Translation / modern text
[P. 2]
Most Noble Sir, Dear Benefactor!
Leaving Lviv, and returning, God willing, on the feast of St. John of Dukla, I request that you show me your consent so that you may wish to conclude, with all justice upon my arrival, the matter concerning the land, having in your conscience a zeal for justice, as well as in your upright heart a love for the public good of the inner city. This is the time for the Economes to seek petitory rights, if there are any. So, one way or another, suffice it to say that I am a man of compromise and I shall be an example for other recalcitrant ones. I especially request that peace prevail among the people subject to the jurisdiction of [...] and those dependent, for words also wound more than eyes. As I write this, I express my consent; after such a declaration, whatever contrary might befall me would be an act of violence. A word to the wise is sufficient. I commit myself to the friendship of
Your Grace, My Lord Benefactor's
true and humble servant
Fr. K. Cieszkowski
On the 26th of June, 1763
from Lviv,
before departure
[P. 3, address:]
To the Noble and Distinguished Mr. Eliaszewicz, Proconsul of the Royal and Metropolitan City of Lviv, Most Venerable Patron, in Lviv.
Original wording — transcription
[S. 2]
Mnie Wielce M[ośći] P[an]ie Kochany Dobrodzieju
Odjezdzaiąc z Lwowa z powrotem az da Bog na S. Jan z Dukli
Upraszam dać mi zgody! by wszelką sprawiedliwośćią względem gruntu interes za Przybyciem skończyć zechcą, maiąc
ad Conscientiam Zelum justitiae, ac et recto animo amorem
boni Publici Wewnętrznego Miasta, Czas iest dla P[anów]
Ekonomow szukania Juris petitorij, Jezeli iakie będzie
Sive ergo sic, sive ita, Dosyć że ia Człowiek Zgodny, bę
dzie Ze mnie przykład dla Innych refragantes, Upra
szam szczegolnie aby w Ludziach od Juryzdykcyi Us[ta?]-
na et dependuiąc była spokoyność, bo et verba plus
Ledunt quam Oculi; Gdyż to piszę, Wchodzę in ac-
ceptationem, po takiem oświadczeniu, cokolwiek by
mnię przeciwnego sstało, byłoby wielcyą, Sat
Sapienti oddaię się przyiazni
W[aszeci] M[ego] Pana Dobrodzieja
Prawdziwy y Uniżony Sługa
X. K. Cieszkowski
d[ie] 26. Junij 1763
z Lwowa
na wyiezdnym
[S. 3, adres:]
Nobili ac Spectabili D[omi]no
Eliaszewicz
Proconsuli Civitatis Regiae
et Metropolitae Leopolie[nsis]
Patrono Colendissimo
Leopoli
Reading notes
Letter from Fr. Cieszkowski written before his departure from Lviv (announcing his return on the feast of St. John of Dukla) to the Mayor (Proconsul) Eliaszewicz regarding the amicable settlement of a dispute over municipal land. On p. 3, a wax seal is preserved.
