Confirmation of the customs duty in Kościejów for the Lviv Dominicans by King Władysław IV

[Initial in gold and ink:] WŁADYSŁAW IV by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Smolensk and Chernihiv, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals. We hereby announce to all and each person concerned, that a paper letter was presented to us on behalf of the brothers of the Order of Preachers of St. Dominic at the Lviv monastery of the Most Holy Body of Christ, containing the establishment of a customs duty in their hereditary village of Kościejów in the Lviv land, granted to them for celebrating a service every Saturday to the Blessed Virgin Mary for the most serene kings of Poland by the most serene late King Casimir, our predecessor, signed by the hand of the venerable father in Christ, Lord Wawrzyniec Gembicki, Bishop of Chełmno, Crown Chancellor, and strengthened with the Crown seal, sound, intact... [Transumpt of the document of Sigismund III dated February 16, 1609, which in turn transumes the document of King Casimir Jagiellon dated in Bełz on the day of the Eleven Thousand Virgins in 1476, in the presence of, among others, Dobiesław Kmita of Wiśnicz, Voivode of Lublin, Spytek of Jarosław, Voivode of Sandomierz, Dobiesław of Ryszów, Castellan of Bełz, Rafał of Jarosław and Przeworsk, Marshal of the Kingdom, Stanisław of Chodecz, Sub-chamberlain of Lviv]: ...Given by the hands of the noble Stanisław of Kurozwęki, Vice-Chancellor of the Polish Kingdom... ...We therefore, KING WŁADYSŁAW, graciously acceding to this request as just, have deemed it proper to approve and confirm the above-included letter in all its points, clauses and articles, as we hereby approve and confirm with our letter, deciding that it should regain the force of due and perpetual durability with an increase of half a grosz. In witness whereof, we have ordered this [letter] signed by our hand to be strengthened with the Crown seal. Given in Warsaw, on the 25th day of April in the Year of Our Lord 1638, in the 6th year of our reigns in Poland and Sweden. At the General Crown Sejm. [King's autograph signature:] Władysław king [On the fold / on the right side:] Confirmation of the customs duty in the village of Kościejów with an increase for the preaching fathers of the Order of Preachers of the Lviv convent. [Non-textual element:] [White and red silk cord for the Great Crown seal; seal lost] [Verso:] [Note 1:] Confirmation by Władysław IV, King of Poland, of the customs duty in the village of Kościejów founded by King Casimir, with an increase. 1638. Customs duty in Kościejów. [Note 2:] Consignment no. 335 / letter E [Other old signatures and archival notes:] N. 14 / 1638; 733; 7; [round seal of the Lviv archive].

[Inicjał w złocie i tuszu:] VLADISLAVS IV Dei gra[tia] Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samog[itiae], Livon[iae], Smolen[sciae], Czernichoviaeque, nec no[n] Suecor[um], Goth[orum], Vandal[orum]q[ue] h[ae]r[e]di[tar]ius REX. Significamus p[rae]sentibus l[itte]ris N[ost]ris quorum interest vniversis & singulis. Exhibitas Nobis esse l[itte]ras papyreas nove & ex parte F[rat]r[u]m Ordinis Praedicatorum S. Dominici ad Cellam Leopolien[sem] Sanctissimi Corporis Christi continen[tes] in se institutionem Thelonei in villa Goscieiewo Terrae Leopolien[sis] ipsor[um] haereditaria eisdemq[ue] pro celebran[do] Sacro festo quolibet die Sabbathi de B. V. Maria pro Ser[enissi]mis Regibus Poloniae a Ser[enissi]mo Divae memoriae Casimiro Rege Antecessore N[ost]ro concessi, manu R[everen]di in Ch[rist]o P[at]ris Dni Laurentij Gembicki Ep[iscop]i Culmen[sis] Regni Cancellarij subscrip[tas], Sigilloq[ue] Regni communitas sanas salvas... [Transumpt dokumentu Zygmunta III z 16 lutego 1609 r., który z kolei transumuje dokument króla Kazimierza Jagiellończyka datowany w Bełzie w dzień Jedenastu Tysięcy Dziewic 1476 r., w obecności m.in. Dobiesława Kmity z Wiśnicza wojewody lubelskiego, Spytka z Jarosławia wojewody sandomierskiego, Dobiesława z Ryszowa kasztelana bełskiego, Rafała z Jarosławia i Przeworska marszałka Królestwa, Stanisława z Chodecza podkomorzego lwowskiego]: ...Datum per manus Noblis Stanislai de Curozwawki Regni Poloniae ViceCancellarij... ...Nos itaq[ue] VLADISLAVS REX Supplicat[i]oni eidem vti iustae benign[e] annuen[tes] praeinsertas l[itte]ras in om[ni]bus earu[n]dem Punctis clausulis & Articulis approband[um] & confirmand[um] esse duximus vti quidem approbamus & confirmamus p[rae]sentibus l[itte]ris N[ost]ris decernen[tes] eas denuo vigore debitae ac perpetuae firmitatis cum auctione medij grossi obtinere debere. In cuius rei fidem praesentes manu N[ost]ra subscrip[tas] Sigillo Regni communiri iussimus. Dat[um] Varsaviae die XXV Mensis Aprilis Anno D[omi]ni MDCXXXVIII Regnor[um] N[ost]rorum Poloniae & Sueciae VI-to ANNO. In Comitiis Regni Generalibus. [Podpis własnoręczny króla:] Vladislaus Rex [Na plice / z prawej strony:] Confirmatio Thelonei in villa Koscieiow cum auctione P[atribus] P[raedicatoribus] Ordinis Praedicatorum Conventui Leopolien[si]. [Element pozatekstowy:] [Sznur jedwabny biało-czerwony na pieczęć wielką koronną; pieczęć utracona] [Verso:] [Nota 1:] Confirmatio Wladislai IV Regis Pol[oniae] Thelonei in villa Koscieyow à Casimiro Rege fundati, cu[m] auctione. 1638. Theloneum in Koscieyow. [Nota 2:] Consignat[io] N[ro] 335 / Litt[era] E [Inne dawne sygnatury i noty archiwalne:] N. 14 / 1638; 733; 7; [pieczęć okrągła archiwum lwowskiego].