Translation / modern text
The guardian of the Franciscan convent in Lviv asks the Most Illustrious Lords to grant land between the city walls and the convent for the foundations of a new church. He explains that the present convent is too small and poor, and that there is no room to build without demolishing the chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is kept. He mentions a foundation by Sophia (surname uncertain) and benefits to the city and convent.
Original wording — transcription
[Nagłówek:] Perillustres et Generosi Domini.
[Fragmenty:] Cum Magnifica Domina Sophia Kł[…] pro pietate sua […] Conventum […] Ordinis S. Francisci […] fundaverit […] pro prefata […] fundatione summa […] in constructione nostrae Ecclesiae expendatur. Cum autem status dicti Conventus sit tam exiguus et pauper, quod non sit spatium pro inceptione novae Ecclesiae, nisi Capella in qua Venerabile Eucharistiae Sacramentum est collocatum destruatur; et alium locum aptum […] ad […] Sacramentum non habeamus: ideo V.V. supplices oro […] concedere aliquod spatium illius fundi, seu territorii quod inter moenia civitatis et conventum mediat, ad hoc ut fundamenta novae Ecclesiae […] [dalszy tekst o korzyści dla miasta i konwentu; częściowo nieczytelny].
[Podpis:] P. Joannes a Nativitate […] Guardianus Conventus Leopoliensis Ordinis S. Francisci.
Reading notes
Page 1 is an inventory card with a Ukrainian description, not part of the letter. Page 3 is a wrapper/annotation; it and the upper-left corner of p. 2 bear a year that appears to be 1689, but the letter has no legible dateline. 1689 is therefore not assigned as a certain letter date.