Privilege of King Sigismund III Vasa for the Dominican monastery in Smolensk

SIGISMUND III, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF POLAND, GRAND DUKE OF LITHUANIA, RUTHENIA, PRUSSIA, MASOVIA, SAMOGITIA, LIVONIA, AND ALSO HEREDITARY KING OF THE SWEDES, GOTHS AND VANDALS. We hereby announce to all and sundry whom it may concern... [having received the holy divine ornament of royal grace and princely majesty... to be subject and governed...] [... to the church and convent of the Brothers of the Order of Preachers of Saint Dominic in our city of Smolensk the foundation... in the Smolensk...] [... villages of Boyarshchizna... Logovate, Trudek... Putiatin, Balabanovo...] [... for the benefit and ownership for all time...] In witness whereof, we have ordered this [document], signed by our hand, to be strengthened with the seal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Given in Warsaw, on the 8th day of the month of March in the year of our Lord 1621, in the thirty-fourth year of our reign in Poland, and the twenty-seventh in Sweden. Sigismund King [by his own hand] [Chancery note / signature on the right on the plica:] Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski Referendary and scribe of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Starosta of Velizh etc. [by his own hand] [On the reverse:] [Note 1 – on the left side:] In the year one thousand six hundred and twenty-third, on the [...] day of the month of [...] in Smolensk before us... This privilege of His Royal Majesty was presented by the noble lord Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski, Starosta of Velizh... Aleksander Gosiewski, Starosta of Velizh [by his own hand] [Note 2 – on the right side:] In the year 1643, on the 9th day of the month of September in Smolensk before us, royal commissioners... [Signatures of the commissioners:] Krzysztof Białłozor, Marshal of Upytė, by his own hand Kazimierz Piekarski, Sub-judge of Upytė, by his own hand [and other signatures of royal commissioners]

SIGISMVNDVS III DEI GRATIA REX POLONIAE, MAG[NVS] DVX LITV[ANI]AE, RVS[SIAE], PRVS[SIAE], MASOV[IAE], LIVON[IAE]Q[VE], NEC NON SVECOR[VM], GOTTHOR[VM], VANDALORV[M]Q[VE] HAEREDITARIV[S] REX. Significamus praesentibus literis n[ost]ris quorum interest universis et singulis... [suscepto sancto divino gratiae Regiae decore et Majestate Ducali... subesse et gubernari...] [... ecclesiae et conventui Fratrum Ordinis Praedicatorum Sancti Dominici in civitate nostra Smolenscensi fundationem... in Smolenscensi...] [... villas Bojarszczyzna... Logowate, Trudek... Putiatyn, Bałabanowo...] [... ad usus et proprietatem perpetuis temporibus...] In cuius rei fidem praesentes manu n[ost]ra subscriptas sigill[o] M[agni] Duc[atus] Lith[uaniae] communiri mandavimus. Dat[um] Varsaviae die VIII m[ensis] Martii Anno D[omi]ni MDCXXI. Regnorum n[ost]rorum Poloniae XXXIV, Sueciae vero XXVII Anno. Sigismundus Rex [manu propria] [Nota kancelaryjna / podpis po prawej na plice:] Alexander Corvinus Gosiewski Referen[darius] et Pis[arz] W[ielkiego] X[ięstwa] Lit[ewskiego] Wieliski etc. capitaneus [m.p.] [Verso:] [Zapiska 1 - z lewej strony:] Roku Tysiąc Sześćset dwudziestego Trzeciego M[iesią]ca [...] Dnia [...] w Smoleńsku przed Nami... Ten Przywiley J[ego] K[rólewskiej] M[iłoś]ci od W[ielmożnego] P[ana] Aleksandra z Korwina Gosiewskiego Starosty Weliżskiego podano... Alexander Gosiewski Starosta Weliżski [m.p.] [Zapiska 2 - z prawej strony:] Roku 1643: M[iesią]ca Septemba 9 dnia w Smoleńsku przed Nami Commissarzami Królewskimi... [Podpisy komisarzy:] Krzysztof Białłozor Marszałek Upitski m.p. Kazimierz Piekarski Podsędek Upitski m.p. [oraz inne podpisy komisarzy królewskich]