Translation / modern text
[P. 2]
Wilanów, May 10, 1696
Most Illustrious and Noble Lord Voivode of Volhynia,
My Great and Noble Lord and Brother!
I have delivered the letter of Your Grace, my Lord, to Her Majesty the Queen, my Gracious Lady, which Her Majesty the Queen received and read with pleasure, and immediately ordered her intercession to Her Grace the Lady of Kamieniec, and this I send back to Your Grace, my Lord. As for the letter of Your Grace, my Lord, Her Majesty the Queen could not reply due to her poor health, therefore she greets Your Grace, my Lord, kindly through me. Furthermore, in whatever matter the order of Your Grace, my Lord, may appear, I remain always ready to serve with great willingness and remain entirely the devoted sister and humble servant of Your Grace, my Lord [...],
Katarzyna Felkerzambowa,
Voivodess of Inflanty
[Postscript in a different hand at the bottom left:]
Felkerzamb,
Voivodess
of Inflanty
[P. 3]
[Address:]
To the Most Illustrious and Noble Lord Voivode of Volhynia, My Great and Noble Lord and Brother – to be delivered with due respect.
Original wording — transcription
[S. 2]
w Wilanowie 10 May 1696
Jasnie Wielmozny Mosci Panie Woiewoda Wołynski
Moi wielce Mosci Panie y Bracie.
List W[asze]m[ości] m[ego] Pana oddałam krolowey Jeym[o]sci Paniey
moyey Miłosciwey, ktorego mile Krolowa Jm[o]ść
przyięła y czytała, y zaraz do Jmci Paniey
kamienieckiey swoie instancyą ordyno-
wała, a te ia odsyłam W[asze]m[ości] m[emu] Panu.
Na list zas W[asze]m[ości] m[ego] Pana krolowa Jeym[o]ść od-
pisac nie mogła dla słabego zdrowia
swego, gdże prze zemnie W[asze]m[ości] m[ego] Pana
mile pozdrawia. Pozatym, w czym-
nie [= nic?] tylko roskaz W[asze]m[ości] m[ego] Pana zacho-
dzic będzie, do usług J[e]go z wielką ocho-
tą zawsze gotowa zostaie y cale się
W[asze]m[ości] m[ego] Pana zyczliwą
Siostrą y niską sługą [zostaię?]
Cattarina ffelckersambowa
Woiew[odzina] Jnszlan[ska]
[Dopisek inną ręką u dołu po lewej:]
Felkerzamb
wojewodzina
Inflancka
[S. 3, adres:]
Jasnie Wielmoznemu Jmci
Panu Woiewodzie Wo-
łynskiemu Memu wiel-
ce M[o]sci Panu y Bratu
do oddania
nalezycie
Reading notes
The author is Katarzyna Felkerzambowa, née Jabłonowska (widow of Jan Ludwik Felkerzamb, Voivode of Inflanty), the recipient's sister. In the inventory, she is incorrectly referred to by the maiden name 'Felkerzamówna'. The recipient is the Voivode of Volhynia, Jan Jabłonowski, her brother. The letter mentions Queen Marie Casimire (Marysieńka), who was staying in Wilanów shortly before the death of John III Sobieski.