Commendation of Lviv's loyalty and intervention regarding a physician traveling to the King of Sweden

August II, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlaskie, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia and Chernihiv, and hereditary Duke of Saxony and Elector. Noble and honorable, faithful and dear to us! In the current unfortunate situation of the Commonwealth, as public calamities grow with each passing day, we are all the more heartened by the increasingly clear proofs of your exemplary loyalty and fearless courage. Our only consolation and joy for all is that this faithful city has with all its heart opposed the enemy, who is ravaging [the land] with impunity like a rushing torrent. We shall keep a grateful and lasting memory of this. We encourage you to persevere in your glorious endeavors. In accordance with your praiseworthy constancy toward us and your love and zeal for the fatherland, resist unyieldingly all attempts by the enemy to deceive you and any temptations presented, with hearts fortified against every adversity. We, too, shall not fail: our strong armies are already prepared for military action. Now, however, we firmly demand that you apply the appropriate sanction against the physician known as Altenberk [as written in the source], who for an unknown reason traveled to the King of Sweden under the guise of a diplomatic mission. In the meantime, we wish you good health from God. Given in Toruń on February 18, 1703, in the sixth year of our reign. August, King. Address: To the noble and honorable mayor, councilors, and the entire magistracy of our city of Lviv, faithful and dear to us.

Augustus II Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Kioviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Podlachiae, Livoniae, Smolensciae, Severiae, Czerniechoviaeque, nec non haereditarius Saxoniae Dux et Princeps Elector. Nobiles et spectabiles, fideliter nobis dilecti. In hoc infausto Reipublicae statu, gravescentibus in dies publicis malis, tanto magis mentem animumque erigimus, quanto evidentiora exemplaris fidei et imperterritae fortitudinis fidelitatum vestrarum accipimus documenta. Unicum id est solatium nobis gaudium universis, quod impune torrentis instar grassanti Hosti, haec fida Civitas sese animitus opposuerit, gratam in pectore nostro et perennem in posterum habitura memoriam. Hortamur porro fidelitates vestras, ut gloriosis coeptis insistant et pro laudabili sua erga nos constantia, in patriam charitate et zelo, contra omnes seducendi hostis impulsus et propositas tentationes immoti et obfirmato contra quaevis adversa pectore sese tueantur. Non deerimus et nos validis copiis nostris, quas iam in procinctu ad bellicas operationes habemus. Nunc vero serio fidelitates vestras requirimus, ut supra doctorem medicinae dictum Altenberk [grafia źródłowa; zapis dzielony Alten-berk], qui nescitur qua de causa sub titulo legationis profectus est ad regem Suecorum, iustam faciant animadversionem, quibus interim bonam a Deo precamur valetudinem. Dabatur Thorunii die XVIII mensis Februarii anno Domini MDCCIII, regni nostri VI anno. Augustus Rex. [Adres:] Nobilibus et spectabilibus Proconsuli, Consulibus totique Magistratui civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis, fideliter nobis dilectis.