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Baranowski assures the authorities of Lwów that the admission of the castle office to the case of the Jew was not intended to infringe upon their rights. He explains it by the absence of the Voivode of Ruthenia, who held jurisdiction over the trial of Jews. Due to the advanced stage of the proceedings, he recommends completing the case jointly, while pointing out the royal admonition that the castle office should not abuse its admission to the case.

Baranowski reports that he attempted to secure royal confirmation for a will sent by Lwów, but the King refused, fearing fraudulent bequests that could prejudice his rights to caduca (escheated property). The writer points out a prior grant of a specific caducum to Lwów for the construction of a school and recalls that he pursued this after receiving a letter from the Archbishop and various requests. Details regarding the previous applicant and one clause remain uncertain.

King Stefan Batory approves the commission act establishing the valuation of income and executing the redemption of the third share of the Zimna Woda mill in the Lwów suburb by the Castellan of Sieradz, Andrzej Dembowski, from the heirs of Kazimierz Hynek for the sum of 4684 florins. He grants Dembowski the right to peaceful possession of the mill until such time as it might be redeemed by the King for the same sum.

The document constitutes a royal confirmation of the guild statutes of the surgeons and barbers of Lwów, previously enacted by the Lwów city council. It establishes detailed rules for master examinations, apprenticeship, professional practice, as well as the guild's obligations regarding defense and the provision of free medical treatment for city guards.

King Stephen Báthory performs a transumpt and confirmation of sixteen decrees from 1578 issued in disputes between the council and the commonalty of Lwów and the Lwów Starosta, Mikołaj Herburt of Fulsztyn. The document resolves, among other things, issues of the election of councilors, municipal and castle jurisdiction, keys to the gates, billeting, tax obligations, and the use of mills.

The document transsumes and confirms a parliamentary judgment of King Stephen Báthory resolving a dispute between the authorities of the city of Lwów and the Lwów Starosta, Mikołaj Herburt. The King limits the number of craftsmen under the Starosta's jurisdiction, prohibits the operation of taverns and a new market in the suburb of Podzamcze, and confirms the ancient privileges of the burghers regarding the trade of salt and fish, exemption from customs and market fees, as well as cattle grazing and the use of royal forests.

Józef Komorowski appeals to the authorities of Lviv to publish the municipal toll tariff in order to resolve disputes between leaseholders, informing them that such a document has already been issued in Krzywczyce. He also requests an order for the repayment of a 200-florin debt owed to his leaseholder.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter approves an arbitration award settling a dispute between the college of cathedral vicars and the carpenter Melchior Terszowicz regarding the Stawińskie plot near the Krakow Gate in Lviv. The document grants the vicars superior ownership and Terszowicz the right of emphyteusis in exchange for an annual rent and an obligation to build two houses.

The document establishes a scholarship foundation by Lviv canon Adam Wawrzyniec Łoiecki, funded by an annual 'wyderkaf' (redeemable rent) of 119 florins secured on the revenues of the city of Lviv, intended for the education of two poor youths from Lviv at the Krakow Academy. It specifies the payment amounts for the students and their university preceptor, imposes prayer duties on the scholarship holders, and appoints provisors to oversee the perpetual functioning of the endowment.

Fr. Jan Baranowski, Archdeacon of Lviv, sells half of his newly built house in Lviv to Fabian Gryglewicz and his wife for 150 Polish zlotys. The document defines the terms of use for the plot and imposes on the buyers the obligation to pay an annual rent of 5 zlotys for an anniversary mass for the soul of the issuer.

Lviv canon and preacher Wojciech Belczyński sells a shop and two plots on preacher's land, with the right to build and run a tavern, to the burgher Wojciech Madeszowicz and his wife Anna. The buyers are obliged to pay an annual rent of ten Polish zlotys on St. Martin's Day and are subject to the preacher's jurisdiction.

The document approves the foundation of a new mansionary priest and the legacies of wyderkauf rents on Lviv tenement houses established by Fr. Krzysztof Sikorski for the college of mansionaries of the Lviv Cathedral. It also specifies the liturgical duties of the beneficiaries and entrusts the right of patronage over the founded prebend to the Lviv magistrate.

The Metropolitan Chapter of Lwów and the municipal authorities of Lwów approve the sale of the former residence of the provost of the Holy Spirit Hospital to the Jesuits for the construction of a college, and the acquisition of a new tenement house from Kosma Salwago on Szewska Street for the sum of 10,800 Polish florins. The newly purchased building was placed under ecclesiastical immunity, with the reservation of the inviolability of the city's and chapter's patronage rights and a prohibition on operating a tavern or crafts within it.

The document confirms an agreement between the Metropolitan Chapter and the City Council of Lwów regarding the purchase of the Kosma Salvago tenement house as a residence for the provost of the Holy Spirit Hospital, in exchange for a house sold to the Jesuits, including the exemption of the new property from municipal jurisdiction and its inclusion under ecclesiastical immunity. The act specifies the conditions for managing this property and the rules for maintaining patronage rights and potential future exchange of the building.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms and approves the document of erection and the right of patronage over St. Lazarus Hospital in the Lwów suburb, issued by the provisors and seniors of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

In the letter, Abbé de Polignac comments on the military confederation and the Elector of Bavaria's efforts to secure the Polish crown, warning against hostile intrigues. He assures the recipient of his loyalty, denies rumors of secret contacts with the rebels, and appeals for mutual trust.

Marcin Chomentowski intercedes with the Voivode of Ruthenia, Jan Jabłonowski, on behalf of his sister, the Podkomorzyna of Podolia, whose starostwo of Bar was ruined by the passage and stationing of military banners. He appeals for her to be taken under his protection and for a favorable hearing of the messenger sent to Jabłonowski.

Katarzyna Czacka explains her inability to come to Lviv due to a tribunal case in Lublin and asks Voivode Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski to intervene in the matter of debts owed to her late husband that remain unpaid by Czygowski. She also inquires about the content of correspondence from Baranowski and sends greetings from herself and her children.