Translation / modern text
[P. 2]
In Olesko, on September 27, 1688.
My Gracious Lord President of Lviv, My Gracious Lord and Friend.
The most noble magistrate should not be troubled that any complainant, as a result of intrusive efforts and on a false basis, has received a letter from His Royal Majesty; for such people—so that they do not block the path of His Majesty the King as he heads to the fortress in Austria or boards his carriage—he is accustomed to dismissing with a reprimand. However, since His Royal Majesty, even before ascending the throne, always enjoyed the reputation of the most just judge, so now, without a doubt, he has his other ear open for the other side. He listened to the report which you,
[P. 3]
my Gracious Lords, wrote down, and that information which you sent for your justification was not received unfavorably. Only that that gentleman is not idle either, for he is establishing a small fortress for the poor subjects for their safety; I could not do anything more than what you, my Gracious Lords, expected of me, namely to present more reliable information to His Royal Majesty, my gracious lord. Therefore, I commend my oral services to your Gracious Lords, the colleagues of your Grace, remaining your Grace's own
well-wishing friend and servant,
Father Adam Sarnowski,
Parish Priest of Łęczyca
[P. 4, address:]
To my Greatly Gracious Lord and Friend, His Grace Kazimierz Kozłowski, then President of Lviv.
1688
Original wording — transcription
[S. 2]
W Olesku d[nia] 27 7bris 1688.
M[ści] Panie Prezydencie Lwowski, Moy M[ś]ći Panie y Przyjacielu.
Nie trzeba sie tym Nobilissimo Magistratui turbować, że iakichkolwiek Querulant ad importunas sollicitationes na nieprawdziwym fundamencie, iaką od J[ego] K[rólewskiej] M[oś]ci otrzymał instantia[m]: takich bowiem ludzi, żeby Królowi J[e]g[o] M[oś]ci fortecę Austryi iadącemu, albo do karety wdrogę siadającemu, nie zastępowali, zwykł laiąc expedjować. Jako iednak J[ego] K[rólewska] M[ość] jeszcze ante fortunam Principatus aequissimi Judicis zawsze miał gloriam, tak y teraz pogotowiu drugiey stronie altera patet auris. Wysłuchał informatiey, którą mi
[S. 3]
WWMMPanowie wypisaliście, y non displicuit ta WWMMPanow informatio, ktora pro iustificatione sui przysłaliście: tylko że y ów Pan nie prożnuje, bo forteczkę ubogim poddanym dla bespieczenstwa zakłada; nie mogłem nic więcey sprawić tylko to, czego WWMMPanowie odemnie desiderastis, abym rzetelnieyszą J[ego] K[rólewskiej] M[oś]ci P[anu] M[oie]m[u] M[ściwe]mu dał informatią. Poustne zatym słuzby moie Ichm[oś]ciom PP. Collegom WWMMpana zalecam, zostaiąc samego WWMMpana
życzliwym Przyjacielem y Sługą
X[iądz] Ad[am] Sarnowski
P[leban] Ł[ęczycki?]
[S. 4, adres:]
Memu Wielce M[ś]ćiemu Panu y Przyjacielowi, Imći Panu Kazimierzowi Kozłowskiemu Prezydentowi natenczas Lwowskiemu.
[Inną ręką u dołu:] 1688
Reading notes
Page 1 is an inventory card. The letter is on pages 2–3, the address leaf is on page 4 with a wafer seal preserved under the paper. The abbreviation next to the signature 'P. Ł.' is resolved in the inventory as parish priest of Łęczyca ('paroch łęczycki'). The King mentioned in the letter is John III Sobieski (residing, among other places, at the castle in Olesko).