Confirmation of safe-conduct letters by King Władysław IV for the Armenian priest Krzysztof Głuszkowicz

WŁADYSŁAW IV, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF POLAND, GRAND DUKE OF LITHUANIA, RUTHENIA, PRUSSIA, MASOVIA, SAMOGITIA, LIVONIA, SMOLENSK, CHERNIGOV, AND ALSO HEREDITARY KING OF THE SWEDES, GOTHS AND VANDALS. We hereby announce by this letter to all and each person concerned that three paper letters have been submitted to us in the name and on behalf of the venerable KRZYSZTOF GŁUSZKOWICZ, an Armenian priest: one, namely, of the most enlightened and illustrious Stanisław of Koniecpol Koniecpolski, Castellan of Kraków, Hetman of the armies, signed by his own hand and reinforced with a seal; the second of the illustrious Tomasz of Zamość Zamoyski, Grand Chancellor of the Crown, Starosta of Kraków, signed by his own hand and reinforced with a seal; and the third of the illustrious Janusz of Łohojsk Tyszkiewicz, Voivode and Starosta of the lands of Kiev, also signed and reinforced with a seal, by which letters the aforementioned KRZYSZTOF GŁUSZKOWICZ, an Armenian priest, is taken under their protection. And we were requested to deign to approve and confirm these letters with our royal authority. The content of these letters is as follows: Stanisław of Koniecpol Koniecpolski, Castellan of Kraków, Grand Hetman of the Crown, Starosta of Bar, Kowel etc., Hetman General of His Royal Majesty's armies and of the Commonwealth. I announce that, having received a recommendation regarding Father Krzysztof Głuszkowicz, an Armenian [...] estates and lands, and subjects [...] and cattle, and the apiary of Polish and Czołhań [...] did not cause any damage [...] under severe penalties [...]. Given in Lwów on the 21st of December 1631. Stanisław Koniecpolski. Place of the seal. The content of the second letters is as follows: Tomasz of Zamość Zamoyski, Grand Chancellor of the Crown, General Starosta of Kraków, Knyszyn, Rzeczyca, Sokal, Nowy Targ etc. I make it known [...] that having received a recommendation regarding Father Krzysztof Głuszkowicz [...] so that no one [...] during his lifetime [...] should cause any harm or obstacles [...]. Given in Zamość on the 15th of December in the year 1636. Tomasz Zamoyski. Place of the seal. The content of the third letters is as follows: Janusz of Łohojsk Tyszkiewicz, Voivode of Kiev [...] By order, we urgently demand that from all estates of people [...] he be preserved in the peaceful possession of these local and other estates [...]. Given in Łahowiec on the 1st of August 1632 [...]. We, therefore, King Władysław, graciously acceding to this request, do hereby approve and confirm the above three letters in all their points and clauses, and we take the same aforementioned KRZYSZTOF GŁUSZKOWICZ, priest, under our royal protection, so that he may be counted among our servitors and enjoy all the freedoms and prerogatives that our servitors enjoy by law and custom, giving him full and complete power to [import without?] customs duties, tolls, and other fees and the payment of the fourth penny, goods of all kinds and types from foreign countries into the Kingdom and our possessions, as well as to freely display, sell, and dispose of those goods in any place in cities and towns, both ours, present and absent, and making his wagons etc. free from any jurisdiction of the magistrate of any of our cities, as well as of the marshals [...] [...]. In witness whereof, we have ordered this [letter], signed by our hand, to be reinforced with the Crown seal. Given in Warsaw on the 7th day of June in the year of our Lord 1637, the fifth of our reign in Poland, and in Sweden [...] year. Władysław, King [In the fold at the bottom under the flap:] Jan Bederman [Verso:] [18th-century note in ink:] Janusz Tyszki [...] Krzysztof [...] Privilege of King His Majesty Władysław the Fourth [...] [Seal:] [Red Crown seal of Władysław IV in a metal case, suspended on a red-white silk cord]

VLADISLAVS IV DEI GRA[TIA] REX POLONIAE MAGNVS DVX LITHVANIAE RVSS[IAE] PRVS[SIAE] MASOV[IAE] SAMOGIT[IAE] LIVON[IAE] SMOLENSC[IAE] CZERNEHOV[IAE] NECNON SVECOR[VM] GOTTHOR[VM] VANDALOR[VM]Q[VE] HAEREDITAR[IVS] REX. Significamus praesentibus literis nostris quorum interest vniuersis et singulis. Exhibitas nobis esse ternas literas papyreas nominat[im] et ex parte Excellentis CHRISTOPHORI GLUSZKOWICZ Sacerdotis Armeni vnas quidem Ill[ust]ris et Mag[nifi]ci Stanislai de Koniecpolie Koniecpolski Castellani Cracovien[sis] Generalis Exercituum Praefecti manu subscriptas et Sigillo communitas, alteras Mag[nifi]ci Thomae de Zamoscie Zamoysky Supremi Cancellarii Regni Generalis Cracouien[sis] manu subscriptas et Sigillo communitas. Tertias porro Mag[nifi]ci Joannis de Łohoysk Tyszkiewicz Palatini et Generalis Terrarum Kiiouien[sium] paridem subscriptas et sigillo comunitas, quibus literis prenominatum CHRISTOPHORUM GLUSZKOWICZ Sacerdotem Armenum sub protectionem suam suscipiunt. Supplicatumq[ue] nobis est vt easd[em] authoritate nostra Regia approbare et confirmare dignaremur. Quarum vero literarum tenor talis est. Stanisław na Koniecpólu Koniecpolski Castellan Krakowski, Hetman Wielki Koronny, Barski, Kowelski etc. Starosta. JE[g]o K[rólewskiej] M[oś]ci Woyska I K M [i Rzeczypospo]litey Generalny Hetman. Oznaymuię iź maiąc zalecenie o X[iędzu] Krzysztof[ie] Gluszkowiczu Ormianinie [...] maiętnościach i gruntach i poddanych [...] y bydła y pasieke Polskiego y Czołhańskiego [...] w niczym szkody nie czynili [...] pod srogiemi karami [...]. Dan we Lwowie d[nia] 21 Decemb[ris] 1631. Stanisław Koniecpolski. Locus Sigilli. Secundarum vero tenor sequitur. Tomasz na Zamosciu Zamoyski Kanclerz Wielki Koronny General Krakowski, Knyszyński, Rzeczycki, Sokalski, Nowotarski etc. Starosta. Wiadomo czynie [...] iż maiąc zalecenie o X[iędzu] Krzysztofie Głuszkowiczu [...] aby nikt [...] w dożywociu jego [...] krzywd żadnych y przeszkód [...] nie czynił [...]. Dan w Zamosciu d[nia] 15 Decemb[ris] A[nno] 1636. Thomas Zamoyski. Locus Sigilli. Tertiarum vero literarum tenor sequitur. Janusz z Łohoyska Tyszkiewicz Woiewoda Kiiowski [...] Zleceniem pilnie zadamy aby od wszelakiey conditiey ludzi [...] w spokoyney dzierzawie tych tutecznych y tamtey maiętności zachowany był [...]. Dan w Łahowcu d[ie] 1 Augusti 1632 Roku [...]. Nos itaq[ue] Vladislaus Rex Supplicationi hinc benigne annuens praemissas ternas literas omnibusque earum punctis et clausulis approbamus et confirmamus praesentibus literis nostris eundemq[ue] memoratum CHRISTOPHORUM GLUSZKOWICZ Sacerdotem ex praedictione nostra Regiam suscipimus vt in numerum Seruitorum nostrorum adscribatur habeatque omnes libertates et praerogatiuas quibus seruitores noster de iure et consuetudine gaudent dantes ipsi plenam et omnimodam facultatem merces cuiuscunq[ue] generis et speciei ex exteris Regionibus in Regn[um] et Dominia nostra per Thelonea et vectigalia aliasque exactiones ac Quarti grossi solutione, easq[ue] merces ubicunq[ue] locorum in Ciuitatibus et Oppidis tam nostris quam praesentibus quam absentibus libere exponendi, vendendi et distrahendi, Carrucasq[ue] suas etc. ab omni iurisdictione Magistratus cuiusuis Ciuitatis nostrae autem et Marschalcor[um] [...] liberas faciendo [...]. In cuius rei fidem praesentes manu n[ost]ra subscriptas Sigillo Regni communiri iussimus. Datum Varsaviae die VII Mensis Junii Anno D[omi]ni MDCXXXVII, Regnorum nostrorum Poloniae V Sueciae vero Anno. Vladislaus Rex [W fałdzie na dole pod zakładką:] Joannes Bederman [Verso:] [XVIII-wieczna notatka atramentem:] Janusz Tyszki [...] Krzysztofa [...] Króla J[ego] M[oś]ci Władysława czwartego przywiley [...] [Pieczęć:] [Czerwona pieczęć koronna Władysława IV w metalowej puszce, zawieszona na jedwabnym czerwono-białym sznurze]