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Letter from Joachym Krauzowski to the Lviv City Councilors regarding a delay in debt repayment

Joachym Krauzowski Most Magnanimous Gracious Lords, Councilors of Lviv
20 Augusti 1636 · Mszana

Joachym Krauzowski informs the Lviv City Council that he was unable to repay his debt by the appointed deadline, as a result of which he handed over the contract to his close friends. He requests the councilors to set a new date for him to appear before them.

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Translation / modern text

[P. 2] Most Magnanimous, Gracious Lords, Councilors of Lviv! Although I should have, according to my promise, placed [the payment] into the hands of Your Graces, and that little debt of mine could not be repaid at the appointed time, I have therefore returned the contract to my close friends. For this reason, it seemed necessary to me to inform Your Graces of this and to request that I might appear before you at the upcoming deadline, for which I ask Your Graces once again. Therefore, you will always find in me a man willing and well-disposed to your every command. I humbly submit myself to the grace of Your Graces. Given in Mszana, on the 20th of August, 1636. Your Graces', my gracious lords', well-wishing friend and servant, Joachym Krauzowski, by his own hand [P. 3, address:] To be delivered to the Most Magnanimous Their Graces, the Lords, and their good Their Graces, the Lords Councilors of the city of Lviv.

Original wording — transcription

[S. 2] Msciwie Wielmoz[ni] Msc[i]wi Panowie Raycy Lwowscy Acżem ja powinien według obietnice w ręce Msc[i] M[o]sc[i] panow ze tam ten dłużek moy na czas naznaczony niemogł bydź oddan dla thego restitui[ł]em Kontrakt zwirzchnym moym Przyiaciołom dla czo zdało mi sie za rzeczą potrzebną oznaymić to WM[ościo]m I prosić abym sie na rok przypadaiący przed nie mogł wnieść o co i powtornie proszę WM[ości]. Za czym mnie sam na każde rozkazanie sw[e]go chętnego i życzliwego sobie zawsze znaydziecie Do WMscij łaskij pokor[nie] sie oddaię. Datt[um] We mszanie d 20 Augusti A[nn]o 1636 W[aszych] M[ości] M[oich] M[ościwych] Panow życzliwy przyiaciel y sługa Joachym Krauzowski z[ręką] w[łasną] [S. 3, adres:] Msciw[ie] Wielmoz[nym] Ichm[o]sc Panom y swym jako dobrym Ich Msc[iom] Panom Raycom miasta Lwowa oddać

Reading notes

The inventory contains an erroneous year '16356' (an obvious typo for 1636). The inventory also states that the author asks for the return ('повернути йому орг...'), whereas in the text the author writes that he himself returned the contract ('restitui[ł]em Kontrakt zwirzchnym moym Przyiaciołom') due to the inability to pay the debt on time and asks for the possibility to appear ('wnieść się') at the upcoming deadline/year. On p. 3, a wafer seal is preserved.

Scope of the edition: Automatic transcription (15.10.2026), not verified against the original by a human; illegible fragments marked [...].

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