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Crown Deputy Chancellor Piotr Gembicki addresses the reeve and elders of the Armenian community in Lviv with a request to suspend the execution of an assessor court verdict concerning the guarantee of a debt incurred by the Armenian bishop. He indicates that the matter is to be settled amicably at the upcoming Sejm.

Gembicki asks the magistrate for kindness and official support for the Augustinians establishing a residence in Lwów.

Gembicki recommends a settlement with the starosta and adherence to market toll collection rules. He requests a clarification regarding the 'obrok' (tribute/tax), which is necessary before issuing a decree concerning the obligations of the Jews.

Gembicki advises the Forty Men of Lwów to reach an agreement with the Jews, promptly return seized goods, and suppress hostile statements and threats until the settlement is approved by the King.

Gembicki encourages a settlement with the starosta and proposes a lifetime sum from public revenues while maintaining the validity of municipal decrees.

Piotr Gembicki, Bishop of Chełmno and Deputy Chancellor of the Crown, thanks the authorities of Lwów for the gift of fish and the promise of further gifts from Turkey. He assures the magistrate of his favor and readiness to defend the city's privileges.

Felicjan Zaleski informs the council scribe Wojciech Zimnicki that the King has postponed the trial of the Prussian jurisdiction until November 1st, and declares his intention to meet the September deadline. He also inquires about current news from the East regarding the threat posed by the Turks and Tatars.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the privilege of King Sigismund II Augustus from 1550 regarding the grant of a garden with a manor or farmstead and meadows in Lviv to the mansionaries of the Lviv Cathedral.

King Władysław IV confirms the decree of Sigismund III from 1607 in the dispute between the inhabitants of Zamarstynów and the authorities of Lwów. According to the verdict, the corvée labor due to the city may be converted by the magistrate into labor services at the Zamarstynów manor, provided that their extent does not exceed the city obligations.

King Władysław IV grants the city of Lwów the perpetual right to collect a fee known as 'sztukowe' or 'węzłowe' (bale/knot duty) from foreign merchants' goods, extending the privilege of Sigismund III to support the city's ruined finances. From the proceeds of this duty, the King further allocates 200 Polish florins annually for the mayor and councilors of Lwów.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms and approves the document of erection and the right of patronage over St. Lazarus Hospital in the Lwów suburb, issued by the provisors and seniors of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms the foundation of the Reformed Franciscan convent under the invocation of St. Roch in the suburbs of Lwów. The monarch exempts the land held by the friars from all public and municipal burdens, granting them ecclesiastical immunity in perpetuity.

King Władysław IV exempts the Armenians living within the walls of the city of Lwów from all customs duties on goods and money imported into the Kingdom or exported beyond its borders. This freedom is to remain in effect on the condition that the transported goods are recorded in customs registers until the final resolution of the matter by the General Sejm.

Wojciech Miaskowski sends the Lviv councilors a sum of 1043 red zlotys and small coins belonging to the Crown Deputy Chancellor, requesting a receipt. He asks for the urgent transfer of these funds, along with correspondence, to Father Trzebiński in Warsaw.

King Augustus II confirms and ratifies, at the request of the elders and the bakers' guild of the city of Lviv, the privileges and guild articles granted by previous Polish kings (including Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki, John III Sobieski, John Casimir, Władysław IV, Sigismund III, Stephen Báthory, Sigismund Augustus, Sigismund I, and Casimir Jagiellon), along with the resolutions of the Lviv city council regulating, among other things, the rules for baking, grain purchasing, and the exclusive right to sell bread.

King Stanisław August Poniatowski confirms the rights, privileges, and ordinances of the bakers' guild of the city of Lwów at the request of the guild masters. The document transumes an earlier confirmation privilege of John III Sobieski from 1690, along with the acts of earlier kings and municipal decrees contained therein.