Confirmation by King John Casimir for the provisors of the Annunciation Church in Lviv

[recto:] [Ink stamp at the top:] ARCHIVE OF THE CITY OF LVIV JOHN CASIMIR 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 by this our letter to all and each one whom it may concern, that a parchment document signed by the hand of the Most Serene of blessed memory Władysław IV, King of Poland [...], our most beloved predecessor and brother, and affixed with the lesser crown seal, whole, sound and intact, raising no suspicions, has been presented to Us, and a request has been directed to Us that we deign to approve and confirm it with Our Royal authority. The content of the said [document] follows word for word and is as follows: 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, elected Grand Duke of Muscovy etc. We hereby announce by this our letter to all and each one whom it may concern. Since We, caring for the benefit, service and good of the church [and] hospital under the invocation of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, otherwise the Annunciation of the East of God, located in the suburb of the city of Lviv called Krakowskie, on the street called Szeroka, have decided that the Lviv provisors of the Greek rite should be preserved in the care of the management of the said church. Since they were [faithful] to our faith, we preserve [them]. By virtue of which we have given consent [...], the management of the school and hospital at the said church shall be exercised with full right with all appurtenances and accessories belonging to it from of old, namely houses, gardens on the land of the said church, just as according to the records of agreements to the Lviv burghers, with all right, benefits, fruits, incomes, rents legally and customarily belonging to the said church and hospital, without any corvée and any burdens from the said houses they shall hold and [...] shall restore. Allowing in Our name and the name of Our Most Serene Successors to the said [...] of the provisors from the management [...] we shall remove completely and always, our joined [...] of the Greek rite and by appropriate rite they were replaced and were selected, chosen and established... Given in Lviv, on the 20th day of the month of October in the year of our Lord 1644. Of Our Polish reign the 12th, and of the Swedish the 10th[?] year. Władysław King. Tomasz Piotr Piasecki. — We therefore John Casimir King [...] recognizing as valid, we approve, confirm and ratify [...] Given in Lviv, on the 19th day of the month of August in the year of our Lord 1653. Of Our Polish reign the 5th, and of the Swedish the fifth year. John Casimir King [Note on the right side under the text:] Confirmation [...] Lviv John [...] [autograph] [verso:] [Archival note:] Privilege of the Lviv Ruthenian Brotherhood at the church [...] 1653. [Chancellery / archival note:] To be retained, because it is against the laws of the city. [Old signature:] fascicle 7 n. rep. 3 N [Signature:] No. 384 Year 1670. [Ink stamp:] ARCHIVE OF THE CITY OF LVIV [Description of the seal:] [Seal:] Round great crown seal of John Casimir impressed in red wax, in a metal bowl (capsule), suspended on a silk/woven cord. In the field of the shield the coat of arms of the Republic with the White Eagle and the Vasa Sheaf on the chest and regional coats of arms around, topped with a crown. In the rim the legend: IOANNES CASIMIRVS DEI GRATIA REX POLONIAE MAGNVS DVX LITVANIAE RVSSIAE PRVSSIAE MASOVIAE SAMOGITIAE LIVONIAE SMOLENSCIAE [...] SVECORVM GOTHORVM VANDALORVMQVE HAEREDITARIVS REX...

[recto:] [Pieczęć tuszowa u góry:] ARCHIWUM MIASTA LWOWA IOANNES CASIMIRUS Dei gratia Rex Poloniæ, Magnus Dux Lithuaniæ, Russiæ, Prussiæ, Mazoviæ, Samogitiæ, Livoniæ, Smolen[sciæ], Czerniechoviæq[ue], necnon Suecor[um], Gotthor[um], Vandalor[um]q[ue] Hæreditarius REX, Significamus præsen[tibus] literis nostris quorum interest, Vniversis et singulis, exhibitas nobis fuisse literas pargameneas manu Serenissimi Divæ memoriæ Wladislai IV Poloniæ [...] decessoris et fratris n[ost]ri desideratissimi subscriptas, sigilloq[ue] Regni Minori communitas, salvas, sanas et integras, nullaq[ue] suspicioni obnoxias, supplicatumq[ue] Nobis est, vt easdem auct[orit]ate N[ost]ra Regia approbare, et confirmare dignaremur, quarum quide[m] tenor de verbo ad verbum sequitur et est talis: VLADISLAVS IV Dei gra[tia] Rex Poloniæ, Ma[gnus] Dux Lith[uaniæ], Russiæ, Prussiæ, Mazoviæ, Samog[itiæ], Livoniæ, Smolen[sciæ], Czerniechov[iæ]q[ue], necnon Suecorum, Gotthor[um], Vandalor[um]q[ue] Hæred[itarius] Rex, Electus Magnus Dux Muschoviæ etc. Significamus præsen[tibus] l[it]ris n[ost]ris quorum interest vniversis et singulis. Quia Nos commodo ser[vitio] vel utilitati Eccl[esi]æ hospitalis tituli Annuntiationis B[eatissimæ] Mariæ Virginis al[ia]s Błahowyszczenie Wschodu B[oże]go in suburbio Civitatis Leopolien[sis] Krakowski dicto in platea Szeroka nuncupata existen[tis] consulitur, esse curantes Provisores de Ritu Græco Leopolien[ses] cura administrationis eiusdem Eccl[esi]æ conservari esse duximus. Ut quide[m] erant fidei n[ost]ris conservamus. Vige cuius consensimus [...] curam Scholae et Hospitalis circa eandem Ecclesiam plano iure administrabit cum omnibus attinentiis et pertinen[tiis] antiquitus spectan[tibus], nimirum domibus hortis in eiusd[em] Eccl[esi]æ fumo sicut iuxta inscriptiones contractibus Civibus Leopolien[sibus], cum omni iure, Vtilitatibus, fructibus, proventibus, censibus de eadem Ecclesia et Hospitalem de iure et consuetudine spectan[tibus] absq[ue] vllis angariis et oneribus quibusvis a prædictis domibus tenebunt et caussis restituant. Permitten[tes] pro Nobis et Serenissimis Suc[cess]oribus N[ost]ris præfato [...] provisores ab administran[do] [...] amovebimus omnino et sem[per], iunctores N[ost]ri [...] Ritus Græci et convenien[ti] ritu substituant et surrogari eligi et constitui... Datum Leopoli die XX. Mensis Octobris Anno D[omi]ni MDCXXXXIV. Regnorum Nostrorum Poloniæ XII Sueciæ vero X[?] anno. Vladislaus Rex. Thomas Petrus Piasecki. — Nos itaq[ue] Joannes Casimirus Rex [...] ratam habentes approbamus, confirmamus et ratificamus [...] Datum Leopoli die XIX Mensis Augusti Anno D[omi]ni MDCLIII. Regnorum Nostrorum Poloniæ V Sueciæ vero V[to] Anno. Joannes Casimirus Rex [Nota z prawej strony pod tekstem:] Confirmacio [...] Leopolien[sis] Ioann[es] [...] [m.p.] [verso:] [Nota archiwalna:] Privilegium Fraternitatis Ruthenicæ Leopolien[sis] ad Ecclesiam [...] 1653. [Nota kancelaryjna / archiwalna:] Retinend[um] quia con[tra] Jura Civitatis. [Sygnatura dawna:] fas[ciculus] 7 n. rep. 3 N [Sygnatura:] Nro 384 Ao 1670. [Pieczęć tuszowa:] ARCHIWUM MIASTA LWOWA [Opis pieczęci:] [Pieczęć:] Okrągła pieczęć wielka koronna Jana Kazimierza wyciśnięta w czerwonym wosku, w metalowej misce (puszce), zawieszona na jedwabnym/tkanym sznurze. W polu tarczy herb Rzeczypospolitej z Orłem Białym i Snopkiem Wazów na piersi oraz herbami ziemskimi wokoło, zwieńczona koroną. W otoku legenda: IOANNES CASIMIRVS DEI GRATIA REX POLONIAE MAGNVS DVX LITVANIAE RVSSIAE PRVSSIAE MASOVIAE SAMOGITIAE LIVONIAE SMOLENSCIAE [...] SVECORVM GOTHORVM VANDALORVMQVE HAEREDITARIVS REX...