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Request for patronage in obtaining a canonry in Lviv

The writer congratulates the recipient on the king’s choice concerning the Ruthenian palatinate. He asks for support if a canonry becomes vacant in Lviv. The letter does not show that he received the benefice.

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Translation / modern text

Your Excellency, I learned with great pleasure of the king’s choice concerning the Ruthenian palatinate and offer my congratulations. Please accept the small amount of game that fortune has granted me. I humbly ask Your Excellency to support the good intentions of the lady palatine: should a canonry in Lviv fall vacant, please extend your protection to me. I remain your most humble and obedient servant, Jardin. Kamionka, 3 September 1699.

Original wording — transcription

Monseigneur Je viens d'apprendre avec bien du plaisir le choix que Le Roy a fait Envers V. E. touchant le palatinat de Russie, elle veut que j'aye l'honneur de la féliciter et en mesme temps la prier de vouloir accepter le peu de gibier dont la fortune m'a favorisé. Je prie très humblement V. E. de vouloir seconder les bonnes intentions de madame la palatine (laquelle j'ose me flatter) que s'il venoit à vacquer quelque canoniat à Leopold, de vouloir m'accorder vostre protection, et d'estre persuadé que je suis respectueusement [zwrot końcowy zapisany osobno po lewej:] de V. E. Monseigneur [po prawej:] Le très humble et très obeissant serviteur, Jardin. à Kamionka ce 3e 7bre 1699.

Reading notes

The date 3e 7bre 1699 means 3 September. The archival cover gives the same date. “Leopold” denotes Lviv in the French letter. This is a request for patronage, not evidence of appointment.
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