Transcript of the decree of King Władysław IV in the dispute between the magistrate and the commonalty of the city of Lwów

[Cover / parchment binding:] 1636. No. 921. Decree of the Most Serene King Władysław the Fourth between the magistrate of the city and the forty men of the city of Lwów in the year 1634, on the Thursday before the feast of Saints Simon and Jude. Let[ter] R. [p. 2r / f. 2r:] WŁADYSŁAW the Fourth, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Smolensk, Siewierz, Chernihiv, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals. [Coat of arms with the Eagle and the Vasa Sheaf] We hereby announce by this our letter to all and each one whom it may concern, that the honorable and famous mayor and councilors of our city of Lwów have been summoned before us and our court by our writ of summons, in their official capacity for the reason described below, and from all their goods, at the request of the famous forty men of the same city of Lwów, representing the entire commonalty, for the following reason: Because they, opposing the amicable settlements which were reached between them and the commonalty of the same city of Lwów in earlier times, and the decrees of the Most Serene Kings of Poland of blessed memory, our dearest predecessors, issued in this regard, affect the said commonalty with the below-expressed grievances, damages, and burdens contrary to the duty of their offices; namely, at the election of a new magistrate, whenever it occurs, they do not wish to sufficiently render and show accounts and settlements of municipal income and expenditures and never satisfy the city in this regard, and even if some accounts were reviewed during the elections, everything was done according to their own pleasure. Furthermore, at the last elections of the current year, they did not render any accounts at all and do not wish to render them, they divert the income intended for the renovation and repair of the walls to other purposes, they never possess an exact calculation of them, they do not disclose their increase and magnitude, and meanwhile, for a long time, the towers have been ruined, the rampart lowered, the walls distorted to the great disgrace of the above-mentioned city... [...] [p. 11r / f. 11r - conclusion of the entered decree of 1634:] ...[seal] of our Kingdom has been affixed. Given in Lwów on the Thursday before the nearest feast of the holy apostles Simon and Jude, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred and thirty-four, the second year of our reign in Poland, and the third year in Sweden. Reported by the Most Illustrious and Magnificent Lord, Lord Tomasz of Zamość Zamoyski, Crown Vice-Chancellor, Starosta General of Kraków, Knyszyn, Sokal, etc. etc. [Transumpt / extradition clause from 1636:] Which letter of our decree, as it is found in the acts of our chancellery of decrees, we have ordered to be transcribed from those acts and an authentic copy of the same to be issued to the requesting party. In testimony of which, signed by our hand, we have ordered it to be strengthened with the seal of our Kingdom. Given in Vilnius on the 21st day of the month of July in the Year of Our Lord 1636, the fourth year of our reign in Poland, and the fifth year in Sweden. Władysław King [by his own hand] [Signatures of chancellery officials below the text:] Jan Andreaszewicz, canon, secretary of H[is] M[ajesty] [by his own hand] Corte Jan Kochanie[?] [Note at the bottom of the page:] Decree between the Forty Men and the Lwów Magistrate

[Okładka / pergaminowa oprawa:] 1636. N° 921. Decretum Serenissimi Regis Vladislai Quarti inter Magistratum civitatis et Vadraginta viros civitatis Leopolien[sis] anno 1634. Anno feria quinta ante Festum Sanctorum Simonis et Judae. Litt: R. [s. 2r / k. 2r:] VLADISLAUS Quartus Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Mazoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniae, Smolensc[iae], Severiae, Czernechoviae necnon Suecorum, Gotthorum, Vandalorumque haereditarius Rex. [Herb z Orłem i Snopekiem Wazów] Significamus praesentibus literis nostris quorum interest universis et singulis. Citatos fuisse ad nos Iudiciumque nostrum literis citationis nostrae Spectabiles et Famatos Proconsulem et Consules Civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis de officiis causa infrascripta ac bonis ipsorum omnibus ad instantiam Famatorum Quadraginta virorum Civitatis eiusdem Leopoliensis totam communitatem repraesentantium ideò. Quia ipsi Arbitramentis quae inter ipsos et communitatem civitatis eiusdem Leopoliensis superioribus temporibus intercesserunt Decretisque Serenissimorum divae memoriae Regum Poloniae antecessorum nostrorum desideratissimorum eo nomine prolatis contravenientes, dictam communitatem infra expressis praeiudiciis damnis et gravaminibus contra debitum officiorum suorum afficiunt quemadmodum quidem circa electionem novi Magistratus quoties illa contingit calculos ac rationes proventuum expensarumque civitatis sufficienter reddere et exhibere nolunt et nunquam in eo civitati eidem satisfaciunt, si verò circa electiones aliqui inspecti[?] sunt calculi facti, illis tamen ad libitum eorum cuncta facta sunt. Postrema porro anni praesentis electione nullas penitus rationes reddiderunt reddereque volunt, proventus pro resarciendis et reparandis muris destinatos in alios usus distrahunt, eorum exactum calculum nunquam habent, auctionem et quantitatem ipsorum non produnt, interim autem a multo tempore Turres laceras, vallum depressum, deformata moenia magna ignominia supradictae civitatis... [...] [s. 11r / k. 11r - konkluzja wpisanego dekretu z 1634 r.:] ...Regni nostri est appressum. Datum Leopoli feria quinta ante festum Sanctorum Simonis et Iudae Apostolorum proxima Anno Domini Millesimo sexcentesimo trigesimo quarto Regnorum nostrorum Poloniae secundo Sueciae vero Tertio Anno. Relatio Illustris et Magnifici Domini D[omi]ni Thomae de Zamoscie Zamoyski Vicecancellarii Regni Generalis Cracoviensis Knyszynen[sis] Sokaliensis etc. etc. Capitanei. [Klauzula transumptowa / ekstradycyjna z 1636 r.:] Quas quidem decreti nostri literas prout in Actis Cancellariae Decretorum nostrorum reperiuntur ex iisdem actis describi atque authenticum earundem rescriptum parti postulanti extradi mandavimus. In cuius rei fidem praesentes manu nostra subscriptas sigillo Regni nostri communiri mandavimus. Datum Vilnae die XXI Mensis Iulii Anno Domini MDCXXXVI. Regnorum nostrorum Poloniae IV Sueciae vero V. Anno. Vladislaus Rex [m.p.] [Podpisy urzędników kancelarii pod tekstem:] Joan[nes] Andreaszewicz canon[icus] S.R.M. Secret[arius] [m.p.] Corte Ioannes Kochanie[?] [U dołu karty nota:] Decretum inter Quadraginta Viros et Magistratum Leopol[iensem]