Foundation act of Adam Wawrzyniec Łoiecki for poor Lviv students at the Krakow Academy

IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AMEN. Since good and learned men are accustomed to bringing much ornament and benefit to the Commonwealth, and it is a matter of great importance to support virtue and the liberal arts. Therefore I, Adam Wawrzyniec Łoiecki, canon of Lviv, cantor of Przemyśl, wishing to provide for my dearest Fatherland according to my strength in this regard, following the example of the once most reverend, of blessed memory, Jan Zamoyski, Archbishop of Lviv, have endeavored to found from my goods, granted to me by the grace of God, a perpetual rent for two youths who could dedicate themselves to studies at the Krakow Academy. Indeed, I have already in fact, by the grace of God, acquired [this rent] from the illustrious Lviv councilors, with the consent of the forty men of the same city, as evidenced by the record drawn up for me by them before the Necessary Court [Sąd Potrzebny] on the Thursday before the upcoming feast of Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr, in the year of our Lord 1615. Those councilors, for certain needs of their Commonwealth, accepted 1700 Polish florins from me and sold for them a 'wyderkaf' rent in the amount of 119 Polish florins and committed themselves to pay it perpetually. I wish, however, for these youths to be primarily Lvivians, coming from the city or the suburbs, genuinely poor, who due to scarcity cannot dedicate themselves to studies at their own or their parents' expense, and who shall receive this alms annually from me as long as I live, and after my passing from the provisors appointed below, and that from the hands of a private preceptor, whom I desire to always be none other than a colleague of the Minor House [Collegium Minus], namely 104 florins, that is, each of them one florin weekly for three years, and that before obtaining the first laurel [bachelor's degree], and after obtaining it, he shall receive it for another two years; and thus after the lapse of three years those who wish to apply for degrees, or after five those who obtain degrees, shall yield their place to others whom I shall choose, or after my passing, the provisors or patrons shall choose. For them also, besides the above-designated provision, I designate fifty florins annually, which shall be kept by the reverend canon of the school until the time of promotion comes, for their distribution. Which students, as long as they dedicate themselves to studies in Krakow, shall owe obedience in all things to the preceptor chosen and appointed, as mentioned above, by me or by the patrons; if they should prove unruly, after a warning given by the preceptor, they are to be removed from this benefit by me or by the provisors. To which preceptor, for his toil and labor, I designate ten florins annually from the same rent. These students shall be obliged, as long as they benefit from this endowment, to recite the seven penitential psalms together with litanies every Sunday and feast day to appease God for me and for themselves. When they reach greater prosperity and a better state, I desire that they remember the benefit rendered to them by me and I oblige them to pray to God for me, and when the opportunity arises, to serve me and my loved ones in the city and show gratitude to me and mine. And so that this my ordinance and establishment may have the power of perpetual durability, I appoint as its patrons and provisors the following: namely the reverend canon of Lviv who shall be called from the Lviv school to a reward by the most illustrious Lviv chapter, and the prudent Lviv councilors then in office, and two elders from among the forty men of Lviv, namely one from the merchants and the other from the craftsmen; whom I earnestly ask that for the glory of God and the benefit and ornament of the Fatherland they undertake this burden and endeavor to transfer the money to the hands of the preceptor at the proper time, as decided. I oblige the preceptor to calculate and pay out said alms to the mentioned students weekly, one florin to each. Furthermore, I give and grant to the mentioned provisors for all time the full right of choosing and presenting such students and I adjure them to perform and execute this office diligently before God and their conscience. If the city of Lviv should ever wish to redeem this 'wyderkaf' rent from city goods and deposit the money, then the same above-named patrons should take care of how to safely invest this sum of 1700 Polish florins. And I have ordered this my ordinance to be entered into the acts of the consistory and the Lviv city records, and I also wish for a copy of it to be sent to the noble Krakow Academy, should I not do so myself. In witness whereof I have signed this document with my own hand and sealed it. Given in Lviv, on the seventeenth day of the month of March, in the year of our Lord 1616. In the presence of the reverend and venerable: Mr. Jan Baranowski, archdeacon, Jakub Skrobiszewski, canon and preacher, doctor of both laws, Florian Naszarkowic, senior of the vicars of the metropolitan church of Lviv, Stanisław Górecki, mansionary of the metropolitan church of Lviv, and Marcin Zablicki, parish priest of Starosiele, public notary of the Lviv consistory acts, witnesses requested and called to the above. [Signature:] Adam Wawrzyniec Łoiecki, canon of Lviv, cantor of Przemyśl, I have signed with my own voice and hand. [Notarial sign with motto in the shield:] J. N. r. l. / M. Z. / One should rely on virtue, not on blood. [Notarial subscription:] And because I, Marcin Maciej Zablicki, of the Krakow diocese, by apostolic authority public notary and sworn notary of the general Lviv consistory affairs and acts, was personally present at all and individual [actions] above together with the above-mentioned witnesses, therefore I have signed this public instrument, although faithfully written here by another's hand and diligently reviewed by me, with my own hand and marked and confirmed with my usual sign and name, which I use in such matters, requested and called in witness and testimony of the above matters. / And that which above... [...] [On the left margin:] * remaining with the above-mentioned. [Verso:] 49 A Łoiecki's foundation for two Lviv students in Krakow, year of our Lord 1616. [Below:] Bundle 30 [Top right:] No. 3

IN NOMINE DOMINI AMEN. Quoniam Reipub[licæ] viri boni et docti multum ornamenti et utilitatis afferre soleant, plurimumq[ue] intersit virtutem et bonas l[itte]ras promouere. Proinde ego Adamus Laurentius Loiecki Canonicus Leopolien[sis] Cantor Præmislien[sis], ea in parte Patriæ meæ charissimæ pro virili consultum volens, secutus exemplum R[everen]dissimi olim beatæ recordationis Joannis Zamoyski Archi-episcopi Leopolien[sis], censum perpetuum pro duobus Adolescentibus, qui Cracoviæ in Academia studijs operam dare queant, comparari de bonis meis diuina mihi gra[tia] collatis curaui. Prout iam de facto per Dei gratiam apud Famatos D[omi]nos Consules Leopolien[ses], cum consensu Qvadraq[ui]nta virorum eiusdem Ciuitatis comparaui, quemq[ue] admodum Inscriptio coram Judicio Necessario Bannito Feria Quinta ante Festum Sancti Laurentij Levitæ et Martyris proxima, Anno D[omi]ni Millesimo Sexcentes[i]mo Decimo Quinto mihi per eosdem facta attestatur. Qui quidem D[omi]ni Consules pro certis Reipublicæ suæ necessitatibus a me Mille Septingentos Floren[os] Polonical[es] receperunt et pro eisdem Censum reemptionalem Centum et Decem novem Florenorum Polonicalium vendiderunt, ac perpetuo soluturos se obligauerunt. Hos aute[m] Adolescentes volo in primis esse Leopolien[ses], e Ciuitate seu Suburbio ortos, merè pauperes, qui ob inopiam studijs vacare proprijs aut parentum suorum sumptibus non possint, qui quotannis a me quam diu vixero, post decessum vero meum a Prouisoribus infra assignatis Eleemosynam hanc accepturi sunt, id vero ex manibus privati Præceptoris, quem non nisi Collegam Minoris domus semper esse cupio, Florenos v[idelice]t Centum et Qvatuor, hoc est septimanatim quilibet eorum per Florenum vnum triennio, idq[ue] ante assecutam primam lauream, post assecutam vero per biennium rursus percipiet, atq[ue] sic expleto triennio, qui gradus capessere voluerint vel quinquennio qui graduati fuerint alij in locum eorum succedent, quos ego elegero, vel post decessum meum Prouisores siue Patroni sunt electuri. Iisdem etiam præter supra assignatam Prouisionem quotannis Florenos Quinquag[inta] penes R[everen]dum D[omi]num Canonicum Scholæ tam diu asseruabuntur, donec ad promotionem ventum fuerit, distribuend[os] assigno. Qui quidem Studiosi, quam diu Cracoviæ studijs operam dederint, Præceptori ut prænominatum est per me seu Patronos electo et assignato per omnia parere debebunt, ats si discoli extiterint ab hoc beneficio per me siue Prouisores post denuntiationem per Præceptorem factam amouendierunt. Cui Præceptori pro labore et opera ex eodem Censu Decem Florenos annuatim assigno. Tenebuntur autem ijdem Studiosi, quam diu hoc beneficio utentur, singulis Dominicis et Festis diebus Septem Psalmos Pœnitentiales cum Litanijs mihi et sibi Deum placari recitare. Cùm verò ad pinguiorem fortunam et conditionem meliorem deuenerint, beneficij per me in illos collati memores esse cupio, atq[ue] ut Deum pro me orent mihi atq[ue] propinquis meis urbi se occasio tulerit, inseruiant, et se gratos mihi ac meis uti præstent eosdem adstringo. Ac ut hæc mea dispositio et ordinatio robur perpetuæ firmitatis habeat, eiusdem Patronos et Prouisores instituo hos, v[idelice]t R[everen]dum D[omi]num Canonicum Leopolien[sem] qui ex Schola Leopolien[si] ad præmium Ill[ustrissi]mi Capituli Leopolien[sis] assumetur, et Spectabiles D[omi]nos Consules Leopolien[ses] pro tunc existentes, et duos ex Qvadraq[ui]nta uiris Leopolien[sibus] Seniores, v[idelice]t vnum ex Mercatoribus, alterum ex artificibus, qui ut pro gloria Dei et Patriæ incremento ac ornamento hoc onus Suscipiant, ac ut tempore opportuno pecuniam ad manus Præceptoris ut institutum est remittere curent, obnixè rogo. Præceptorem uerò ut Studiosis prænominatis Eleemosinam hanc septimanatim cuilibet per Florenum vnum numeret et distribuat obstringo. Cæterum dictis D[omi]nis Prouisoribus tales Studiosos eligendi et præsentandi plenariam do et tribuo temporibus perpetuis facultatem, et obtestor ut pro Deo et conscientia sua eiusmodi officium diligenter administrent et exequantur. QVòd si aliquando Ciuitas Leopolien[sis] voluerit hunc Censum reemptionalem è bonis Ciuitatis tollere, et pecuniam reponere, tunc ijdem Patroni supra nominati debent prouidere, quomodo securè locari possit hæc Summa Mille Septingentorum Florenorum Polonicali[um]. Et hanc quidem Ordinationem meam Actis Consistorij et Ciuilibus Leopolien[sibus] inseriberi curaui, et ut ad Almam Academiam Cracovien[sem] exemplar eius transmittatur, si ego non fecero, volo. In quorum fidem p[ræse]ntes manu mea propria Subscripsi et Sigillo communiui. Datum Leopoli Die Decima Septima Mensis Martij, Anno D[omi]ni Millesimo Sexcentes[i]mo Decimo Sexto. Præsentibus R[everen]dis et Venerabilibus D[omi]no Joanne Baranowski Archidiacono, Jacobo Skrobisszenski Can[oni]co et Concionatore, J. V. DD. Floriano Naszarkowic Seniore Vicariorum Eccl[esi]æ Metropolitanæ Leopolien[sis], Stanislao Gorecki Mansionario Eccl[esi]æ Metropolitanæ Leopolien[sis], et Martino Zablicki Parocho Starosielien[si] Publico Actorumq[ue] Consistorij Leopolien[sis] Notario testibus ad præmissa rogatis et requisitis. [Podpis:] Adam Laurentius Loieczki / Canonicus Leopolien[sis], Cantor / Præmislien[sis] s[ubscripsi] v[oce] p[ropria] manuque [Znak notarialny z dewizą w tarczy:] J. N. r. l. / M. Z. / virtuti decet non / sanguine niti [Subskrypcja notarialna:] Et quia ego Martinus Matthias Zablicki, Diœc[esis] Cracovien[sis], Sac[ra] Ap[osto]lica au[ctorita]te pub[lic]us Actaq[ue] Causaq[ue] Leopolien[sis] Or[di]n[ar]ii Consistorii Juratus Notarius, p[ræmissis] o[mn]ibus et singulis una cu[m] sup[radi]c[t]is testibus p[ræse]ns interfui, Ideo hoc p[ræse]ns publicum Instr[umentu]m, licet manu alterius, hi[c] fidel[ite]r script[um] ac per me diligenter revisum, manu mea propria subscripsi, signoque et no[m]i[n]e meis solitis quibus in talibus utor consignavi et corroboravi, in fid[em] et testimoniu[m] p[ræ]missor[um] rogatus et requisitus. / Idq[ue] q[uod] su[pra] one.ru [...] [Na marginesie lewym:] * penes supranominatos restantes. [Verso:] 49 A Fundatio Loiecciana pro duobus Studiosis Cracoviæ Leopolien[sibus] Anno D. 1616. [Poniżej:] Fasc. 30 [Po prawej u góry:] Nro 3tio