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132/1/558 · 558-001

Letter to the mayor and councillors of Lviv requesting help with a legal matter

Unknown Mayor and councillors of Lviv
1575-01-15

The writer asks the recipient for goodwill and assistance in a matter connected with judicial or official proceedings. The writer mentions difficulty obtaining justice and seeks support; further details, including the people involved and the subject of the case, are uncertain. The dateline in the text gives 15 January 1575; the place is uncertain.

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Translation / modern text

A partly legible letter to the mayor and councillors of Lviv. The writer asks for help in a matter connected with judicial or official proceedings and mentions difficulty obtaining justice. The details of the case and the people involved are uncertain. The letter is dated 15 January 1575; the place has not been established.

Original wording — transcription

[PDF s. 2, początek:] „Przy łasce Boga zdrowia dobrego [...]” [dalsza część życzeń częściowo nieczytelna]. [Tekst s. 2–3:] Odczyt częściowy. Widoczne fragmenty: „[...] do wszech [...]”; „[...] sprawiedliwości [...]”; „[...] do [...] sądu [...]”; „[...] w R.P. [...]”. Nadawca zwraca się o pomoc w sprawie i wspomina o trudnościach w dochodzeniu sprawiedliwości; dalszy wywód oraz nazwiska nie są pewne. [Datownik s. 3:] „[...] dnia 15 Stycznia 1575.” Nazwa miejsca przed datą niepewna. [Podpis:] nieodczytany pewnie. [PDF s. 4, adres:] „Jaśnie Sławetnym Panom Burmistrzowi i Radcom miasta Lwowskiego” [dalszy zapis częściowo nieczytelny].

Reading notes

Page 1 is an inventory cover and was not used to establish the date. The letter occupies pp. 2–3; p. 4 is a folded address sheet with a seal, not a separate letter. The dateline in the text on p. 3 gives 15 January 1575; the word naming the place is uncertain, so the place field is left empty. The legible references to justice and a court do not establish the details of the proceedings.

Scope of the edition: Working, partial reading; the substance and part of the dateline are uncertain.

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