Privilege of King John II Casimir equalizing the rights of Lwów with those of Kraków and Wilno

[Folio 1r – entry into the Lwów castle court records from 1676:] On the Wednesday following Rogation Sunday in the Year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred and seventy-six. Upon the personal presentation by the noble and distinguished Wojciech Rędziński, vice-mayor, and Jan Stefan de Ryppa Ubaldini, councilor of His Royal Majesty's city of Lwów in Ruthenia, of this diploma of the Most Serene, of blessed memory, John II Casimir, King of Poland, etc., graciously granted to the same city for the purpose of equalizing it in liberties and prerogatives with the principal cities in Lesser Poland and with Wilno in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, this Lwów Starosty Castle Office has presented this diploma of the Most Serene, of blessed memory, John II Casimir, King of Poland, granted to the same city of Lwów regarding liberties, and ordered it to be entered into its records. [Folio 1v:] [Pen drawing in an oval cartouche: Coat of arms of the city of Lwów – a standing lion in a crown, holding a star/hills in its paws] [Folio 2r:] [On the right margin, coats of arms of the voivodeships and lands: Kraków Voivodeship, Duchy of Oświęcim, Duchy of Zator, Poznań Voivodeship, Wilno Voivodeship, Oszmiana County, Lida County, Wiłkomierz County, Brasław County, Sandomierz Voivodeship] In the Name of the Lord, Amen. In eternal memory of the matter. [Initial 'N' decorated with the White Eagle in a crown] We, John II Casimir, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Livonia, Smolensk, and Chernihiv, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals. We hereby announce to all and each in particular, to people of every status and condition, present and future: Such is the prerogative granted to all emperors, kings, and crowned princes by the supreme Ruler of men, GOD, and the viceregal power given above other mortals, so that they may not only store weapons of war in their armories to suppress enemies and keep rebels in obedience, but also possess laurel wreaths and palms in their treasuries to reward faithful subjects. And in such a way, their Majesty, on one hand armed with punishments, on the other adorned with rewards, was made indeed formidable to enemies, yet pleasant to friends. Both of these, under the happy auspices of the King of Kings, We also, whether in peace or in war, at home and abroad, have endeavored to fulfill and execute, and for the most part, according to Our strength, have fulfilled. And indeed, Our military expeditions have achieved happy [Folio 2v:] [On the left margin, coats of arms: Kalisz Voivodeship, Trakai Voivodeship, Grodno County, Kaunas County, Upita County, Sieradz Voivodeship, Wieluń Land, Łęczyca Voivodeship, Duchy of Samogitia, Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship] happy success under the signs of a favorable Deity, of which – even if We were silent – the enemy armies, partly slaughtered, partly dispersed, partly accepted into grace after accepting terms, bear witness in abundance; many provinces restored to Our rule by the right of postliminium will long bear witness; banners taken from enemies still attest to this. As for the rewards and honors bestowed by Us upon those deserving to Us and Our Kingdom, numerous individuals admitted to the most distinguished Knightly Estate, numerous individuals gifted by Us with rings in the manner of Roman knighthood, bear witness, and their descendants will not be silent. Lwów alone, the ornament and main fortress of Ruthenia, called so by the voice of the entire Kingdom, awaits its due reward for its immense loyalty, constancy, and readiness, proven so many times to Us and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with visible evidence, daily presenting its unrewarded merits to Our Royal Majesty. For in these uncertain times of war, cruel even during peace itself, many a storm threatening Our Kingdom has shattered against the three rocks granted to the city of Lwów as a coat of arms by the highest Vicar of Christ on earth and has crushed its surging waves. Many an arrow shot by an enemy hand for the ruin of the Lechitic Eagle was taken upon itself by the NATIVE LION of that city. For Lwów, the slave-like Cossack-Ruthenian rebellion from the Zaporozhian and Tatar armed units, which had grown immensely eighteen years ago and was already heading blindly toward the destruction of the Polish name through the ruins of other cities and towns, was stopped by the sacrifice of its own property, and when it could not break its mad forces with weapons, it appeased them with gold and exhausted them with delay. Subsequently, repeatedly renewing this bravery, it courageously rejected the entire Ruthenia, stirred up ten years ago by these same Cossacks toward its own fall, dragging behind it – besides native legions – numerous infantry and cavalry troops composed of Muscovites, Lapps, and other barbarian peoples, armed even by their very winter, and vainly attempting to force an oath of allegiance to the Muscovite prince either by threats or promises, and it kept the loyalty once sworn to Us until the end. Further: The New Transylvanian Attila with reborn Huns [Folio 3r:] [On the right margin, coats of arms: Kiev Voivodeship, Livonia Voivodeship, Dobrzyń Land, Ruthenian Voivodeship, Lwów Land, Żydaczów Land, Przemyśl Land, Sanok Land, Halicz Land, Chełm Land] and an uncouth mob of villains besieging his city for a whole month – how gloriously the same Ruthenian Lion repelled them from the very gates with its resistance and offered the blood of its burghers to erase the presented agreements of defection rather than ink to sign them, and considered the loyalty sworn to Us more precious than its own salvation, this will be told to future ages not only by domestic chronicles but also by the bronzes of eternity. As for other services of this city rendered to Us and Our Commonwealth, as they are almost daily and commonly known, they do not require long mention. For Lwów, placed on the threshold of Poland and Ruthenia like a hammer and anvil, exposed to the changing fortunes of both provinces, experienced the fate of both. For when other cities of the Kingdom lived far from Mars and his thunders, Lwów alone refreshed Our camps, first at Zborów, and then those deployed near the town of Beresteczko, with abundantly supplied food, and supported the latter in time with wagons for transporting war machines; and most importantly: when the resources of the Kingdom were strained and depleted by the constant burdens of war, Lwów alone rushed to help several times and filled the gaps in the public treasury with contributed money; thanks to this immediate generosity, the hungry army, freed from the shackles in which it had voluntarily allowed itself to be entangled due to unpaid wages, set out with a free step to defend the Fatherland. These rare and distinguished merits of the city of Lwów therefore demanded from Us rare and extraordinary honors, so that We might finally crown its so numerous and great virtues with Our Royal Hand. Therefore, by the fullness of Our royal power and with the consent of all estates of the Kingdom gathered at the General Sejm in Warsaw, the same city of Lwów and all its citizens and inhabitants of the Roman Catholic, Armenian, and Greek rites (provided they are legally, according to the laws and custom of the same city, bound to Us and Our successors by an oath of allegiance and devoted), as well as their legitimate descendants and children to be born in future generations, all and each in particular, distinguished by virtues and leading a modest and honest life, We equalize, assimilate, and sanction, decide, and declare that they shall enjoy and use the rights, liberties, and prerogatives of the cities of Kraków and Wilno (regarding the rights of liberties and titles of nobility) for all eternity, and that they shall enjoy the same prerogatives that the aforementioned cities of Kraków and Wilno have hitherto enjoyed. By the power of which equalization [Folio 3v:] [On the left margin, coats of arms: Volhynia Voivodeship, Podolia Voivodeship, Smolensk Voivodeship, Starodub County, Lublin Voivodeship, Polotsk Voivodeship, Bełz Voivodeship, Nowogródek Voivodeship, Słonim County, Wołkowysk County] and admission to the rights and prerogatives of the Knightly Estate, the aforementioned Lwów citizens shall have full and comprehensive power and authority: to participate in the election of the MOST SERENE KINGS OF POLAND through two chosen and designated from the council office and to sign it; to occupy a place among the deputies at General Assemblies [General Sejms] and Particular [sejmiks]; to greet the MOST SERENE KINGS OF POLAND reigning at the time together with the land deputies by kissing the royal hand and to bid FAREWELL to THE SAME; to buy, acquire, and possess landed estates, both in the Kingdom and the states annexed to it, as well as in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, by hereditary right, mortgage, or any other fair and legal contract, and in the manner of the Polish nobility (with the preservation of all burdens for the benefit of the Commonwealth), and also to sell or mortgage the same estates back, or in any other way permitted by law to dispose of them; as well as to do, treat, and fulfill everything else, even if not expressed here, but considered expressed, by the law and prerogative of the cities of Kraków and Wilno, equal and unchangeable, without anyone's opposition or obstacle; by virtue of the Sejm constitutions passed at the General Sejms in the year one thousand six hundred and fifty-eight, as well as at the General Sejm held in the year one thousand six hundred and fifty-nine, and this Our diploma leading to the above (nothing, however, infringing upon the old rights, prerogatives, and immunities serving the city of Lwów by this letter). In witness whereof, We have signed this diploma with Our own hand and ordered it to be strengthened with the seal of Our Majesty for stronger testimony. Done and given in Warsaw at the General Sejm of the Kingdom on the [blank] day of the month of [blank] in the Year of Our Lord 1661, of Our reign in Poland [blank], in Sweden [blank] year. In the presence of the most reverend, reverend, most enlightened, most illustrious, venerable, noble, and born: Wacław Count of Leszno, Archbishop of Gniezno, Primate of the Kingdom, Legate born and first prince, Jan Tarnowski, Archbishop of Lwów, Andrzej Trzebicki, of Kraków, Prince of Siewierz, Kazimierz Florian Prince of Klewań Czartoryski, of Włocławek and Pomerania, Jan Dowgiałło Zawisza, of Wilno, Wojciech Tolibowski, of Poznań, Jan Gembicki, of Płock, [Folio 4r:] [On the right margin, coats of arms: Płock Voivodeship, Witebsk Voivodeship, Orsza County, Masovian Voivodeship, Czersk Land, Warsaw Land, Wiska Land, Wyszogród Land, Zakroczym Land, Ciechanów Land] Jan Stefan Wydżga, of Warmia and Sambia, Mikołaj of Prażmów Prażmowski, of Łuck and Brześć, Grand Chancellor of the Crown, Stanisław Sarnowski, of Przemyśl, Adam Koss, of Chełmno and Pomesania, Tomasz Leżeński, of Chełm, Tomasz Ujejski, of Kiev, Jerzy Białłozor, of Smolensk – bishops; Stanisław of Potok of Podhajce Potocki, of Kraków, Grand Hetman of the Crown, Castellan Grudziński, of Poznań, Paweł Jan Sapieha, of Wilno, Grand Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Piotr of Bnin Opaliński, of Kalisz, Władysław Count of Leszno, of Łęczyca, Jerzy Karol Hlebowicz, General Starosta of Samogitia, Jan of Zamość Zamoyski, of Sandomierz, Hieronim Wierzbowski, of Sieradz, Aleksander Stanisław of Bełz Bełżecki, of Podolia, Jan of Szczekarzewice Tarło, of Lublin, Stefan of Czarnca Czarniecki, of the Ruthenian lands, Dymitr Janusz Korybut Prince of Wiśniowiec and Zbaraż, of Bełz, Andrzej of Potok Potocki, of Bracław, Jan Koss, of Chełmno – voivodes; Stanisław of Popów Witowski, of Sandomierz, Jan of Pieskowa Skała Wielopolski, of Wojnicz, Aleksander Sielski, of Gniezno, Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro, of Lwów, Mikołaj Bieganowski, of Kamieniec, Andrzej Przyjemski, of Chełmno, Jan Franciszek Lubowicki, of Chełm, Stanisław Sarwicki, of Brześć – castellans; Jerzy Count of Wiśnicz Lubomirski, Grand Marshal of the Crown and Field Hetman of the Crown, Krzysztof of Bakszty Zawisza, Grand Marshal of Lithuania, Jan Kazimierz of Krasne Krasiński, Grand Treasurer of the Crown, Krzysztof Pac, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, Łukasz of Bnin Opaliński, Court Marshal of the Crown, Teodor Lacki, Court Marshal of Lithuania, Jan Count of Leszno, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown, Aleksander Naruszewicz, Deputy Chancellor of Lithuania, Wojciech of Pilica Koryciński, General Provost of Miechów, Grand Secretary of the Crown, Andrzej Olszowski, Provost of Poznań, Andrzej Morsztyn – Crown Referendaries, Cyprian Paweł Brzostowski, Referendary of Lithuania, Walerian Stanisław Judycki, Archdeacon of Wilno, Scribe of Lithuania, Teodor Denhoff, Chamberlain of the Crown, Andrzej Miastkowski, Abbot of Przemyśl, Regent of the Greater Crown Chancellery, Jan Gniński, Chamberlain of Pomerania, Regent of the Lesser Crown Chancellery, Michał Kazimierz Prince of Ołyka and Nieśwież Radziwiłł, Cupbearer of Lithuania, Marshal of the land deputies, Jan Klemens of Ruszcza Branicki, Table-bearer of the Crown, [Folio 4v:] [On the left margin, coats of arms: Łomża Land, Różan Land, Liw Land, Nur Land, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Rawa Voivodeship, Rawa Land, Sochaczew Land, Gostynin Land, Brześć Litewski Voivodeship] Wacław Count of Leszno, Carver of the Crown, Ewaryst Jan of Bełżec Bełżecki, Starosta of Wyszogród and Scribe of Our Treasury, Adam Kotowicz, Scribe of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Hilary Czyż, Chamberlain of Wilno, Mikołaj Żabicki, Chamberlain of Gostynin, Władysław Lubowicki, General Judge of Kraków, Remigian of Otok Zaleski, Cupbearer of Poznań, Stanisław Kożuchowski, Table-bearer of Kalisz, Krzysztof Żegocki, Standard-bearer of Poznań, Marcin Dębicki, Standard-bearer of Sandomierz, Ignacy Michałowski, Starosta of Krzepice, Jan Chrapowicki, Standard-bearer of Smolensk, Andrzej of Potok Potocki, Starosta of Halicz, Kazimierz Zapolski, Table-bearer of Brześć, Florian Orchowski, Table-bearer of Chełm, Stefan Ledóchowski, Chamberlain of Krzemieniec, Wojciech Miastkowski, Standard-bearer of Nowogródek, Stanisław Widlica Domaszewski, Starosta of Łuków, [blank] Rudziński, Standard-bearer of Czersk, Wojciech Tomisławski, Hadrian Lasocki, Table-bearer of Wyszogród, Kazimierz Czeczelowski, Standard-bearer of Liw, Tomasz Gocłowski, Judge of the Nur Land, [blank] Jabłonowski, Land Scribe of Nur, Wojciech Mleczko, Starosta of Mielnik, Jakub Zbrzeński, Judge of the Dobrzyń Land, Władysław of Rozłomice Rey, Court Treasurer of the Crown, Starosta of Nowy Korczyn, Samuel of Prażmów Prażmowski, Court Standard-bearer of the Crown, Maciej Ustrzycki, Deputy Judge of the Sanok Land and Deputy Starosta of Przemyśl, Władysław Szmeling, Master of the Horse of the Crown, Jan Zaleski, Steward of the royal kitchen, [blank] Breza, Starosta of Wałcz, Jan Opaliński, Starosta of Odolanów; Piotr Dębiński – of Kraków, Stanisław of Lipie Lipski – of Płock and Warsaw, Bonawentura Madaliński – of Gniezno, Kazimierz Szczuka – Provost of Warsaw, Jan Małachowski – of Lwów and Warsaw, Mikołaj Leżeński – of Kraków, [blank] Zakrzewski, [blank] Kotowicz – of Wilno – canons; Gabriel of Prażmów Prażmowski, Castle Scribe of Warsaw, Kazimierz Kotowski, Land Judge of Warsaw, Stefan Pracki, Deputy Judge of Warsaw, Jakub Szwarnicki, Deputy Starosta [Folio 5r:] [On the right margin, coats of arms: Pińsk County, Chełmno Voivodeship, Mścisław Voivodeship, Malbork Voivodeship, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Bracław Voivodeship, Minsk Voivodeship, Mozyrz County, Rzeczyca County, Dorpat Voivodeship] Deputy Starosta of Malbork, Jan Ignacy Bąkowski, Chamberlain of Chełmno, Adrian Kitnowski, Surrogate of Chełm, Stefan Piaseczyński, Deputy Table-bearer of Bracław, Ludwik Woroszyła, Standard-bearer of Żytomierz, Chryzostom Giżycki, Judge of the Wieluń Land, Wawrzyniec Kossowski, Cupbearer of Łęczyca, Stefan Niemierzyc, Chamberlain of Kiev, Stanisław Zaręba, Judge of Sandomierz, Stefan of Wronów Xięski, Scribe and Burgrave of the Kraków Castle, Walerian Potrykowski, Chamberlain of Różan, Krzysztof Potocki, Carver of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Adam of Rudnik Biskupski, Starosta of Wieluń, Stefan Sarnowski, Standard-bearer of Łęczyca, Krzysztof Kawiecki, Land Scribe of Podolia, Andrzej Sawicki, Master of the Hunt of Mielnik, Marcin Nieborowski, Chamberlain of Sochaczew, Jan Lipski, Chamberlain of Rawa, Krzysztof Rupniowski, Land-steward of Kraków, Piotr Opocki, Cupbearer of Lublin, Spytek Pstrokoński, Table-bearer of Brześć, Jan Duczymiński, Master of the Hunt of Ciechanów, Hieronim Żaboklicki, Standard-bearer of Bracław, Piotr Tuchołka, Land Scribe of Pomerania, Wojciech Opacki, Chamberlain of Warsaw, Jan Zienowicz, Marshal of Oszmiana, Jakub Krasiński, Chamberlain of Płock, Marcin of Obory Oborski, Starosta of Liw, Jan Pieniążek, Treasurer of Przemyśl, Krzysztof Antoni Obryński, Chamberlain of Nowogródek, Stefan Hankiewicz, Our Secretary and Scribe of the Crown Metrica and Decrees of Volhynia, Stanisław Baczyński, Scribe of the Crown Chancellery and of this diploma, and many other noble inhabitants of the Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania gathered for this General Sejm in Warsaw. [King's autograph signature:] John II Casimir, King [Folio 5v:] [Chancellery note:] Under the chancellorship of the Most Enlightened and Most Reverend Father in Christ, Lord, Lord Mikołaj of Prażmów Prażmowski, Bishop of Łuck and Brześć, Grand Chancellor of the Crown, perpetual administrator of the Sieciechów Abbey, Provost at the church of St. Michael at the Kraków Castle. [Folio 6r–6v: Blank parchment pages]

[Karta 1r – wpis do akt grodzkich lwowskich z 1676 r.:] Feria Quarta post Dominicam Rogationum proxima Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo Sexto. Ad personalem Nobilium et Spectabilium Alberti Rędzinski Proconsulis, Joannis Stephani de Ryppa Ubaldyni Consulis Civitatis Sacrae Regiae Maiestatis Leopoliensis in Russia, praesentis Diplomatis Serenissimi Divae memoriae Joannis Casimiri Regis Poloniae etc. Civitati praesenti adaequando eandem Libertatibus praerogativis Civitatum praecipuarum in minori Polonia et Vilnensis in Magno Ducatu Lithuaniae gratiose collati editionem, Officium praesens Castrense Capitaneale Leopoliense praesens Diploma Serenissimi Divae memoriae Joannis Casimiri Regis Poloniae Civitati praesenti Leopoliensi super Libertates indultum produxit et Actis suis ingrossari fecit. [Karta 1v:] [Rysunek piórkiem w owalnym kartuszu: Herb miasta Lwowa – stojący lew w koronie, trzymający gwiazdę/pagórki w łapach] [Karta 2r:] [Na prawym marginesie tarcze herbowe województw i ziem: Palatinat[us] Cracoviensis, Ducatus Oswiecimensis, Ducatus Zatoriensis, Palatinat[us] Posnaniensis, Palatinat[us] Vilnensis, Districtus Osmianensis, Districtus Lidensis, Districtus Wilkomiriensis, Districtus Braslauiensis, Palatinat[us] Sandomiriensis] In Nomine Domini Amen. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. [Inicjał 'N' zdobiony z Orłem Białym w koronie] Nos Ioannes Casimirus D[ei] G[ratia] Rex Poloniae, M[agnus] D[ux] L[ithuaniae], Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae, Samogitiae, Kiiouiae, Wolhyniae, Liuoniae, Smolensciae, Czerniehouiaeque, necnon Suec[orum], Got[horum], Vand[alorum]q[ue] haer[edita]r[iu]s Rex. Significamus praesentibus literis Nostris vniuersis & singulis, cuiuscunque status & conditionis hominibus, nunc & post futuris. Eam esse omnibus Imperatoribus, Regibus, & Coronatis Principibus, a supremo Regnatore hominum DEO concessam praerogatiuam, & supra alios mortales vicariam datam potestatem, vt non solum in Armamentarijs suis ad subiugandos hostes, & continendos in obsequio rebelles, bellica seruent instrumenta; verum etiam ad remunerandos fideles subditos, in gazophulacijs suis, laureas habeant, & palmas. Talique ratione Maiestatem suam, hinc poenis armatam, inde praemijs ornatam, hostibus quidem formidabilem, amicis vero faciant amabilem. Quod vtrumque sub felicibus Regis Regum auspicijs, Nos quoque, qua pace, qua bello, domi, forisque, praestare & exequi conati sumus, & maiori in parte, pro viribus Nostris praestitimus. Et bellicas quidem expeditiones Nostras, felices [Karta 2v:] [Na lewym marginesie herby: Palatinat[us] Califfiensis, Palatinat[us] Trocensis, District[us] Grodnensis, District[us] Caunensis, District[us] Vpitensis, Palatinat[us] Siradiensis, Terra Vielunensis, Palatinat[us] Lanciciensis, Ducatus Samogitiae, Palatinat[us] Bresten[sis] Kuiauie] felices successus, sub signis propitij Numinis sortitas esse: siquidem hostiles exercitus, pars caesi, pars fugati, partim acceptis conditionibus in gratiam recepti, vel Nobis tacentibus abunde loquuntur; multae Provinciae postliminio sub ditionem Nostram reuocatae longum fatebuntur; signa de hostibus rapta, hucvsque recognoscunt. De Nobis vero ac Regno Nostro bene meritis praemia & decora per Nos collata; multi in amplissimum Ordinem Equestrem recepti, multi Annulis, more Nobilitatis Romanae a Nobis donati fatentur, neque Posteri illorum conticescent. Sola Leopolis, Ornamentum, Munimentumque primarium Russiae, ore totius Regni, appellata, prolixae fidelitatis, constantiae, promptitudinis suae, toties Nobis, Reipublicaeque Polonae, evidentibus approbatae argumentis, debita expectat stipendia, quotidie Maiestati Nostrae Regiae, irremunerata repraesentans merita. Etenim creperis hisce belli temporibus, vel ipsa pace saeuis, non vna tempestas, Regno Nostro iamiam impendens, ad tres scopulos Vrbi Leopolitiensi per summum in Terris Christi Vicarium pro Insigni datos, allisa, tumentes suos fluctus fregit. Non vno telo, manu inimica in perniciem Aquilae Lechicae iacto, LEO GENTILITIVS Civitatis eiusdem se induit. LEOPOLIS siquidem, seruilem Rebellionem Cosaco Russicam e Militia Zaporohiana, Tartaricaque, ante Annos Duo de Viginti in immensum auctam, iamque per ruinas aliarum Vrbium, Oppidorumque, in excidium Nominis Poloni caeco impetu ruentem, obiectu fortunarum suarum detinuit, & cum vires eius infanas ferro perfringere non posset, auro emolliuit, mora fatigauit. Postmodum iteratis vicibus, totam Russiam in exitium suum per eosdem Cosacos ante decennium excitam, & supra legiones domesticas, numerosas pedestres equestresque copias, e Moschis, Lappis, alijsque barbaris Gentibus, vel ipsa hyeme sua armatis, conflatas, secum trahentem, & frustra Sacramentum Iurisiurandi in nomen Ducis Moschouiae, qua minis, qua promissis extorquere a se tentantem, animose reiecit, fidemque Nobis semel datam ad vltimum seruauit. Porro Nouum Attilam Transylvanum, cum Hunnis [Karta 3r:] [Na prawym marginesie herby: Palatinat[us] Kiiouiensis, Palatinat[us] Insvlae Liuonien[sis], Terra Dobrynensis, Palatinat[us] Russiae, Terra Leopolien[sis], Terra Zydaczouiensis, Terra Praemysliensis, Terra Sanocensis, Terra Haliciensis, Terra Chelmensis] nis rediuiuis, & incondita Latronum multitudine, Vrbi suae per integrum mensem incubantem, quam gloriose idem Leo Roxolanus, occursu suo, ab ipsis portis retroegerit, sanguinemque potius Ciuium suorum, ad obliteranda pacta defectionis sibi oblata, quam atramentum ad subscribenda obtulerit, & fidem Nobis iuratam salute propria potiorem duxerit, non modo Annales domestici, sed Fasti etiam aeternitatis, post futuris seculis enarrabunt. Iam vero caetera Ciuitatis eiusdem Nobis Reipublicaeque N[ost]rae praestita obsequia, quia pene quotidiana, & obuia, longa non indigent commemoratione. Siquidem Leopolis, in limine Poloniae Russiaeque, velut malleus & incus eidem posita, vtriusque Prouinciae casibus exposita, ambarum experta est fortunam. Etenim alijs Ciuitatibus Regni, procul a Marte eiusque fulminibus degentibus, sola Leopolis, Castra N[ost]ra, primum ad Zborow, postmodum ad Oppidum Beresteczko sita, illa quidem, re cibaria large subministrata refecit, haec autem vehiculis ad deportandas Machinas bellicas opportune iuuit, & quod caput Fortunis Regni, assiduis bellorum incommodis, attritis & extenuatis, sola Leopolis aliquoties subuenit, Lacunasque aerarij publici, aere collatitio expleuit, qua subitaria largitate eius, ieiunus Exercitus, vinculis, quibus se ob stipendia non persoluta beneuole induerat, exolutus, liberis passibus in Patriae defensionem processit. Haec itaque rara & insignita Ciuitatis Leopoliensis merita, rara & insolita a Nobis exegerunt decora, vt tandem aliquando, tot tantisque Virtutes eius, Regnatrice Manu Nostra coronemus. Quapropter de plenitudine potestatis Nostrae Regiae, & consensu omnium Ordinum Regni ad Comitia Generalia Varsauiam congregatorum accedente, eandem Ciuitatem Leopoliensem, eiusque omnes Ciues & Incolas Catholico-Romani, Armenici & Graeci Ritus (dummodo legitime iuxta Iura & consuetudinem eiusdem Ciuitatis Nobis & Successoribus Nostris Sacramento fidelitatis obstricti, & deuoti sint) eorumque legitimos Posteros & Liberos ex successura serie nascituros, omnes & singulos, virtutibus praestantes atq[ue] vitam modeste ac honeste agentes, in Iuribus, Libertatibus ac praerogatiuis, Cracouiensis & Vilnensis Ciuitatum (quantum ad Iura Libertatis, ac Titulos Nobilitatis spectat) adaequamus, assimilamus, ijsdemque Praerogatiuis, quibus memoratae Ciuitates Cracouiensis & Vilnensis hucvsque gaudent, gaudere ac perfrui perpetuis temporibus debere, sancimus, statuimus ac declaramus. Vigore cuius adaequationis [Karta 3v:] [Na lewym marginesie herby: Palatinat[us] Wolhyniae, Palatinat[us] Podoliae, Palatinat[us] Smolenscen[sis], Districtus Starodubensis, Palatinat[us] Lublinensis, Palatinat[us] Polocensis, Palatinat[us] Belzen[sis], Palatinat[us] Nowogrodensis, District[us] Slonimensis, Districtus Wolkouiscensis] onis & ad Iura, Praerogatiuasque Equestris Ordinis admissionis memorati Ciues Leopolienses, Electioni Serenissimorum REGVM POLONIAE, per duos ex Magistratu Consulari ad id electos & designatos interesse, eidemque subscribere. In Conuentibus Regni Generalibus & Particularibus locum inter Nuntios habere: SERENISSIMOS REGES POLONIAE protempore existentes cum Nuntijs Terrestribus, per osculum Manus Regiae salutare, IISDEMQVE valedicere: Bona Terrestria tam in Regno Dominijsque eidem annexis, quam in Magno Ducatu Lithuaniae, Iure haereditario, obligatorio, vel alio quouis contractu licito & legitimo emere, acquirere, & adinstar Nobilitatis Polonae (oneribus Reipublicae per omnia salvis) possidere, iterumque eadem Bona vendere aut obligare, vel modo alio quouis a Legibus permisso alienare: caeteraque omnia, licet hic non expressa, pro expressis tamen habenda, Iure & Praerogatiua Ciuitatum Cracouiensis & Vilnensis, pari nec dissimili, sine cuiuspiam contradictione & impedimento agere, tradare, perficere, plenam & omnimodam facultatem & potestatem habebunt; Constitutione Regni, in Comitijs Generalibus in Anno Millesimo Sexcentesimo Quinquagesimo Octauo, tum etiam in Conuentu Generali in Anno Millesimo Sexcentesimo Quinquagesimo Nono, celebratis, hocque Diplomate Nostro ad praemissa (nihil tamen antiquis Iuribus, Praerogatiuis, & Immunitatibus Ciuitati Leopoliensi servientibus per praesentes derogando) mediantibus. In cuius rei fidem praesens Diploma manu N[ost]ra subscripsimus & Sigillo Maiestatis Nostrae in firmius testimonium communiri iussimus. Actum & Datum Varsauiae in Conuentu Regni Generali Die [brak] Mensis [brak] Anno Domini MDCLXI Regnorum Nostrorum Poloniae [brak] Sueciae [brak] Anno. Praesentibus Reuerendissimo Reuerendis Illustrissimo Illustribus Venerabilibus Magnificis & Generosis, Wenceslao Comite de Leszno Archiepiscopo Gneznensi Legato Nato Regni Primate Primoque Principe, Ioanne Tarnowski Archiepiscopo Leopoliensi, Andrea Trzebicki Cracouiensi, Duce Seueriae, Casimiro Floriano Duce in Klewan Czartoryski Vladislauiensi & Pomeraniae, Ioanne Dowgiało Zawisza Vilnensi, Alberto Tolibowski Poznaniensi, Ioanne Gembicki Plocensi, [Karta 4r:] [Na prawym marginesie herby: Palatinat[us] Plocensis, Palatinat[us] Witebscensis, Districtus Orszanensis, Palatinat[us] Masouiae, Terra Czerlcensis, Terra Varsauiensis, Terra Wiznensis, Terra Wyszogrodensis, Terra Zakroczimensis, Terra Ciechanouiculis] ensi, Ioanne Stephano Wydzga Varmiensi & Sambiensi, Nicolao in Prazmow Prazmowski Luceoriensi, & Brestensi Supremo Regni Cancellario, Stanislao Sarnowski Praemysliensi, Adamo Koss Culmensi & Pomesaniae, Thoma Lezynski Chelmensi, Thoma Uiejski Kiouiensis, Georgio Biallozor Smolenscensi, Episcopis, Stanislao a Potok in Podhayce Potocki, Cracouiensi, Supremo Exercituum Regni Duce, Castella[no] Gradzinski, Poznaniensi, Paulo Ioanne Sapieha Vilnensi, Supremo Exercituum Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae Duce, Petro de Bnin Opalinski Califfiensi, Vladislao Comite de Leszno Lanciciensi, Georgio Carolo Hlebowicz Generali Capitaneo Samogitiae, Ioanne in Zamoscie Zamoyski Sandomiriensi, Hieronymo Wierzbowski Siradiensi, Alexandro Stanislao a Belze Belzecki Podoliae, Ioanne de Szczekarzewice Tarlo Lublinensi, Stephano a Czarca Czarniecki Terrarum Russiae, Demetrio Ianussio Korybuth Duce in Wisniowiec & Zbaraz Belzensi, Andrea a Potok Potocki Braclauiensi, Ioanne Koss Culmensi Palatinis, Stanislao a Popow Witowski Sandomiriensi, Ioanne a Pieskowa Skala Wielopolski Woynicensi, Alexandro Sielski Gneznensi, Andrea Maximiliano Fredro Leopoliensi, Nicolao Bieganowski Camenecen[si], Andrea Przyziemski Calmen[si], Ioanne Francisco Lubowicki Chelm[ensi], Stanislao Sarvicki Bresten[si] Castellanis, Georgio Comite in Wisnicz Lubomirski Supremo Marschalco & Exercituum Regni Duce Campestri, Christophoro in Bakszty Zawisza M. D. L. Marschalco, Ioanne Casimiro a Krasne Krasinski Supremo Regni Thesaurario, Christophoro Pac M. D. L. Cancellario, Luca de Bnin Opalinski Curiae Regni, Theodoro Lacki Curiae M. D. L. Marschalcis, Ioanne Comite de Leszno Regni, Alexandro Naruszewicz M. D. L. Procancellarijs, Alberto de Pilca Korycinski Praeposito G[ne]n[en]ali Miechouien[si] Secretario Regni Maiore, Andrea Olszowski Praep[osi]to Posnanien[si], Andrea Morsztyn Regni, Cypriano Paulo Brzostowski M. D. L. Referendarijs, Valeriano Stanislao Iudzycki Archidiacono Vilnen[si] M. D. L. Notario, Theodoro Denhoff Succamerario Regni, Andrea Miastkowski Abbate Premeten[si], Maioris, Ioanne Gninski Succamerario Pomeraniae Minoris, Cancellariarum Regni Regentibus, Michaële Casimiro Duce in Olyka & Nieswiez Radziwil M. D. L. Pocillatore, Nuntiorum Terrestrium Marschalco, Ioanne Clemente a Ruszcza Branicki Dapifero Regni, [Karta 4v:] [Na lewym marginesie herby: Terra Lomzen[sis], Terra Rozanen[sis], Terra Liuen[sis], Terra Nuren[sis], Palatinat[us] Podlachiae, Palatinat[us] Rauen[sis], Terra Rauen[sis], Terra Sochaczouien[sis], Terra Gostinen[sis], Palatinat[us] Brestiane[nsis]] gni, Wenceslao Comite de Leszno Incisore Regni, Evaristo Ioanne a Belzec Belzecki Capitaneo Wyszogrodensi & Camerae Nostrae Notario, Adamo Kotowicz Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae Notario, Hilario Czyz Succamerario Vilnensi, Nicolao Zhabicki Succamerario Gostinensi, Vladislao Lubowicki Iudice Generali Cracouiensi, Remigiano de Otok Zaleski Pocillatore Poznaniensi, Stanislao Kozuchowski Dapifero Califfiensi, Christophoro Ziegocki Vexillifero Poznaniensi, Martino Debicki Vexillifero Sandomiriensi, Ignatio Michalowski Capitaneo Krzepicensi, Ioanne Chraponicki Vexillifero Smolenscensi, Andrea a Potok Potocki Capitaneo Haliciensi, Casimiro Zapolski Dapifero Brestensi, Floriano Orchowski Dapifero Chelmensi, Stephano Liduchowski Succamerario Krzemienecensi, Alberto Miastkowski Vexillifero Nowogrodensi, Stanislao Widlica Domaszewski Capitaneo Lukouiensi, [brak] Rudzinski Vexillifero Czerscensi, Alberto Tomislawski, Hadriano Lasocki Dapifero Wyszogrodensi, Casimiro Czeczizowski Vexillifero Livensi, Thoma Goclowski Iudice Terrae Nurensis, [brak] Iablonowski Notario Terrestri Nurensi, Alberto Mleczko Capitaneo Mielnicensi, Iacobo Zbrzonski Iudice Terrae Dobrzynensis, Vladislao de Razlowice Rey Curiae Regni Thesaurario Neokenczynensi Capitaneo, Samuele a Prazmow Prazmowski Curiae Regni Vexillifero, Mathia Vstrzycki Subiudice Terrae Sanocensis ViceCapitaneoque Praemysliensi, Vladislao Szmeling Stabuli Regni VicePraefecto, Ioanne Zaleski Culinae Regni Praefecto, [brak] Breza Capitaneo Walecensi, Ioanne Opalinski Capitaneo Odolanouiensi, Petro Debinski Cracouiensi, Stanislao a Lipe Lipski Plocensi, Varsauiensi, Bonaventura Madalinski Gneznensi, Casimiro Szczuka Praep[osi]to Varsavien[si], Ioanne Malachowski Leopoliensi & Varsauiensi, Nicolao Lezynski Cracouiensi, [brak] Zakrzewski, [brak] Kotowicz Vilnensi Canonicis, Gabriele a Prazmow Prazmowski Notario Castrensi Varsauiensi, Casimiro Kotowski Iudice Terrestri Varsauiensi, Stephano Pracki Subiudice Varsav[iensi], Iacobo Szwarnicki Vice [Karta 5r:] [Na prawym marginesie herby: Districtus Pinscensis, Palatinat[us] Culmensis, Palatinat[us] Mscislauiensis, Palatinat[us] Marieburgensis, Palatinat[us] Pomeraniae, Palatinat[us] Bratslauiensis, Palatinat[us] Minscensis, Districtus Mozyriensis, Districtus Rzeczycensis, Palatinat[us] Derpatensis] ViceCapitaneo Mariaburgensi, Ioanne Ignatio Bakowski Succamerario Culmensi, Adriano Kitnowski Surrogatore Chelmensi, Stephano Piaseczynski Subdapifero Braclauiensi, Ludovico Woroszylo Vexillifero Zytomiriensi, Christostomo Gizycki Iudice Terrae Wielunensis, Laurentio Kossowski Pincerna Lanciciensi, Stephano Niemierzye Succamerario Kiiouiensi, Stanislao Zareba Iudice Sandomiriensi, Stephano de Wronow Xieski Notario & Burgrabio Castrensi Cracouiensi, Valeriano Potrykowski Succamerario Rozanensi, Christophoro Potocki Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae Incisore, Adamo de Rudnik Biskupski Capitaneo Wielunensi, Stephano Sarnowski Vexillifero Lanciciensi, Christophoro Kawiecki Notario Terrestri Podoliae, Andrea Sawicki Venatore Mielnicensi, Martino Nieborowski Succamerario Sochaczewensi, Ioanne Lipski Succamerario Rauensi, Christophoro Rupniowski Tribuno Cracouiensi, Petro Opocki Pincerna Lublinensi, Spytkone Pstrokonski Dapifero Brestensi, Ioanne Duczyminski Venatore Ciechanouiensi, Hieronymo Zaboklicki Vexillifero Braclauiensi, Petro Tucholka Notario Terrestri Pomeraniae, Alberto Opacki Succamerario Varsauiensi, Ioanne Zienowicz Marschalco Oszmianensi, Iacobo Krasinski Succamerario Plocensi, Martino de Obory Oborski Capitaneo Liuensi, Ioanne Pieniazek Thesaurario Praemysliensi, Christophoro Antonio Obrynski Succamerario Nowogrodensi, Stephano Hankiewicz Secretario Nostro & Actorum Metrices Regni Decretorumque Wolhyniae Notario, Stanislao Bacxynski Cancellariae Regni & huius Diplomatis Notario, alijsque plurimis Nobilibus Incolis Regni & Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae ad praesentem Conuentum Regni Generalem Varsauiae congregatis. [Podpis własnoręczny króla:] Ioannes Casimirus Rex [Karta 5v:] [Nota kancelaryjna:] Cancellariatu Ill[ustrissi]mi et R[evere]nd[issi]mi in Chr[ist]o Patris D[omi]ni D[omi]ni Nicolai in Prażmow Prażmowski Episcopi Luceorien[sis] et Brestensis Supremi Regni Cancellarij Abbatiae Sieciechovien[sis] perpetui Administratoris ad Ecclesiam S. Michaelis in Arce Cracoviensi Praepositi. [Karta 6r–6v: Czyste karty pergaminowe]