Safe-conduct of the Moldavian Hospodar Stephen V for the mayors and merchants of Lviv

[Invocation signs in the form of elaborate crosses/initial] By the grace of God, we, Stephen, Voivode, Hospodar of the Moldavian land. We make known by this our letter to each one, truly faithful to us, whenever he sees or hears it, whenever anyone may need it. That out of benevolence and consideration, we have granted these safe-conduct letters, truly Christian, which shall stand unshaken before the mayors, the reeve and servants, councilors and officials of the city of Lviv, our dear friends, great and small: that they may freely, safely, and securely come and go to our land with all their goods, and conduct business and sell without any hindrance or harm, and pay customs duties from their ready silver and trade according to that privileged letter. Should we have granted anything in writing, that privilege of ours shall never be violated, nor shall it be altered [...] by our ancestors, or in time by our scribes, or should the need arise. And we wish to abide by this our privileged letter, which we have issued in writing, that is, to preserve and fulfill our promises inviolably according to this our letter [...] Christian, without any Jewish novelties [...] and furthermore [...] to our great and small, and furthest [...] according to all the things written above [we ordered] to write and affix our seal to this our letter. Written in Suceava, in the year 7031 [1522], in the month of November. [Seal: Wax seal hanging on a red silk cord, in a dark wax bowl, a seal impressed in red wax with a shield bearing the coat of arms of Moldavia (head of an aurochs/bison with a star between the horns), in the rim a Cyrillic legend: + Seal of John Stephen, Voivode, Hospodar of the Moldavian land] [Verso:] [Round ink stamp:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT RECORDS OF THE CITY OF LVIV [18th-century note:] Safe-conduct of Stephen, Voivode of Moldavia, to the consuls and merchants of Lviv [...] E No. 1523. [erroneous year date on the register] [Archival signatures:] 136; C. Fasc: 281 in fasc: 517; 41360; Arma. Ser. 48. Nro 48.

[Znaki inwokacyjne w formie rozwiniętych krzyży/inicjału] М[и]л[о]стїю б[о]жїею, мы Стефанъ воевода, г[о]сп[о]да[рь] земли молдавское. Сведомо чинимъ симъ нашимъ листомъ кугдо кромѣ истному намъ вѣр[но]му, колико его видитъ или слышитъ, коли кто его коли будеть потрѣбовати. Оже любовемъ и смысли[ли] есми, и далъ и дали есми сє лины г[о]лдитовани правии хр[е]стїянскїи, що же будеть сє всѣмъ стоити передъ бурмистры и воитомъ и челядникомъ радца и оурядникомъ зъ мѣста лвовьского, великимъ и малымъ прїятелємъ нашимъ милы[мъ], што да ходетъ и волно и слободно и оувѣждыце прїити и поити до нашеи земли, со всѣми своими тыми торговли, и то се про[о]тпустити и продавати безъ никоторои завады и шкоды, а мыто платити своего готового серебра и торговли подлѣ того листу привилного. Що же если мы дали изъ писели николисе не прїидеть черезъ онои привилъ нашъ, и толи применити молчимете w[т] нашихъ працевъ а либо по воеменичи w[т] нашихъ писели, али коли се потричеше. И мы схотемъ здержати подлѣ того нашего листу привилного, що же мы выдали изъ писели, ли, то есть грашити нашое слюбы вразъ держати и пополнити подлѣ сего наше[го] листу. Принущечити [х]р[е]стїян- скои, безъ всегти новъ еврейскоихъ прости, а ку то[му] евре[емъ] г[о]ди[намъ] нерезомъ нашимъ великимъ и малы[мъ] а надольше w[т] кратин- подлѣ всеихъ вышеписаныхъ реч[и] есми писерти, и наши печать здержати, на семъ листѣ нашемъ. Пис[ано] оу Сучевѣ Въ лѣто ҂з҃ла [7031], м[ѣся]ца ноє[врїа] [Pieczęć: Woskowa pieczęć wisząca na czerwonym jedwabnym sznurze, w misce z ciemnego wosku odciśnięta w czerwonym wosku pieczęć z tarczą z herbem Mołdawii (głowa tura/żubra z gwiazdą między rogami), w otoku cyrylicka legenda: + ПЕЧАТЬ ІѠ[АННА] СТЕФАНА ВОЕВ[ОДЫ] [ГОСПОДАРЯ ЗЕМЛИ] МОЛДАВСКОИ] [Verso:] [Pieczęć tuszowa okrągła:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA [Nota z XVIII w.:] Literae Salvi Conductus Stefani Vaywode Moldaviae ad Consules et Mercatores Leopolienses ... E No 1523. [błędna data roczna na regeście] [Sygnatury archiwalne:] 136; C. Fasc: 281 in fasc: 517; 41360; Arma. Ser. 48. Nro 48.