Confirmation by King Władysław IV for the city of Lwów of the right to collect the 'półmiarkowe' tax

[In the header, in decorative majuscule with a floral initial V:] 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 etc. etc. We hereby announce by this Our letter to all and each one whom it may concern. Since it befits Our royal majesty and generosity to [...] grant openly to all Our subjects requesting Our benevolence and consideration, and to willingly multiply the shown kindness through Our favor towards their comforts and benefits on all occasions, nowhere [...] and we desire this with even greater zeal [...] the multiplication of the Faithful. Therefore We, at the intercession of certain of Our Councilors for the Illustrious Council Magistrate of Our city of Lwów (whose always impeccable loyalty towards Us and the Republic, as well as the loyalty and constancy of Our Most Serene Predecessors of blessed memory and the clear proofs of submission towards Us and the Republic) [...] acceding to the request; we have deemed it necessary to preserve and leave them in the peaceful, from time immemorial possession and constant collection from measures and measuring [...] for the repair and construction of the walls of the aforementioned city originating from ancient custom, just as we preserve and leave them hereby for eternal times, yet so that for the preservation of [...] without any obstacle from individual [...] bushels and logs, commonly called Półmiarkowe [...] should last forever [...], so that the above-mentioned collection [...]. In witness whereof, we have ordered this [letter] signed by Our hand and strengthened with Our Crown seal. Given in Warsaw, on the 30th day of March in the Year of Our Lord 1642, in the 10th year of Our reign in Poland, and the 11th in Sweden. [Under the text, the King's autograph signature:] Władysław King [On the right side on the fold:] Consent for the city to give the półmiarkowe [?] [Under the tab, signature:] Jakub Maksymilian Fredro, Regent of the Lesser Chancellery [autograph] [Verso:] [Oblata note:] On Friday before the nearest Low Sunday of Easter in the Year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred and forty-second, it was registered for the purpose of entry into the Acts of the Greater Crown Chancellery, accepted by the interested parties. Done [...] [Archival notes in red ink:] Third Rubric Lit. C. Year 17[...] Lit. C. No. 17 3 C 17 [Other old notes and signatures:] Władysław the Fourth confirms the Magistrate regarding the Półmiarkowe 1642 to Bundle 31 Chest 9 No. 38 No. 18 No. 2

[W nagłówku majuskułą ozdobną z florystycznym inicjałem V:] VLADISLAVS IV Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniae, Smolensciae, Czerniechoviaeque, nec non Suecorum, Gottorum, Vandalorumque Haereditarius Rex etc. etc. Significamus praesentibus Literis Nostris quorum interest universis et singulis. Quia cum Regiae Nostrae sit amplitudinis ac munificentiae, non omnibus subditis Nostris clementiam gratiamque Nostram exigentibus luculenter exhibere, et exhibitam benevolentiam favore Nostro ipsorum commodis et utilitatibus per omnes occasiones libenter adaugere, nusquam amplificamus, cupiamusque id eo maiori studio [...] Fidelium incrementa. Proinde Nos ad intercessionem certorum Consiliariorum Nostrorum pro Spectabili Magistratu consulari civitatis Nostrae Leopoliensis (cuius semper integerrimam erga Nos et Rempublicam fidem, quemadmodum Divae memoriae Serenissimorum Praedecessorum Nostrorum fidem et constantiam luculentaque in Nos et Rempublicam obsequiorum argumenta) [...] supplicationi annuentes; eosdem in usu pacifico ab immemorabili tempore possessionis et continuae exactionis a mediis et mensuratione sturii [?] [...] ad reparationem et aedificationem murorum civitatis praedictae ex antiquo consuetudine provenientem conservandos et relinquendos esse duximus, prout conservamus et relinquimus praesentibus in perpetuum, ita tamen ut pro conservatione [...] sine ulla praepositione a singulis cursoris modiis et truncis vulgo Półmiarkowe [...] in aevum manere foveat [...], ut praenominatam exactionem [...]. In cuius rei fidem praesentes manu Nostra subscriptas Sigillo Nostro Regni muniri iussimus. Datum Varsaviae die XXX Martij Anno Domini MDCXLII. Regnor[um] Nostror[um] Poloniae X, Sueciae vero XI anno. [Pod tekstem własnoręczny podpis króla:] Vladislaus Rex [Po prawej stronie na plisie:] Consensus Civitati Palmierchowe dandi [?] [Pod zakładką podpis:] Jac[obus] Max[imilianus] Fredro Regens Cancel[lariae] minor[is] [m.p.] [Verso:] [Nota oblaty:] Feria sexta ante Dominicam Conductus Paschae proxima Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Quadragesimo secundo Oblata ad inferend[um] Actis Cancellariae Maioris Regni per intuscontentos suscepta. A[ctum] th[...] [Noty archiwalne czerwonym atramentem:] Rubrica Tertia Litt. C. A[nn]o 17[...] Litt. C. Nro 17mo 3 C 17mo [Inne dawne noty i sygnatury:] Vladislai Quarti confirmantur Magistratus circa Palmierkowe 1642 ad Fas[ciculum] 31 Arca 9va No 38 Nro 18 Nro 2do