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Letter from Bishop Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski to Jan Jabłonowski regarding the upcoming Sejm

Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski, Bishop of Warmia (signature: "ABWarm[iński] K[anclerz] K[oronny]") Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski, Voivode of Ruthenia ("Jasnie Wielmozny M[oś]ci Panie Wojewodo Ruski Moy wielce M[oś]ci Panie y Bracie")
November 5, 1701 · Lidzbark Warmiński (Heilsberg)

Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski offers family congratulations to the Voivode of Ruthenia and expresses hope for a meeting during the upcoming Sejm. He also expresses concern regarding the breakdown of the Lithuanian consensus, announcing prayers for the prosperity of the Fatherland.

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Translation / modern text

[P. 43] Most Illustrious Lord Voivode of Ruthenia, My Great Lord and Brother! I have received Your Grace's letter dated October 26. I did not fail—since fate did not allow me to participate closely in the day of this joy—to accompany it with prayers, wishing both Your Grace, my Benefactor, and all the younger ones infinite blessings from Heaven. After the wedding toils and the laborious work at the commission, the Sejm is approaching, from which—as I suppose—Your Grace will no longer be able to excuse yourself, and thus it will fall to me to cordially embrace Your Grace. Although the Lithuanian consensus, broken by the unfortunate fate of the Commonwealth, bodes nothing good—unless the remedy proposed in the instructions for the Sejm heals all the diseases of the Commonwealth, for which I will fervently pray to the Lord God during the jubilee taking place in the month of November. And now, having nothing else to report, I most urgently commend myself to the unchanging brotherly grace of Your Grace and remain in Lidzbark, on the 5th of November in the year 1701. Your Grace's faithful brother and always well-wishing servant Andrzej, Bishop of Warmia, Chancellor of the Crown [autograph]

Original wording — transcription

[S. 43] Jasnie Wielmozny M[oś]ci Panie Wojewodo Ruski Moy wielce M[oś]ci Panie y Bracie. Te data 26 8bris odebrałem pisanie WMM[ości] Pana. Nie omie- szkałem y ia, kiedy mi fortuna e vicino non permisit dzień tey pociechy votis p[ro]sequi, zycząc iako Im[oś]ci Dobrodziejowi tak y wszystkim młodssym benedictiones desuper infinitas. Po fatygach zas y weselney y pracowitych na Commissyey zbliza się seym, od ktorego iuz tez rozumiem WMM[ość] Pan nie będziesz się mogł wysty- rnąc, a zatym y mnie dostanie się serdecznie amplecti WMM[oś]ci Pa- na, luboc zgoda Litewska iniquo Reip[ublicae] fato zerwana nic do- brego nie obiecuie, chyba ze to remedium krore w Instructiey na seym propinatur uzdrowi wszytkie Rzeczypospolitey choroby, o co ia tu przy zagęszczonym i[n] m[en]se 9bris Iubileuszu gorąco Pana Bo- ga będę prosił, a teraz nie maiąc co doniesc, nieodmienney się Braterskiey WMM[ości] Pana iako naypilniey zalecam łasce y iestem w Heilsberku d[ie] 5. 9bris A[nno] 1701. WMM[ości] P[ana] Wierny brat y zawsze zyczliwy sługa ABWarm[iński] K[anclerz] K[oronny] [m.p.]

Reading notes

Both attached images show the same page of the manuscript (p. 43). In the upper right corner, there are old paginations: "28" and a crossed-out "10". The author is the Bishop of Warmia and Grand Chancellor of the Crown, Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski (characteristic monogram signature of the Bishop of Warmia). Dating in the text: "d. 5. 9bris A. 1701" (9bris = Novembris / November).

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