy upraszam WMMP. mnie, iako najprę-
dzej takową Atestatią tu do Clausenbur-
ku przesłać, y onę do P. Boy[f]owsmanu [tak?]
dirigować. O co vniesienie WMMP.
upraszawszy.
Jestem WMMP.
życzliwy przyiaciel
y sługa.
[podpis w alfabecie greckim:]
γιόαννης φηόδορος
παπα καλουδνια [?]
φηβγαση [?]
[S. 4, adres:]
JM[o]sciu Wiele M[o]sc[i]
P[a]nu P. Arthurowi Forbeso-
wi, a moiemu m[iło]sc[iwe]mu P[a]nu Oddać należy
we
Lwowie.
Reading notes
Merchant letter concerning a guarantee for the murdered merchant Marton Lypia for the amount of 1150 red zlotys in Jarosław and a request for the issuance of a Latin attestation under the city seal of Lviv with the signatures of Greek merchants. The author's signature is written in the Greek alphabet (Jan Teodorowicz / Fiodorowicz, in the inventory: 'купець Феодорович'). On p. 4, a wax seal is preserved.