Confirmation by King Władysław IV of the foundation of the Reformed Franciscan monastery in Lwów

WŁADYSŁAW IV, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Smolensk, Chernihiv, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals. We hereby announce to all and each person concerned. We consider that our city of Lwów has erected a strong fortress against the invasions of barbarians and the hereditary enemies of the Cross that brings salvation, generously erecting in its suburb a convent of the Order of Friars Minor Reformed of St. Francis of the Province of Our Lady of the Angels and piously dedicating it to the care of Saint Roch. For by the peculiar piety of this Order, the holiness of life, and their prayers, not only that city, but also our Kingdom and provinces are successfully protected. Therefore, when a request was submitted to us that we should confirm and ratify the foundation of that convent with our royal authority, we willingly inclined our mind to this request and recognized the said foundation in its entirety as worthy of confirmation and ratification, just as we confirm and ratify it by this our letter. Furthermore, the plot and land held and occupied by them by virtue of the foundation, exempting them from all public, private, and municipal burdens and charges, established or to be established, we assign to ecclesiastical liberties for all time and forever. In witness whereof, we have ordered this letter, signed by our own hand, to be affixed with the seal of the Kingdom. Given in Warsaw, on the 4th day of the month of April, in the Year of Our Lord MDCXLI, the 9th year of our reign in Poland and Sweden. [King's autograph:] Władysław King. [Under the secretary's autograph fold:] Stanisław [Karśnicki? / Karsznicki?] signed. [In the bottom right corner on the fold:] For the Lwów Convent. [Seal: wax royal seal of Władysław IV in a metal case, suspended on a silk cord] [Verso:] Registered in the year 1770. [Note of the chancellery relation:] Under the vice-chancellorship of the Most Illustrious and Most Reverend [...] Piotr of Gembice [...] Bishop of Przemyśl, Vice-Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland [...] On Monday after the feast of the Exaltation [...] of the Holy Cross in the year 1671 before the [...] Lwów castle [court] [...] [Registration entries from the 18th century:] Entered into volume: I, p.: 295, no. 88. / on March 17, [1]795, registered [...] This public document of the convent at [...] the book of the Royal Table of Privileges vol. I p. 295 no. 88 entered into the book of Acts vol. 26 p. 75 prenotation 275 on March 17, 1795 [...] [Paper-wax seal with the coat of arms of Galicia and Lodomeria from 1795, impression of the seal of the Archive of Ancient Acts of the City of Lwów]

VLADISLAVS IV. Dei gratia Rex Poloniæ, Magnus Dux Lithuaniæ, Ruthiæ, Prussiæ, Masouiæ, Samogitiæ, Liuoniæ, Smolensciæ, Czerniechou[iæque], necnon Suecorum, Gottorum, Vandalorumque hæreditarius Rex. Significamus præsentibus literis nostris quorum interest vniuersis et singulis. Firmum Ciuitatem nostram Leopoliensem contra insultus barbarorum, et hæreditarios Crucis salutiferæ inimicos præsidium struxisse existimamus, quæ in Suburbio suo Conuentum Ordinis Reformatorum Fratrum minorum S[ancti] Francisci Prouinciæ Sanctæ Mariæ Angelorum liberaliter erexit, et patrocinio sancti Rochi deuotè consecrauit. Huius enim Ordinis singulari pietate, vitæ sanctimonia et orationibus non modo illa Ciuitas, verum etiam Regnum et Prouinciæ nostræ fœliciter tutantur. Proinde cum nobis supplicatum esset, vt eiusdem Conuentus fundationem autoritate nostra Regia approbaremus et ratificaremus, facile huic supplicationi animum nostrum inclinauimus, dictamque fundationem in toto approbandam et ratificandam duximus, vt quidem approbamus et ratificamus præsentibus literis nostris. Insuper aream et fundum per ipsos vigore fundationis possessum et occupatum, ab omnibus oneribus, exactionibusque publicis, priuatis et ciuilibus institutis vel instituendis, [e]ximentes, libertatibus Ecclesiasticis adscribimus temporibus perpetuis et in æuum. In quorum fidem præsentes manu nostra subscriptas Sigillo Regni muniri iussimus. Datt[um] Varsauiæ die IV. Mensis Aprilis, Anno Domini MDCXLI. Regnorum nostrorum Poloniæ et Sueciæ IX. Anno. [Autograf króla:] Vladislaus Rex. [Pod pliką autograf sekretarza:] Stanislaus [Karśnicki? / Karsznicki?] Ss. [W prawym dolnym rogu na plice:] Pro Conuentu Leopoliensi [Pieczęć: woskowa pieczęć koronna Władysława IV w metalowej puszce, zawieszona na jedwabnym sznurze] [Verso:] Consign[atum] A[nn]o 1770 [Nota relacji kancelaryjnej:] Vicecancellariatu Illustrissimi et R[everendissi]mi [...] Petri a Gembice [...] Episcopi Premisliensis Regni Poloniae Vicecancellarii [...] Feria secunda post Festum Exaltationis [...] Sanctae Crucis Anno 1671 coram [...] Castrensibus Leopoliensibus [...] [Wpisy rejestracyjne z XVIII w.:] Ingressum Tom: I. pag: 295. n. 88. / d[ie] 17 Martij 795 ingross[atum] [...] Praesens instrumentum publicum conventus apud [...] Tabulae Regiae libro Privilegiorum t. I pag. 295 n. 88 ingrossat[um] in libro Actuator[um] t. 26 pag. 75 praenotationum 275 die 17 Martii 1795 [...] [Pieczęć papierowo-woskowa z herbem Galicji i Lodomerii z 1795 r., odcisk pieczęci Archiwum Akt Dawnych Miasta Lwowa]