Letter from Jan Krasiński to Jan Jabłonowski regarding the Masovian sejmiks and the convocation

[P. 6, address:] [Address/cover of the letter with a wax seal, at the top an annotation from the period or archival:] 1697. 4. [or: y.] [P. 7] 5 Most Illustrious Gracious Lord and Brother I read the letter of Your Grace, my Lord, written to me by this post not without a sense of pain, and I considered the points and words expressed therein with gravity; it is a harsh speech that you have penned, and an even harsher judgment of me that you have passed. From time, which is known to reveal even the most hidden secrets, I await salvation. It will soon show the goal of my sincere intention and lift the veil of truth which I expressed in the previous post; to this maturity of affairs, therefore, I refer Your Grace, my Lord. And now, that Masovia guards the inviolability of the right of opposition and, standing for the dissolution of the convocation by its general protest expressed in the confederation, strikes against all [P. 8] state affairs which only the sejm itself was to confirm – and why consider me a powerless mediator of the sejmiks! We are here, by the grace of God, a free people, without any subordination. Yet, despite all this, having excluded all partisanship, standing by the common good and liberty, I promise myself – God willing – to have over the hearts of the local brethren, when the time comes, also that influence which you now deign to take away from me. I do not delve into the secret causes of the confederation for which it was established; let those who have stirred up disputes and hatreds between rival families investigate this. I commend myself to the better regard of Your Grace, my Lord, signing myself Your Grace, my Lord's loving brother and humble servant Jan Krasiński of Krasne Voivode of Płock [paraph] in Warsaw, on the 31st of January 1697

[S. 6, adres:] [Adresówka/obwoluta listu z pieczęcią lakową, u góry adnotacja z epoki lub archiwalna:] 1697. 4. [lub: y.] [S. 7] 5 Jasnie Wielmozny Msciwij Panie y Bracie List WM[iłości] M[ego] P[ana] do mnie tą pocztą pisany non sine sensu doloris czytałem, puncta et verba w nim expressa serio ważyłem; Durus sermo, quem exarasti, durius judicium o mnie, quod fecisti. Od czasu, ktory więc etiam secretissima zwykł odkrywac, czekam praesidium. Pokaze wkrotce szczerey Intentiey moiey scopum, y tey, ktorym przeszłą pocztą wyraził, prawdy odkryie velum: Ad eam tedy rerum maturitatem odsyłam WMM[ego] Pa[na]. A teraz ze Mazowsze Iuris vetandi indemnitatem Ostrzega, y za zerwaniem Convocatiey stawając przy Generalney swoiey protestatiey w Confederatiey wyrażoney, bije przeciwko wszytkim [Dopisek ołówkiem u dołu:] K. 5210? [S. 8] materias Statûs, ktore Seym tylko jeden solidare miał; A na coz mię pro impotenti Seymikow sądzic arbitro! Jestesmy tu z Łaski Bożey, liber bez żadney dependentiey, populus. Przeciez z tym wszytkim partialitate omni exclusâ, przy dobrym pospolitym y wolnosci stawając, obiecuię sobie nad sercami tuteyszych Braci, gdy tego czas będzie, y to, ktore mi teraz odeymowac raczysz, mieć da P. Bog arbitrium. Nie wchodzę in arcanas związku causas dla ktorych stanął, indagent to ci, ktorzy inter Domos aemulas wszczęli simultates et odia, Ja się lepszemu WMPa zalecam respectowi pisząc się WMM[ego] P[an]a kochaiącym Bratem y uniżonym sługą Jan Krasinski na Krasnem WP[łocki] [parafa] w Warszawie d[nia] 31 Ianuarij 1697